The United Nations has designated February 11th as International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day that highlights how important it is to encourage a new generation of women to enter into the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. International Day of Women and Girls in Science aims to break down harmful… Continue reading International Day of Women and Girls in Science
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Daylight saving time is ending- what will you be doing?
Have you thought about what you want to do with your extra hour this Sunday? Sure, you could catch up on sleep, but there are so many options to consider! Why don’t you ~fall back~ into the couch and enjoy an hour long episode of the PBS series How We Got to Now on time.… Continue reading Daylight saving time is ending- what will you be doing?
Time to Retire the Stethoscope?
The stethoscope has been an iconic symbol of medicine for over two hundred years. But it looks like this device will be replaced by “ultra sound scanners and digital stethoscopes that can be paired with smartphones to create moving pictures and readouts”. The Butterfly iQ device “includes artificial intelligence to help users position the probe… Continue reading Time to Retire the Stethoscope?
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: Realities & Possibilities (video)
There’s a great deal of hype around intelligent systems that identify patterns in data and make decisions. This faculty panel discussion seeks cut through the hype with the goal of helping us understand the current state of machine learning and how this technology will shape the future.This event is part of our One Book program… Continue reading Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: Realities & Possibilities (video)
How AI is Changing the Healthcare Landscape and What’s Coming Next
Machine learning and high-powered data processing has the potential to transform medicine and healthcare. How will you make healthcare decisions in the future? How will treatments evolve thanks to data? In this talk, A.I. expert David Ducat will talk about the actual work in healthcare-related, machine learning based on what he is seeing in the… Continue reading How AI is Changing the Healthcare Landscape and What’s Coming Next
New Library of Congress Website for “Constitution Annotated”
September 17th is Constitution Day, a day commemorating the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787. In conjunction with this, the Library of Congress has launched a new website “mak[ing] the 3,000 pages of the Constitution Annotated fully searchable and accessible for the first time to online audiences – including Congress, legal scholars, law students and… Continue reading New Library of Congress Website for “Constitution Annotated”
The Intelligence on A.I.
Have you seen the upcoming events for our One Book program? Over the next couple months the program will explore the expanding world of artificial intelligence. Get ahead of the robot invasion with the following books and videos from our collection. Looking for fiction? Machines Like Me: And People Like You Set in an alternate… Continue reading The Intelligence on A.I.
June Is Audiobook Appreciation Month
If you have never tried an audiobook format, June is the perfect month. Besides the fact that June is “Audiobook Appreciation Month,” it is also the start of summer vacations. If you are looking for something to listen to while traveling, try out an audiobook. If a hardcover format of a book is on a… Continue reading June Is Audiobook Appreciation Month
Making Podcasts: A Conversation by MVCC Staff and Faculty on Learning College Day
Join us for more of MVCC’s Learning College Day. We got together and recorded our conversation about podcasts and podcasting! We share our pod recommendations, talk a bit about what goes into making your own podcast, and some ideas for creative use of podcasting on campus. We also share our favorite takeaways from Learning College… Continue reading Making Podcasts: A Conversation by MVCC Staff and Faculty on Learning College Day
“Insightful” Google Searches
Do you always accept the top Google results as factual? Are you sure? An old standby in the research world is now ready to give you some help. Encyclopaedia Britannica has a new Chrome extension, “Britannica Insights,” that adds information to the top right of the results page when you search for something. There are… Continue reading “Insightful” Google Searches