Love Data Week 2025

Happening over the week of February 10-14, Love Data Week will include campus-wide workshops and informational events focused on data access, analysis, discovery, management, sharing, and preservation in celebration of International Love Data Week

The 2025 theme is “Whose Data Is It, Anyway?”  

Take a minute to think about who owns data compared to who uses data. Different groups – like researchers, the government, companies, or organizations – may collect data. They could own it, share it, publish it online, or combine it. This year’s Love Data Week wants us to ask ‘Whose Data is it Anyway?’ This helps us remember to think about where the data came from before using it. 

Browse a list of open-to-the-public events at other institutions here. 

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Information table  

February 10, 11:00am-2:00pm 

Mann Lobby 

CDS Consultants will be tabling and distributing data swag, resources, and information. Please come visit us, sign up for our mailing list, grab a sticker or a Love Data drink koozie and chat about data. 

Workshop

February 11, 12:00pm-2:00pm (Virtual) 

Python for All: Democratizing Coding Mastery with AI Chatbot  

We will utilize AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Bard, and Co-pilot to support the process of learning to code. Using Python as our teaching tool, participants will acquire skills that are transferable to other programming languages. We will explore how AI chatbots can be invaluable resources for understanding, writing, and refining code, as well as for facilitating transitions between different coding languages. 

Workshop attendees will: 

  • AI Fundamentals: Understand key concepts and terminology related to generative AI. 
  • Practical Application: Use generative AI as a programming assistant to enhance coding efficiency, troubleshoot errors, and tackle projects with greater confidence. 
  • Critical Evaluation: Develop the ability to assess the accuracy, reliability, and usefulness of AI-generated code and solutions. 
  • Ethical and Practical Evaluation: Examine the ethical implications of generative AI, recognizing its strengths, weaknesses, biases, limitations, and potential for misuse. 
  • Adaptability and Continuous Learning: Cultivate skills to continuously adapt to advancements in AI technology. 

Information table 

February 12, 11:30am-1:30pm  

Clark Atrium 

CDS Consultants will be tabling and distributing data swag, resources, and information. Please come visit us, sign up for our mailing list, grab a sticker or a Love Data drink koozie and chat about data. 

Workshop

February 13, 2:30-3:30pm 

CLI Basics: A beginner’s crash course 

Mann 103 (Stone Classroom) 

Are you new to the command-line interface or looking for a refresher? Look no further! Join us for an introduction to essential commands and tasks. We’ll dive into topics covering navigating and creating directories and files, using text editors for basic file editing, moving and removing files, and utilizing tools like pipes and grep.  

This workshop is part 1 of a three-part series and serves as an introduction to the command line. Workshop 2 is at the intermediate level, and workshop 3 will build on workshops 1 and 2, offering more advanced content. You are welcome to attend any or all of these workshops. 

Information table 

February 14, 11am-1pm 

College of Veterinary Medicine – 2nd Floor Atrium 

CDS Consultants will be tabling and distributing data swag, resources, and information. Please come visit us, sign up for our mailing list, grab a sticker or a Love Data drink koozie and chat about data. 

Workshop

February 14, 12pm-3pm  

Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon 

Olin Library Room 107 

Born enslaved, Frederick Douglass emancipated himself at the age twenty and quickly became one of the preeminent intellectuals and activists of the nineteenth century. Although he never knew his birth date, he chose to celebrate every year on February 14th. 

Every year, the Center for Black Digital Research at the Pennsylvania State University facilitates an international transcription event (“transcribe-a-thon”) featuring historical materials relevant to Black history. 

Together with libraries and digital scholarship centers across the nation and beyond, Cornell University Library celebrates this date as a moment for creating and preserving Black history together. Learn more about the annual Douglass Day celebration

Volunteers like you will transcribe pages from the collection and make them available to all. We’ll also enjoy birthday cake, music, and a good time!  

More workshops

Data-related workshops are offered across campus, all semester long — love your data, and sign up for one today!

Email data-help@cornell.edu with questions.