Data 8

About 60 academic workers, students, faculty, staff and Union Auto Workers, or UAW, 2865 leaders convened at Li Ka Shing Center on Wednesday to discuss the impacts and potential redress of cases of staff overwork in EECS and data science courses in a town hall meeting. 

Coupled with waves of excitement, anticipation and hope of a new school year, the infamous large-size courses at Berkeley awaits new and returning students.

UC Berkeley and Tuskegee University announced a multi-year academic partnership, called the Berkeley-Tuskegee Data Science Initiative, Wednesday.

When Foundations of Data Science, or Data 8, was first launched in 2015, there were fewer than 100 students in the class. Today, more than 1,600 students are enrolled in what has become a staple in the UC Berkeley undergraduate’s must-take class list.

While Jackie Wang had wanted to study astrophysics since kindergarten, it was not until high school that she encountered a fellow Asian American first-generation woman in aerospace, giving her hope for minorities like herself being successful in STEM.

On Monday, UC Berkeley received three gifts of $25 million from three donors directed toward the construction of a new facility.

In early May, the Harvard Data Science Review, or HDSR, assessed UC Berkeley’s leadership in the field of data science and UC Berkeley Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society, or CDSS.

With UC Berkeley holding all of its classes for the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters online, engineering, data science and computer science instructors have had to adapt their teaching styles to meet the demands of remote learning.

Some UC Berkeley professors are choosing to offer their class lectures online and free of charge to the public on platforms such as the UCTV YouTube channel and edX, a website for free online classes.

UC Berkeley sophomore Dhruv Krishnaswamy announced his independent candidacy for ASUC Senate, and he is running with the aim of strengthening the campus community.