Join Sara Stoudt, PhD (she/her) - an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Bucknell University - for “A Data Stories Tell-All” as she goes behind the scenes of a few data-driven stories she has been a part of to learn what decisions are made by data journalists!

Abstract:

Many say that we are suffering from a crisis of a lack of trust in science in this country. In response, significant effort has been lavished on improving science communication—with the aim of promoting such trust. But it’s not always clear what “trust of science” ought to mean. Does “science” really deserve “our” trust? Why? Without compelling answers to these questions, we are rudderless when it comes to improving the relationship between science and the public. I will attempt to steer us in a better direction.

Please attend, and please encourage your colleagues, students, and friends to attend.

Join the Data Science department and the Berkeley Institute for Data Sciences’ Biology and Environmental Sciences Lead Ciera Martinez for an introduction to the field of data science!!

The DSCI program will host its first (to-be-annual!) hackathon! This year’s hackathon will be a data visualization challenge using Watzek library circulation data. What do the books we check out tell us about the LC community?