Faculty-Staff Newsletter—Feb. 3, 2025
Black History Month in February has been recognized in the United States since 1976. Many departments have events this month for Buffs to gather, learn and celebrate together. Learn more about how to get involved.
Campus Community
6 ways the Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship can address your research needs
The Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship offers support for all of your data-intensive research and open publishing needs.
Colorful Women Group begins Feb. 6
Colorful Women is a process/support group for self-identified BIPOC faculty and staff to connect, dialogue, celebrate and support each other’s whole authentic selves through an intersectional lens.
Events & Exhibits
Whose data is it, anyway? Love Data Week Feb. 10–14
Love Data Week is an international celebration of data that aims to promote good data practices, while building and engaging a community around topics related to research data management, sharing, preservation and reuse. Check out button-making stations, a data visualization contest, workshops and more.
Cultivating Mindfulness: Embracing Everyday Wonder on Feb. 12
This workshop is intended for any 91¸£ÀûÉç faculty or staff member who seeks to enhance their engagement with the present and cultivate a deeper sense of aliveness in their daily routines.
Research Updates
Breaking the color barrier in baseball leadership
Fifty years after Frank Robinson became the first Black manager in Major League Baseball, the league is struggling with a significant decline in Black players and leaders.
Where is today’s cool hand Luke?
In honor of what would have been Paul Newman’s 100th birthday, 91¸£ÀûÉç film historian Clark Farmer considers whether there still are movie stars.
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