FLASH Seminar – Black Smoke, White Smoke: How Does the Catholic Church Elect a Pope?
How Does the Catholic Church Elect a Pope? Tuesday, March 12th • 11:30 am • IC Room 317 (IC Quiet Reading Room) Pope Benedict XVI has resigned and the Catholic Church will begin the process of electing a new Pope. Who votes, where do they meet, what do we know about the process that is […]
Tivo Now Two Times a Week!
Tivo will now be visiting the Information Commons two times each week! Wednesdays 3-4pm and Thursdays 11am-12pm. Wellness Center counselors will spend an hour at various key campus locations to provide students with an opportunity to interact with their licensed therapy dog, Tivo, who is a five-year old black Labrador retriever. Have fun and relieve […]
Getting the Best out of JSTOR
Thursday February 28th, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm IC 120 It’s easy to find a lot of articles when searching in JSTOR, but it can be difficult to wade through all those results to find articles that are relevant. This session will cover advanced searching skills, such as proximity operators and relevance boosting, which can […]
FLASH Seminar: Pride & Prejudice
A Text Universally Adapted: Pride & Prejudice at 200 Dr. Steven Jones, Professor of English and Co-Director of the Center for Textual Studies and the Digital Humanities, will share his thoughts on how, from the start, Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice has been adapted to the needs of different readers in changing contexts. Tuesday, February […]
Google: Research Tips and Strategies
Wednesday, February 13th, 3:00pm-3:45pm IC 120 Everyone uses Google, but many are unaware of the wide variety of Google’s services and features. The more you know about how Google works, the better it can serve your academic needs. This workshop discusses selected Google features and capabilities, and identifies techniques that can make Google an effective […]
Speaker Series: Robert Lombardo – Organized Crime in Chicago
Dr. Robert Lombardo, a former police officer and current Associate Professor of Loyola University Chicago’s Criminal Justice Department, will discuss his latest book, Organized Crime in Chicago: Beyond the Mafia. Offering a different view on the emergence of organized crime, Dr. Lombardo explores the social structure of American society and how it aided in bringing […]