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July 2023: Intro to git (in person)

An in person introduction to git/GitHub workshop! This July, R-Ladies Philly hosted an in-person interactive workshop on version control with git & GitHub with amazing presenters, Shannon Pileggi and E.
Nov 9, 2023 2 min read

June 2023: R-Ladies Lighting Talks

Lightning Talks w/ R Ladies Philly We had our annual Lightning Talks on June 28th, 2023. These short and insightful talks covered a variety of R topics used by our members to tackle problems from new to advanced users.
Oct 10, 2023 2 min read

May 2023: Analyzing Experiments using Causal Forests

On May 17 2023, 40+ R-ladies Philly members joined this wonderful workshop given by Elea McDonnell Feit who is an Associate Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean of Research at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business.
May 17, 2023 2 min read

Tidy Tuesday with R-Ladies

Tidy Tuesday is a weekly data project where R enthusiasts across the globe share their plots, analysis, and thoughts about a new data set. It’s a great way to get started with R or really stretch your R skills in a fun way and try something new.
Apr 25, 2023 2 min read

January 2023: Day in the Life Career Panel

On January 12th, we hosted a wonderful career panel to talk about what it is really like to be a data scientist! Our panelists from various data careers discussed their day-to-day jobs, training, and answered attendee questions.
Feb 18, 2023 1 min read

February 2023: TidyTuesday with R-Ladies Philly & Philly RUG

Tidy Tuesday is a weekly data project where R enthusiasts across the globe share their plots, analysis, and thoughts about a new data set. It’s a great way to get started with R or really stretch your R skills in a fun way and try something new.
Feb 16, 2023 1 min read

September 2022: Center City Sips Data Workshop

On the last week of September 2022, 40 R-ladies Philly members joined this wonderful workshop given by Silvia Canelón who is a data analyst in the Urban Health Lab at the University of Pennsylvania.
Sep 29, 2022 2 min read

June 2022: Lighting Talks

R-Ladies Lightning Talks: 2022 Edition! We had our annual Lightning Talks in June 2022! These short and insightful talks covered a variety of R topics used by our members to tackle problems from new to advanced users.
Aug 25, 2022 4 min read

February and March 2022: ElderNet Datathon

This year, we joined forces with our friends at DataPhilly and partnered with ElderNet of Lower Merion and Narberth, a wonderful nonprofit organization that facilitates access to healthcare, food security, housing assistance, nursing care, and other necessities for frail older individuals and disabled persons with low to moderate incomes.
Mar 20, 2022 2 min read

Building Packages at Work

For the 2021 holiday season, we decided to conclude the year with a meetup all about packages! But not just any packages - packages of reusable code that can make future-you and your coworkers’ lives so much easier!
Dec 8, 2021 3 min read