July 17, 2024

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PBS Michiana highlights Lucy Institute's Summer Education and Engagement for Data Science (SEEDS) program

PBS Michiana recently featured the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society's SEEDS program in a segment of Education Counts.

The program offers local high school and undergraduate students the opportunity to explore data science through mentorship and hands-on project-based learning tied to their experiences and interests.

High schoolers work alongside college undergraduate mentors to develop coding and data analysis skills

Request for Nominations: The 2024 Societal Impact Awards

Nomination Deadline: August 1, 2024

The Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society seeks nominations for our annual Lucy Societal Impact Awards (“The Lucies“) to recognize individuals or teams whose work exemplifies the Institute’s vision to inspire collaborative, equitable, and impactful data innovations as a global force for good.

Work should include significant contributions within the civic, industry, academic, or research arena with impact at either the regional (South Bend/Elkhart) or global (United States and beyond) level.

Civic Data Literacy for Libraries: A Civic Switchboard Institute project

August 1-2, 2024
Deadline to apply: July 25, 2024

Join Matthew Sisk, associate professor of the practice in the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, and Katherine Walden, associate teaching professor in the Department of American Studies for the Civic Data Literacy for Libraries: A Civic Switchboard Institute project.

This project, hosted by regional partners, is for library workers who are interested in serving as intermediaries between community members and civic data and developing civic data roles for their libraries.

Attendees will discover critical dimensions of data work, including power, social justice, and responsible data practices to mitigate harms, and will help to improve civic data educational materials for a library audience.

"The Lucy Family Institute will be an intellectual and interdisciplinary beacon that produces impactful and equitable data-driven solutions for the good of society."

– Nitesh Chawla, Founding Director