February 3, 2025
 
Mark your calendars for Love Data Week, February 10 to 14  
Love Data Week is a celebration held yearly during Valentine’s Day week.  This year, DAPIR is partnering with the UW–Madison Libraries and the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) to bring you events, quick tips, and learning opportunities.  Visit UW–Madison’s Love Data Week webpage for all the details. Here are a few highlights we love.  

❤️ Visit book displays for students and staff

❤️ Attend an in-person session on improving your data visualizations

❤️ Complete 3 quick tips in less than 3 minutes each

❤️ Register to attend a BTAA event

❤️ Vote for the BTAA’s Data Viz Champion—Student | Faculty/Staff
  
DAPIR welcomes two new staff members to the team
Recapping January's Badger Data Network
Meet our newest staff members, Wendy Gordon (Business Analyst) and Eric Gentz (Data Systems Administrator), who joined DAPIR’s Enterprise Data Management team last month. Read more about their backgrounds and upcoming work projects.  
We explored a new Tableau visualization that displays NSF HERD research expenditure data. A forthcoming enhanced version of RADAR was also shared. Get the details. 
 
 
Join us for February’s Badger Data Network
During February’s Badger Data Network, we are covering a variety of topics, including: 

  • Workday reporting information with Lonnie Morgan, ATP Campus Change Readiness Co-Lead for Data and Reporting
  • Staffing updates within DAPIR
  • Updates on Financial Value Transparency & Gainful Employment (FVT&GE)​, new standards for federal data on race/ethnicity, and a Survey Assessment & Review Committee. These were previously discussed at our October meeting.
  • Highlights from Data Privacy Week and Love Data Week 

Meeting details
Date: Wednesday, February 19
Time: 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
Zoom link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97601199317 
Zoom passcode: WeLoveData
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Data Privacy Week highlights learning opportunities, Data@UW, and other resources
While Data Privacy Week is officially celebrated the last week in January, as a UW–Madison employee, it is always the right time to increase your knowledge about privacy and data protection. 

Data@UW – Data Governance and Responsible Use | learning opportunity
Protecting Student Privacy in the Data Empowered University | article
FERPA Training | learning opportunity
Data Privacy Resources | webpage 
 
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