This free workshop series sponsored by Fondren Library and the Center for Research Computing provides hands-on training on the basics of finding, managing, analyzing, visualizing, and sharing data as well as in using research computing resources.
To register, visit the Calendar of Events and Courses or follow the links below.
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Summer 2025: Workshop Schedule
GIS (Geographic Information System)
R Programming Series - Lunch HouR!
In July and August, we invite you to learn the basics of R and programming skills for improving your research reproducibility and workflow!
Each online workshop lasts 50 minutes, is scheduled during the lunch hour (12:05 - 12:55 pm) to accommodate your busy schedule, and focuses on a single topic. Attend as many workshops as you like; register for individual sessions with the links below.
- Basics of R and Data in R (Zoom) - Mon., July 28, 12:05-12:55 pm
- Cleaning Data in R - Part 1 (Zoom) - Tues., July 29, 12:05-12:55 pm
- Cleaning Data in R - Part 2 (Zoom) - Wed., July 30, 12:05-12:55 pm
- Wrangling Data in R with dplyr - Part 1 (Zoom) - Thurs., July 31, 12:05-12:55 pm
- Wrangling Data in R with dplyr - Part 2 (Zoom) - Fri., Aug. 1, 12:05-12:55 pm
- Programming Basics in R (Zoom) - Mon., Aug. 4, 12:05-12:55 pm
- Basic Statistics in R - Part 1 (Zoom) - Tues., Aug. 5, 12:05-12:55 pm
- Basic Statistics in R - Part 2 (Zoom) - Wed., Aug. 6, 12:05-12:55 pm
- Data Visualization in R - Part 1 (Zoom) - Thurs., Aug. 7, 12:05-12:55 pm
- Data Visualization in R - Part 2 (Zoom) - Fri., Aug. 8, 12:05-12:55 pm
Software Carpentry
RDS offers a two-day Software Carpentry workshop series in early and late summer that teaches foundational coding and data science skills to researchers based on the Carpentries curriculum. The goal is to train and foster an active, inclusive, diverse community that promotes and models the importance of software and data in research.
- Software Carpentries @ Rice (with R) - May 15-16
- Software Carpentries @ Rice (with Python) - August 14-15 (registration coming soon)
Excel
- Excel Pivot Tables - Asynchronous course available anytime on Canvas - Register here and click Enroll