Getting Started with Microsoft’s Power BI

Sometimes you have a lot of data, and you need to figure out a way to analyze it…

An Interview with Digital Scholarship Intern Cindy Xaba

“Books as Medicine,” An Online Exhibit on the Healing Power of Books

A Letter to My High School Newspaper Advisor

As the University heads into Thanksgiving break and many of our students travel home to visit family and friends, Alyssa Duetsch, one of our talented Digital Media tutors, reflects back on the person who inspired her in this field.

Photoshopped Images

Photoshop is an amazing tool. It allows artists to create sophisticated online pieces and photographers to tweak their images to perfection. However, this can be a problem when the public views the highly edited image as “real.”

Surface Hub Gets Sensavis Trial

The Microsoft Surface Hub in the Digital Scholarship Lab is a large-format interactive smart-screen that…

Thoughts on the Artistic Design Process

Talking about something is rather different than actually doing it. I wouldn’t consider…

From the DMS to the DSL

I have worked at the Digital Media Specialists (DMS)Desk for over two years now — since I was a sophomore. This is the desk in the lower level of Raynor that rents out laptops, chargers, cameras and adapters. Here I established a relationship with Elizabeth Gibes, Digital Scholarship…

In the Business (Card) of Design

Should an engineer’s business card look different from a teacher’s business card? Or a graphic designer? Or a financial advisor?

Almost everyone would respond with a resounding yes. Of course they should look different — they are completely…