May 28, 2026
Create a custom {ggplot2} theme that adheres to Cornell University’s brand identity guidelines.
Practice adjusting scales and guides to make a more readable and informative plot of World Bank indicators.
Reconstruct Charles Minard’s famous map of Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign using the grammar of graphics.
Practice using a variety of geoms to visualize different types of data and relationships.
Recreate a poorly designed bar chart and then redesign it to better communicate the underlying data story.
Clean and visualize data on CO₂ emissions to tell a compelling story about changes in emissions rankings over time.
Create and customize waffle charts using the {waffle} package in R.
Write effective alternative text for data visualizations to improve accessibility.
