A Year of Events at Vanderbilt: a visualization of 9,619 events which took place between January 1, 2016 and May 31, 2017 at Vanderbilt University.

Each square on the map represents a building.

The size of the square represents the number of unique events which happened at that building.
Two events are considered the same if they have the same title. Art exhibitions are often repeated for each day they are open. Most talks include the speaker in the title even if they are part of a series. Thus talks are usually counted as distinct events.

The color of the square represents the percent of unique events which were open to the public. Darker buildings predominantly host public events while lighter buildings cater to just the Vanderbilt Community

On campus outdoor events are assigned to the closest building.

Hovering over a square will bring up a menu with information like the name of the building, the number of unique events and the percentage which were open to the public.

Clicking on a square will filter the visualization to only show information on events in that building. To undo filtering, click the undo or reset buttons at the bottom of the visualization.

You can click and drag on the map to select multiple buildings. To filter by off campus locations, click on the title or bar associated with the desired locaiton.

Events which are not associated with an on campus building are shown in the bar chart labeled Other Locations.

Each bar represents a building.

The length of the bar represents the number of unique events which happened at that building.
Two events are considered the same if they have the same title. Art exhibitions are often repeated for each day they are open. Most talks include the speaker in the title even if they are part of a series. Thus talks are usually counted as distinct events.

The color of the bar represents the percent of unique events which were open to the public. Darker locations predominantly host public events while lighter locations cater to just the Vanderbilt Community

Hovering over a bar will bring up a menu with information like the name of the location, the number of unique events and the percentage which were open to the public.

Clicking on a bar will filter the visualization to only show information on events at that location. You can select multiple bars to see the events at multiple locations. To undo filtering, click the undo or reset buttons at the bottom of the visualization.

The drop down menu with the label Type of Event allows you to look at all events, public events only or community events only.

The drop down menu with the label Location allows you to select specific locations to look at. To select or unselect all locations click on the "All" option at the top of the list. You can choose multiple locaitons from the list and search for specific locations using the textbox at the top.

To undo filtering, click the undo or reset buttons at the bottom of the visualization.

Each dot represents an hour. The hours are positioned according to where they would be drawn on a 24 hour clock.

The color of a dot represents the number of unique events which started at that hour.
Two events are considered the same if they have the same title. Art exhibitions are often repeated for each day they are open. Most talks include the speaker in the title even if they are part of a series. Thus talks are usually counted as distinct events.

The dot in the center of the graph represents all day events and events with no set start time.

Hovering over a dot will bring up a menu with information like the hour and the number of unique events which started at that hour.

Clicking on a dot will filter the visualization to only show information on events which began at that hour. To undo filtering, click the undo or reset buttons at the bottom of the visualization.

Each row represents a day of the week.

The length of a bar represents the number of unique events which happened on that weekday.
Two events are considered the same if they have the same title. Art exhibitions are often repeated for each day they are open. Most talks include the speaker in the title even if they are part of a series. Thus talks are usually counted as distinct events.

Hovering over a bar will bring up a menu with information like the weekday and the number of unique events which happened on that day.

Clicking on a bar will filter the visualization to only show information on events which happened on that weekday. To undo filtering, click the undo or reset buttons at the bottom of the visualization.

Each data point along the line represents a week.

The height of the line represents the number of unique events which happened in that week.
Two events are considered the same if they have the same title. Art exhibitions are often repeated for each day they are open. Most talks include the speaker in the title even if they are part of a series. Thus talks are usually counted as distinct events.

Hovering over a point will bring up a menu with information like the date that week started and the number of unique events which happened in that week.

Annotations along the line are meant to provide context. The white vertical line shows when the data was collected. There are fewer events after this time since some organizers have not posted them yet.

To filter the visualization by the time of year, adjust the slider underneath the timeline. To undo filtering, click the undo or reset buttons at the bottom of the visualization.

Each row represents a unique event.
Two events are considered the same if they have the same title. Art exhibitions are often repeated for each day they are open. Most talks include the speaker in the title even if they are part of a series. Thus talks are usually counted as distinct events.

The first column gives the event title.

The second column gives the building where the event took place.

The final column gives the number of records which exist for that event. These records will be for events at different times which all had the same title.

To see more events, scroll over the table.

To go to the webpage for an event:

  • Click on the row representing that event.
  • A menu should appear with a link which says "Go to event page"
  • Click on that link