Data + Donuts: Innovative Color Analysis of the HKS Political Buttons Collection

Published on April 17, 2026

Wexner 434 AB + Zoom
Harvard Kennedy School
79 JFK St.
Cambridge
Fri., Apr. 17, 2026, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Series of three illustrated donuts with pink frosting and binary ones and zeroes for sprinkles.

Tracy Stuber is a digital humanities expert at Harvard University. She'll present a set of innovative tools for performing color analysis on the Political Buttons at HKS Collection, which features over 5,000 buttons representing US political history from 1904 through today.

Online Location: Online
Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Information Technology, Lecture, Research study, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: HKS Library & Research Services
Speaker(s): Tracy Stuber, Digital Humanities Specialist, Arts & Humanities Research Computing (DARTH), Harvard University
Cost: Free
Ticket Web Link: www.hks.harvard.edu…
Contact Info: Alessandra [email protected]
Harvard Key Required: No

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