We'll be reading Cory Doctorow's Radicalized. All staff, faculty, administrators, students, and community members are welcome!
You can pick up a copy of the book at the Library's Check Out Desk on the first floor of the Library. Ask for a copy from the staff at the desk and after you fill out a super-short form, you’ll get a copy of the book. We are able to provide copies for up to 100 people.
We'll be meeting four times in the fall semester, come to one or all! At each book club meeting, we'll be discussing a different novella in the book. All book club meetings will be held during Tuesday U-Hour in CORE 338 and via Zoom. Dates and links to register are below:
- On September 23 we will discuss the first novella: Unauthorized Bread
- On October 7 we will discuss the second novella: Model Minority
- On October 21 we will discuss the third novella: Radicalized
- On November 4 we will discuss the fourth novella: The Masque of the Red Death
We'll also be hosting Silent Reading Book-ins the week before each book club meeting if you'd like to have time in community to read. All Silent Reading Book-ins will be held during Tuesday U-hour on the lawn between the CORE Library and University Union, weather permitting. Dates and links to register are below:
If you have any questions, please let us know.
We hope to see you at the Library's Book Club!
Please join us in the Library for a series of informal discussions of AI topics during University Hour (12:15-1:15 pm) on Tuesdays throughout the Fall Semester! All students, faculty, staff, and community members are welcome!
We'll share what we have learned and would like to hear your suggestions, recommendations, and experiences. We'll meet on the third floor of the CORE Library and also via Zoom.
Please use the links below to register.
The Library will provide light refreshments. Please feel free to bring lunch.
September 16, 2025
CSU's ChatGPT
Explore the tools, options, and custom GPTs available to us through the CSU contract.
October 14
LLMs for Academic Research
What are LLMs good for? What aren't they good for? Writing effective research prompts. Using academic-specific tools (Undermind.ai, Consensus, Semantic Scholar, Elicit, Scite ... ). What does "deep research" mean for LLMs?
November 18
AI images and voice
Play with AI images and voices.
December 9
Ethical Questions
Sustainability, copyright, plagiarism, privacy, alignment, work, war ...
If you have additional topics for discussion, please contact John Wenzler (john.wenzler@csueastbay.edu).