Upskilling Labs workshop: Build practical transferable career skills
Join the Upskilling Labs for workshops that accompany their peer-led experiential learning programming, where you can joing a project group and build something you care about with emerging technologies. Find the full slate of The Upskilling Labs' events on their Luma page . August 25: Introduction to AI Coding Agents Register About this workshop: Use AI coding agents like Claude Code and Codex to build and deploy your own personal website. You will learn how to prompt AI agents to scaffold and edit a working website. No prior coding experience needed. Before you arrive, please complete the following setup: Install the Claude desktop app or Codex Register for a free GitHub account at github.com Install Git if you don't already have it — installation instructions here (default options in the installer are fine) What to bring: A laptop (with a Codex or Claude Code subscription) Your resume saved somewhere easy to find (PDF or Word) A headshot photo About the Instructor: Nick Wagner is the founder of Learning Journey AI, where he teaches professionals practical AI skills through workshops and coaching. He brings a distinctive policy and research lens to AI education, with experience in AI policy at the National Science Foundation and AI evaluation work at the Institute for Defense Analyses. Nick holds a PhD from Northwestern University. September 29: Privacy by Design Register About this workshop: We are excited to welcome Toni Dumas, privacy and cybersecurity attorney, law professor, and co-founder of Data Pilots, Inc., for this practical workshop on designing products people trust. What you will learn: You're already thinking about how your product works and what it's like to use. This workshop adds one more lens: the information you ask people for, and what you do with it. Every time someone signs up, fills out a form, or uses a feature, you're asking them to trust you. The choices you make about what to collect, and why, shape whether they actually d