Lab meetings
Fall 2026
For the Fall 2026 Semester, we will meet on Tuesdays from 8:00 to 8:50 pm in room 444 Moore.
The Gilmore Lab Manual contains many useful instructions for on-boarding new lab members, required training, and connecting RStudio and Github.
Poster Presentation Opportunities - Spring 2027
Psi Chi Research Conference - Application to Present: Check Back February 2027 - Date: April XXX and the Application to Present
- Application to Present: Details available February 2027
- Abstract Submission Deadline: March 3, 2027
- Final Poster Submission Deadline: April 2, 2027
- Poster Presentations: April 28, 2027 @ Alumni Hall, HUB-Robeson Center
Tuesday, September 14, 2026
- Attending
- Discuss: Feynman (1974)
- Feynman on Space Shuttle Challenger congressional review panel
- Replication Studies
- Homework
Finish Training Certificates
- Please complete the Human Subjects Research Training FIRST: CITI Training (Kristina, Hayden)
- Clery Act Training (Andrea, Kristina, Sarah, Anika, Megan)
- Reporting Suspected Child Abuse (Andrea, Kristina, Sarah, Anika, Megan)
- Values, Ethics, & Compliance Training (Kristina, Sarah, Anika, Kassandra, Megan)
- Title IX Training (Andrea, Kristina, Rebecca, Sarah, Anika, Megan)
- Data Privacy at Penn State (Andrea, Kristina, Sarah, Anika, Megan)
Create biographies for lab website
- Please make sure to use the Month/Year you will graduate instead of saying you are a sophomore/junior/etc. so updates are not required yearly.
- Please use at least 2 links in your biography
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- Attending
- Discuss Quarto/Rmarkdown & Create biographies.
- Watch Data Sharing and Management Snafu in 3 Short Acts & Discuss
- Reproducability Crisis
- Why is sharing data important?
- Data format shared is unreadable.
- Column Variable Names not clearly labeled
- Need to Document Data (e.g. Data Dictionary) so that Data can be used by others.
- Homework
Everyone Read: Feynman (1974)
Begin writing Lab Biographies in markdown format:
- Use How to create Links to add at least 2 links in your biography using the markdown format.
- Email to lab email address along with your picture if you wish it to be on the website. This picture will be reformatted to a headshot image 175x233px (3:4).
Finish Training Certificates
- Please complete the Human Subjects Research Training FIRST: CITI Training (Rebecca, Sarah, Hayden)
- Clery Act Training (Sarah, Megan, Hayden, Brianna, Anika)
- Reporting Suspected Child Abuse (Sarah, Kassandra, Megan, Hayden, Brianna, Anika)
- Values, Ethics, & Compliance Training (Sarah, Megan, Hayden, Anika)
- Title IX Training (Rebecca, Sarah, Megan, Anika)
- Data Privacy at Penn State (Sarah, Anika)
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
- Attending
- Introductions
- Fall 2026 Lab Priorities (Rick)
- Databrary Overview
- Play and Learning Across a Year (PLAY) Introduction
- Homework
- Please complete the Human Subjects Research Training FIRST: CITI Training ASAP - new lab members (Rebecca, Sarah, Hayden)
- Clery Act Training (Rebecca, Sarah, Megan, Hayden, Hiya, Brianna)
- Reporting Suspected Child Abuse (Rebecca, Sarah, Kassandra, Megan, Hayden, Hiya, Brianna)
- Values, Ethics, & Compliance Training (Rebecca, Sarah, Megan, Hayden)
- Title IX Training (Rebecca, Sarah, Megan, Hiya)
- Data Privacy at Penn State (Rebecca, Sarah)
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Feynman, R. P. (1974). Cargo cult science. Engineering and Science, 37, 10–13. Retrieved from http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/3043/1/CargoCult.pdf