{"id":56,"date":"2022-10-31T13:02:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T17:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2022-10-31T17:16:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T21:16:59","slug":"newsletters-202211_newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/newsletters\/newsletters-202211_newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2022 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2022\/10\/DSS-cropped-300x193.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2022\/10\/DSS-cropped-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2022\/10\/DSS-cropped.png 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome to our first issue of the Data Science &amp; Society (DSS) Newsletter!<\/p>\n<p>We wanted to share with you the brief history of DSS at Vassar, which is still in its infant stages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 2020 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ixM_3EIoA0hIO3gMDj-GDR7dPWEXD2vn\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter<\/a> signed by 69 faculty members from across departments &amp; programs highlighting the emerging field of Data Science and its importance at Vassar; sent to President Bradley and Dean Hoynes.\u00a0 Thanks to many of you who signed the letter!<\/li>\n<li>January 2022 \u2013 DSS <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steering Committee<\/a> formed<\/li>\n<li>July 2022 \u2013 First DSS postdoctoral fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/hoellers.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simon Hoellerbauer<\/a> arrives on campus!\u00a0 Simon earned his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Political Science with a minor in Statistics.<\/li>\n<li>November 2022 \u2013 DSS \u201cgoes live\u201d with this inaugural newsletter and website: <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2022\/10\/Simon_20210729_125842-e1667247881238-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2022\/10\/Simon_20210729_125842-e1667247881238-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2022\/10\/Simon_20210729_125842-e1667247881238-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><em>Welcome, Simon Hoellerbauer, DSS Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-2024!<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>DSS Colloquium Series.\u00a0<\/strong> In this first year, one of the main priorities of DSS is hosting a colloquium series.\u00a0 Our first colloquium was held on Friday, October 7, 2022.\u00a0 Dr. Marie desJardins spoke on Fairness and Equity in Data Science: Challenges and Possibilities.\u00a0 Please join us for our second colloquium on Friday, November 4, 2022 at 4PM in Rockefeller Hall 312 with Michael Burnam-Fink (VC &#8217;10, STS).\u00a0 Michael will speak on \u201cWhat is Scientific about Data Science?\u201d\u00a0 If you or any of your students are interested in meeting with Michael on Friday, November 4, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:dss@vassar.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dsscommittee@vassar.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Coming this semester: Listening sessions.\u00a0<\/strong> Beginning this semester and into next semester, we plan to hold listening sessions to hear what those on campus think about data science or hope to see develop with data science at Vassar.\u00a0 Look out for invitations to conversations on Data Science &amp; Society at Vassar, both with all faculty and with individual departments and programs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Coming in spring 2023: Technical Workshops.\u00a0<\/strong> In spring 2023, we are planning to host hands-on data science workshops for faculty who would like to incorporate more data science into their courses.\u00a0 These will be open to faculty with all backgrounds of programming.\u00a0 More information to come.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Interested in more?<\/strong> \u00a0As a faculty member, there are at least two ways you can be involved in DSS at Vassar-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As an interested faculty \u2013 join our mailing list to receive announcements of upcoming talks, monthly newsletters, and topic-focused conversations (e.g., curricular development)<\/li>\n<li>As a steering committee member \u2013 agree to be an interested faculty, attend bi-weekly meetings, share the workload of building DSS at Vassar, attend talks and events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Email <a href=\"mailto:dss@vassar.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dsscommittee@vassar.edu<\/a> with your desired level of involvement.\u00a0 Someone from the steering committee will be in touch with you soon!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re sending this message to those who have expressed an interest in data science and society at Vassar.\u00a0 Please feel free to share with others.\u00a0 Thank you!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-67 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2022\/10\/DSS_SteeringCommittee-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2022\/10\/DSS_SteeringCommittee-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2022\/10\/DSS_SteeringCommittee-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2022\/10\/DSS_SteeringCommittee-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our first issue of the Data Science &amp; 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We wanted to share with you the brief history of DSS at Vassar, which is still in its infant stages: May 2020 \u2013 Letter signed by 69 faculty members from across departments &amp; programs highlighting the emerging field of Data Science and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/newsletters\/newsletters-202211_newsletter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">November 2022 Newsletter<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1131,"featured_media":0,"parent":58,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/77"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}