<link>/</link> <description/> <language>en</language> <item> <title><a href="/midddata/news/datafest" hreflang="en">DataFest</a> /midddata/news/datafest DataFest is a celebration of data where teams of students work over the course of a weekend to find and share meaning in large, rich, and complex&nbsp;datasets. 2025-04-08T00:00:00-0400 bkloman@middlebury.edu 23157 <a href="/midddata/news/spring-2025-micro-grant-recipients" hreflang="en">Spring 2025 Micro Grant Recipients</a> /midddata/news/spring-2025-micro-grant-recipients 2025-03-10T00:00:00-0400 bkloman@middlebury.edu 23067 <a href="/midddata/news/spring-2025-leave-grant-recipients" hreflang="en">Spring 2025 Leave Grant Recipients</a> /midddata/news/spring-2025-leave-grant-recipients 2025-03-10T00:00:00-0400 bkloman@middlebury.edu 23068 <a href="/midddata/news/data-science-across-disciplines-0" hreflang="en">Data Science Across Disciplines</a> /midddata/news/data-science-across-disciplines-0 In J-term 2025, midd.data mounted its fifth iteration of Data Science Across Disciplines! Six instructors—Alex Lyford (Mathematics and Statistics), Casey Schine (Biology), Joe Holler (Geography), Kathy Morse (History), Meaghan Winder (Mathematics and Statistics), and Markus Gerke (Sociology)—came together to team-teach sixty students spanning a variety of&nbsp;majors.&nbsp; 2025-02-04T00:00:00-0500 bkloman@middlebury.edu 23156 <a href="/midddata/news/women-data-science-middlebury-college-organized-breanna-guo-245" hreflang="en">Women in Data Science at Middlebury College, organized by Breanna Guo '24.5</a> /midddata/news/women-data-science-middlebury-college-organized-breanna-guo-245 WiDS Middlebury is independently organized by Breanna Guo ‘24.5 to be part of the mission to increase participation of women in data science and to feature outstanding women doing outstanding&nbsp;work. 2024-11-19T00:00:00-0500 mlane@middlebury.edu 22634 <a href="/midddata/news/connecting-data-dots-between-people-prosperity-and-planet-world-bank-vantage-point" hreflang="en">Connecting data dots between people, prosperity and the planet: A World Bank vantage point</a> /midddata/news/connecting-data-dots-between-people-prosperity-and-planet-world-bank-vantage-point <strong>Umar Serajuddin ‘96&nbsp;</strong> returned to campus for a conversation moderated by Lomus Pudasaini ‘25 (Economics) and Lillian Caldwell ‘26&nbsp;(Economics). 2024-11-15T00:00:00-0500 mlane@middlebury.edu 22633 <a href="/midddata/news/spring-2024-fellowship-leave-grant-and-micro-grant-award-recipients" hreflang="en">Spring 2024 Fellowship Leave Grant and Micro-Grant Award Recipients</a> /midddata/news/spring-2024-fellowship-leave-grant-and-micro-grant-award-recipients 2024-10-28T00:00:00-0400 mlane@middlebury.edu 22079 <a href="/midddata/news/2024-winter-microgrants-awarded" hreflang="en">2024 Winter Microgrants Awarded</a> /midddata/news/2024-winter-microgrants-awarded See the recipients of the 2024 &nbsp;Microgrant&nbsp;Awards. 2024-10-28T00:00:00-0400 mlane@middlebury.edu 22622 <a href="/midddata/news/ask-me-anything-about-ai-open-conversations-george-lee-88-p20" hreflang="en">Ask me anything about AI: An open conversations with George Lee ('88, P'20)</a> /midddata/news/ask-me-anything-about-ai-open-conversations-george-lee-88-p20 George offered an open and frank discussion about the capabilities, impact, trajectory, and risks attendant to Generative&nbsp;AI. 2024-10-24T00:00:00-0400 mlane@middlebury.edu 22631 <a href="/midddata/news/constraining-uncertainty-human-impacts-climate-change" hreflang="en">Constraining Uncertainty in the Human Impacts of Climate Change</a> /midddata/news/constraining-uncertainty-human-impacts-climate-change Justin’s lecture will explore the climate change impacts on people and the things they value, by drawing examples from violent conflict, economic growth, and water&nbsp;resources. 2024-10-15T00:00:00-0400 bkloman@middlebury.edu 22637