Events & Workshops

• How Green is Your Chat? Assessing the Environmental Impacts of AI – Earth Day 2026 Event

  April 14, 2026 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

  Main Library South Lobby, 1st floor

  What are the environmental impacts of usage of AI tools like ChatGPT? Drop by this tabling event in the Main Library to learn about tools that you can use to assess of your own AI usage and learn about the energy and water used to power these tools, which is prompting a data center boom in Michigan. Participants will get free cookies…

• Artificial Impact (AI): How the Rapid Development of Hyperscale Data Centers Impacts Michigan Communities (Hybrid) - Earth Day 2...

  April 14, 2026 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

  DSL Flex Space (Main Library, 2 West)

  Doug Bessette, an Associate Professor for Energy Systems in the Department of Community Sustainability, will discuss the current and potential impacts of continued investment in and development of hyperscale data centers in Michigan. Building on nearly a decade of research at MSU examining the impacts of other large-scale energy…

• Visualizing the Gregory Archive: Using Digital Humanities Methods to Support Learning and Build Community

  April 16, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

  DSL Flex Space (Main Library, 2 West)

  Art History Professor Jon Frey and Graphic Design Professor Rebecca Tegtmeyer will share a recent collaboration they facilitated with students utilizing the images archived in the Gregory Archive. These images document various aspects of archaeological fieldwork, art and architecture of the classical and Byzantine periods as well as…

View all Events & Workshops