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Wiki Education Feb 9, 2024

Ever wanted to hear directly from students who've edited Wikipedia? Now's your chance! The February edition of Wiki Education's Speaker Series offers a panel of student editors, Friday Feb 16 at 1 pm Pacific. Register today:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UUmsn3jIScy-rSZC9uPwxg#/registration

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: What's it like to edit Wikipedia? Hear it from the students themselves. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Each year Wiki Education collaborates with more than 12,000 students editors who join the ranks of Wikipedians. In this panel, we'll hear from four students across disciplines on what it was like to edit Wikipedia as first-time editors. We'll discuss the different ways they contributed to Wikipedia from creating new articles to improving existing ones. And we'll also touch on what it was like to join the Wikipedia community, interact with fellow editors, and how their overall experience was in contributing to the largest, most widely accessible encyclopedia in the world? Our speakers are: * Emma Clayton, Lone Star College - Kingwood * Emma Dunsmuir, Simon Fraser University * Erin Diaz, Utah State University * Tabéa Benlakehal, Concordia University This edition of the Wiki Education Speaker Series is hosted by Wikipedia Expert Brianda Felix (who also edited Wikipedia for the first time as a student in Wiki Education's Student Program). Register today!

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Wiki Education Jan 24, 2024

Join us tomorrow! https://wikiedu.org/speaker-series/

Join us for interesting conversations during the Wiki Education Speaker Series!

Join Wiki Education as we bring together experts in Wikimedia and open knowledge for lively discussions of topics relevant to our communities. Wiki Education hosts regular, Zoom-based conversations…

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Wiki Education Jan 22, 2024

This fall, 12 Clovis Community College students in Melanie Sanwo's Honors English class collaborated to create four new biographies of diverse people in STEM as part of a Wiki Education initiative funded by the Broadcom Foundation. Hear from the students about their experiences:
https://wikiedu.org/blog/2024/01/22/clovis-students-add-biographies-of-diverse-people-in-stem/

Clovis students add biographies of diverse people in STEM

This fall, students in Melanie Sanwo’s Honors English class at Clovis Community College came together with a common mission: Add biographies of diverse people in STEM to Wikipedia. The 12 stu…

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Wiki Education Jan 17, 2024

Harold B. Evans was one of the few African American scientists to work on the Manhattan Project. Thanks to a student from Denmark Technical College and an initiative promoting diversity in STEM sponsored by the Broadcom Foundation, he's now on Wikipedia:
https://wikiedu.org/blog/2024/01/17/telling-the-story-of-an-african-american-chemist/

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Wiki Education Jan 12, 2024

Panelists include Dr. Dawn Bazely of York University, Su-Laine Brodsky, Dr. Julio Postigo of Indiana University, Jenna Tipaldo of CUNY and Marilyn Waite of the Climate Finance Fund.

Learn more at https://wikiedu.org/speaker-series/

Join us for interesting conversations during the Wiki Education Speaker Series!

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Wiki Education Jan 12, 2024

Wikipedia is a critical piece of infrastructure for educating the public about climate change.

Join Wiki Education on Jan. 25 at 12:00 pm Eastern/3:00 Pacific for the latest in our seminar series:
"How Wikipedia tackles the climate crisis"

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How Wikipedia tackles the climate crisis. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

As the climate crisis accelerates, people turn to Wikipedia as a source for neutral, fact-based information about climate change and how it affects their communities and lives. But is the information there? Wiki Education welcomes a group of experts who work at the intersection of climate change and Wikipedia to discuss the online encyclopedia's role in shaping the public understanding of the climate crisis. Join these experts for a lively discussion: * Dawn Bazely, Department of Biology, York University * Su-Laine Brodsky, Wikipedia editor * Julio Postigo, Department of Geography, Indiana University Bloomington * Jenna Tipaldo, Ph.D. student in Environmental and Planetary Health Sciences, City University of New York * Marilyn Waite, Climate Finance Fund Hosted by Wiki Education's Senior Wikipedia Expert, Ian Ramjohn (who's also contributed significant amounts of climate change-related content to Wikipedia), this is sure to be an engaging panel. Register today!

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Wiki Education Jan 12, 2024

Last term, students at Howard University created Wikipedia biographies of Black women in STEM through a project funded by the Broadcom Foundation. Here's why the professor and a student say this matters:
https://wikiedu.org/blog/2024/01/12/howard-students-improve-representation-of-black-women-in-stem-on-wikipedia/

Howard students improve representation of Black women in STEM on Wikipedia

This fall, Howard University professor Msia Clark taught a course on “Black Women and Pop Culture”, which focuses on Black women’s representations. So what could be more perfect than to…

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Wiki Education Sep 5, 2023

Wondering what ChatGPT and other generative AI tools mean for the future of Wikipedia? Join us for our next Wiki Education Speaker Series as guest experts discuss AI, with an opportunity for you to ask questions!
https://wikiedu.org/blog/2023/09/05/join-us-for-wikipedia-in-a-generative-ai-world/

Wiki Education Sep 1, 2023

Thanks to support from the WITH Foundation, we're working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of developmental disability and health care.
https://wikiedu.org/blog/2023/09/01/calling-those-passionate-about-disability-healthcare-join-us-thanks-to-generous-support-from-with-foundation/