Graduate Profile: Using Data Science to Better Understand the Community and the World

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Growing up in Los Angeles, Rucha Kelkar initially wanted to attend college out-of-state. She decided on Berkeley for its diversity in technology and computer science opportunities.

Berkeley Undergraduates Making Data Science Accessible Across Disciplines

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At UC Berkeley, not only are professors advancing the field of data science; undergraduate students also are making an impact in their own right.

Rejection Turned Out Great for Berkeley's Top Graduating Senior

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Statistics major, citizen scientist, EMT, harpist, and all-around superstar Anna Boser is this year’s winner of the University Medal, UC Berkeley’s highest honor for a graduating senior. Find out why she had planned to go anywhere but Berkeley -- and how she discovered that this was exactly where she needed to be.

Spring 2020 Showcase

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Learn more about our students' amazing work this semester helping to design courses, explore the human and social contexts and ethics of data, and advance data science research projects.

COVID 19 - Tracking, data privacy, and getting the numbers right

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As plans for re-opening businesses, communities, and schools emerge, it becomes increasingly important to better understand how many people are being infected and dying from COVID-19, and where and how the new coronavirus

Are Distancing Measures Worth the Sacrifice? See for yourself.

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How much difference does closing schools make in limiting the spread of COVID-19? How about border restrictions? Stay-at-home orders?

Addressing Housing Insecurity in the Wake of COVID-19

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A team led by two Berkeley faculty has received a grant to investigate and address eviction spikes and displacement risks related to COVID-1

Join Us for Spring 2020 Showcase

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Coming May 5: Our virtual Showcase highlighting students' amazing work designing courses, investigating the human and social contexts and ethics of data, and leveraging data science for everything from making cyberspace inclusive to promoting envi

Study Challenges Reports of Low Fatality Fate for COVID-19

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Extrapolating from Italian data, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory data scientists estimate that the fatality rate for COVID-19 is higher than some recent estimates have suggested.

Fighting Back Against Coronavirus Misinformation

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Hany Farid is conducting a major survey to find out how far COVID-19 online conspiracy theories have penetrated the population.