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  • 2014 Oct 16

    Harvard Seminar on Positive Political Economy

    4:30pm to 6:00pm

    LOCATION: K354, CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA The Faculty of Arts and Sciences and The Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University are sponsoring a seminar on formal and quantitative political research. The Program on Positive Political Economy (PPE) supports research-related activities that integrate the study of economics and politics, whether by studying economic behavior in the political process or political behavior in the marketplace. In general, positive political economy is concerned with showing how observed differences among institutions affect... Read more about Harvard Seminar on Positive Political Economy
  • 2014 Oct 10

    Worldmap Training

    1:00pm to 3:00pm

    LOCATION: Room B-127, The Northwest Building, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA The Center for Geographic Analysis is developing WorldMap (http://worldmap.harvard.edu/ [1]), an open source platform designed to encourage collaboration between researchers who need access to geospatial information. Despite the many ways in which research materials can now be accessed and shared across the web, the methods suitable for geospatial materials lag. Leader/Instructor: Ben Lewis. Read more about Worldmap Training
  • 2014 Oct 10

    URS Lunch: Talk by Daniel Smail

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    LOCATION: Room S020, CGS South 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA 02138 This month's student/faculty gathering will feature a presentation by Daniel Smail a professor of History at Harvard University. Lunch will be served for you to enjoy. Feel free to contact Cassie McGrath [1] with any questions.
  • 2014 Oct 10

    WoGPoP: Ben Newman

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    LOCATION: CGIS K354 The Working Group in Political Psychology and Behavior Presents Ben Newman from the Department of Political Science at UConn.
  • 2014 Oct 09

    Harvard Seminar on Positive Political Economy

    4:30pm to 6:00pm

    LOCATION: K354, CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA The Faculty of Arts and Sciences and The Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University are sponsoring a seminar on formal and quantitative political research. The Program on Positive Political Economy (PPE) supports research-related activities that integrate the study of economics and politics, whether by studying economic behavior in the political process or political behavior in the marketplace. In general, positive political economy is concerned with showing how observed differences among institutions affect... Read more about Harvard Seminar on Positive Political Economy
  • 2014 Oct 03

    Database Design for GPS/GIS Applications

    1:00pm to 3:00pm

    LOCATION: Room B-127, The Northwest Building, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Database design is a key step in GIS data modeling. GIS data modeling is the process of representing specific aspects of the real world in a computer. This workshop gives an introduction to GIS data modeling and the 3 phases of database design: requirements analysis, schema refinement, and physical database design. It also covers specific design considerations when capturing data for GIS applications using GPS. Students will design a Geodatabase for use in ArcPad on the Trimble GeoXT. Leader/Instructor: Nicole Alexander
  • 2014 Oct 03

    Introduction to SAS

    9:00am to 12:00pm

    LOCATION: K018, 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA Get an introduction to SAS, one of the more frequently used statistical packages in business. With hands-on exercises, explore SAS's many features and learn how to import and manage datasets and and run basic statistical analyses. This is an introductory workshop appropriate for those with little or no experience with SAS. This workshop is free for Harvard and MIT affiliates. Click here to sign up!
  • 2014 Oct 02

    Harvard Seminar on Positive Political Economy

    4:30pm to 6:00pm

    LOCATION: K354, CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA The Faculty of Arts and Sciences and The Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University are sponsoring a seminar on formal and quantitative political research. The Program on Positive Political Economy (PPE) supports research-related activities that integrate the study of economics and politics, whether by studying economic behavior in the political process or political behavior in the marketplace. In general, positive political economy is concerned with showing how observed differences among institutions affect... Read more about Harvard Seminar on Positive Political Economy
  • 2014 Oct 01

    Geography Colloquium

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    LOCATION: CGIS South S050 Geography Colloquium. October 1st, Noon - 1:30. Room S050, CGIS South building. “The Social Atlas of Europe: Using geoinformatics to paint a picture of a continent united in diversity” Presented by Dimitris Ballas, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield. *Abstract*: Many of us think of European countries as discreet entities: their own languages, cultures, food, and economies squarely contained within their national boundaries. But in fact Europe is at once a unified place and a sophisticatedly fragmented one, and national... Read more about Geography Colloquium

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