• A Forum to Discuss Gerrymandering | Monday Sept. 22,  4:30-5:30 | Duke 203 (Duke Commons)
• The Indigenous Perspective Praxis: Holistic Data Science Workflow Designs for Building Community Partnerships, Education and Citizen Engagement.” | Sept. 23, 4:30-5:30pm | LaRose Student Commons 200. This is a general audience talk! We welcome all to attend.
• AI Prompting, Cultural Bias, and Digital Twins” | September 24, 4:30-5:30pm | KOBC 354.

Dr. Robertson will also be hosting forums for COR 1100 on Monday and Wednesday during the week of his visit. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Director of Data Nexus, Crista Arangala at ccoles@elon.edu.

•  featuring Dr. Christopher White, associate professor of music theory at UMASS Amherst.
• Hack-a-thon and Alumni Networking Event, Founders Hall Atrium, Friday April 11 at 5:30 p.m.

Squire’s award-winning research into complex socio-technical issues such as extremist group membership and financing has been featured in numerous media publications including Wired, NPR, The New York Times and CNN.

The event will be held Feb. 13 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in LaRose Student Commons 200.

The first event, on Oct. 31 from, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., will be a panel focused on creating data portfolios. Panelists include Stephen Morris ’11 (Amazon Web Services), Lee Rainie, director of ������Ƶ’s Imagining the Digital Future Center and Ellie Najewicz (IBM). The event will be in Founders Hall Atrium and snacks will be provided and there will be a Halloween treat bag give away. Feel free to wear your Halloween costume to the event.

Morris will also give advice on interviewing for a data-focused internship or job on Nov. 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in East Commons 102.

Despite the increasing nationalization of American politics, it is the behaviors of individuals across the country and in our local communities which shape outcomes. Where a legislative district’s boundaries are, whether a political candidate receives some, none, or all of their campaign contributions from constituents, and whether a donor decides to give to their local candidate or a politician across the country defines the politics that we experience. This talk will provide an overview of gerrymandering in North Carolina and contribution patterns by residence of Alamance County and how these compare to the rest of the country.

Big Political Data in Our Local Community
Oct. 23 | 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Lakeside 214
This event is part of the Data Nexus Speaker Series: The Power of Women in Data. Leaders within the Data Nexus initiative encourage all to come and discover data in our local community.

Qualitative data will be discussed as a way to provide context and narrative to commonly captured metrics of food security. This talk will also provide actionable ways to get involved in local and state food systems and opportunities to engage in research.

More than metrics: a qualitative exploration of food security and resilience in North Carolina
September 19 | 4:30-5:30 p.m.
LaRose Student Commons, Room 200

This event is part of the Data Nexus Speaker Series: The Power of Women in Data. Leaders within the Data Nexus initiative encourage all to come and discover data in our local community.

Click to register.

Data Nexus is also hosting a food drive for our local community. Perishable goods can be dropped off at the door of the event.

DataFest will feature:

Pizza Party will follow this event

48-hour Student Data Challenge

Friday, April 19, 7 p.m.

9 TEAMS – 30 STUDENTS- 48 HOURS OF DATA

AI Toolfest

Monday, April 22, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Founders Hall 221

Speakers include: Chris Chen, Jason Mason ’25, Shannon Zenner, and Byung Lee.

Register to attend.

During their terms as Data Nexus Scholars, DeLoach and Stansberry will work to build the capacity of Data Nexus, a university initiative to enhance student learning of the knowledge and skills required for working with data during and after their college experience.

DeLoach will be developing a curriculum and leading communities of practice focused on course-embedded research pedagogy to support the goals of advanced data competency. Through this work, DeLoach will collaborate with other Data Nexus team members to develop assessments appropriate to advanced data competencies.

Stansberry will incorporate her passion for data justice into her role as a Data Nexus Scholar. While a Data Nexus Scholar, Stansberry will be developing curriculum and programs around Data Justice. In her tenure, Stansberry intends to seek grant funding and strategic partnerships for data justice initiatives at ������Ƶ.

During a two-year appointment, each Data Nexus Scholar works on a proposed project that aims to achieve campus-wide data competency objectives that align with the Data Competency QEP. These projects might include but are not limited to:  innovative practices related to assessment of data competencies, the creation of computer technology modules that focus on foundational data competencies, the organization of conferences, seminars, workshops, consultations, data camps, or symposia of interest to the applicant, the organization of campus-wide data challenges, microcredentials, or other advanced data competency initiative of interest to the applicant, and/or grant writing to support and enhance the work of Data Nexus.

������Ƶ introduced its Data Nexus initiative as part of a five-year Quality Enhancement Plan developed during its most recent accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Data Nexus will serve as a coordinating hub for data competency initiatives at the university throughout the plan and beyond.

Data Nexus is also collecting survey information about students’ computer and technology troubleshooting needs. All students who complete  by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, will be entered into a raffle to win a $50 Amazon gift card.

DataFest will feature:

Keynote Speaker Cennydd Bowles, Technology and Ethics

Friday, April 19, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Hunt Atrium in Founders Hall

• Pizza Party will follow this event

48-hour Student Data Challenge

Starting Friday, April 19, at 7 p.m.

• Participants who register by March 22 receive a free T-shirt
• Lots of awards and great prizes
• Those who want to participate but don’t have a team can be assigned to a team
• today!

AI Toolfest

Monday, April 22, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

• Includes concurrent session during the judging of the Data Challenge

• Faculty, staff and students who want to present an innovative way that they are using AI can .