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May 8, 2023

Mini Data Challenge for Rural High School Students

Tuesday, April 4, students from E.E. Smith High School and J.F. Webb High School came together for a day of fun and collaboration while tackling a mini data challenge. 

Apr 25, 2023

2nd Annual DataFest at NC State

The Data Science Academy (DSA) hosted the second annual DataFest at NC State over the  March 31 - April 2 weekend. 

Apr 6, 2023

Developing courses for North Carolina Government Professionals

DHHS has granted the DSA $28,109 to develop a fifteen-week course customized to support DCDEE staff to develop data analysis capacity. 

Mar 31, 2023

Growing Talent in Data Science for Social Impact

As the data science industry continues to progress and grow, NC State students are given the opportunity to explore various fields of research while growing their data science skills. The Capacity… 

Feb 23, 2023

Data Internships for Social Good Thanks to data.org!

The Data Science Academy (DSA) was awarded $106,950 to create an internship course focused on data science for social good. 

Feb 21, 2023

Bringing Data Science to Rural North Carolina High Schools

Five Data Explorers- Teacher-Coaches from two NC high schools who collaborated this past weekend to kick off the Data Explorers program. 

Dec 28, 2022

Postdoctoral Fellows to Research ADAPT Course Model Funded by National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded the DSA to hire four postdoctoral fellows who will research the efficacy of the ADAPT model. 

Dec 15, 2022

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant to Support Data Consulting

Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the DSA and University Libraries are leading the Models for Sustainable and Inclusive Data Science Consulting and Collaboration in Higher Education workshop series. 

Dec 5, 2022

Data Perspectives in Motion

The Data Science Academy empowers people to use data to understand the world. Choreographer , Killian Manning, interviewed faculty and staff across the university to build a soundscape for dances that communicates data science is for everyone. 

Aug 30, 2022

COMAP Gift to Data Science Academy and Science House to Support High School Students

A non-profit mathematics education organization has donated $60,000 to the Science House and the Data Science Academy at NC State to support high school programming that gets more students interested in data science.