Making Space is an NC State University Libraries event series that features underrepresented groups in science and technology. Join us for a discussion about gaming and livestreaming that will feature HisandHersLive hosts Judy and Andrew Kristensen. Their gaming show streams on Twitch. Judy Kristensen will discuss her path through gaming, the development of her tournament…
It can be difficult to talk about climate change. Through the use of fictional scenarios, games help us explore and reflect on the challenging and sometimes frightening problems we face. In this series, we will livestream gameplay and discuss how climate change games help us understand and grapple with the diverse and interrelated problems resulting…
It can be difficult to talk about climate change. Through the use of fictional scenarios, games help us explore and reflect on the challenging and sometimes frightening problems we face. In this series, we will livestream gameplay and discuss how climate change games help us understand and grapple with the diverse and interrelated problems resulting…
NC State’s Centennial Campus is one of the premier research parks in North America. Join the NC State University Libraries and Alumni Association as we explore how this research park became part of NC State’s campus and its impact on the NC State community and the state of North Carolina.
Join us on Twitch for a demonstration of some of the ways you can use code to create art using the p5.js JavaScript library. We'll cover creating shapes, animating graphics, user interaction and playing sounds. You can watch the demonstration via a livestream on Twitch, and if you have a free Twitch account, you can…
The 2021 Labcorp Leadership in Technology Speakers Series will feature three speakers, including Drew Banks, a retired tech entrepreneur. Banks will discuss "Navigating a Successful Tech Career: Understanding the Tradeoffs of Each Decision." Banks' nearly four-decade tech career began in 1982 as an intern at SAS Institute. He is a graduate of NC State, where…
In addition to his substantial contributions to sociology and civil rights activism, W.E.B. Du Bois was an early champion of using data to investigate and highlight the history and reality of Black Americans. In particular, Du Bois’s visualization contributions to the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris provided a powerful lens through which to understand the…
This event is part of the Global Change Games series. Through the use of fictional scenarios, games help us explore and reflect on the challenging and sometimes frightening problems we face. In this series, we will livestream gameplay and discuss how climate change games help us understand and grapple with the diverse and interrelated problems…
It can be difficult to talk about climate change. Through the use of fictional scenarios, games help us explore and reflect on the challenging and sometimes frightening problems we face. In this series, we will livestream gameplay and discuss how climate change games help us understand and grapple with the diverse and interrelated problems resulting…
This talk by Victoria Gallagher and Elizabeth Nelson will provide attendees with a sense of how history is enacted and embodied—and with what consequences—through the Virtual Martin Luther King Project. The vMLK project began as a partnership between the historic White Rock Baptist Church congregation in Durham and local NC State scholars and community members.…
The Coastal Dynamics Design Lab housed within NC State’s College of Design works to address critical ecological and community development challenges in vulnerable coastal regions. As part of providing technical assistance through planning and design processes, an important component of the CDDL’s work involves graphically communicating complex systems, policies and information to diverse groups of…
Arts NC State invites you to participate in a series of campus residency events with visual artist Clarence Heyward. Now living and working in Raleigh, Heyward is a Brooklyn-born painter and collagist whose work explores notions of the Black American experience. His work investigates cultural truths, challenges stereotypes and questions identity. While some events are…