Faculty Recruitment and Training
The Data Science Initiative provides training, resources, and tools to AUC faculty who are designing curriculum, conducting research, and thought leadership.
Research and Learning
Atlanta University Center faculty are noted scholars in all fields of academia, each of whom is consistently pursuing excellence and adding value to the body of data science knowledge.
Data Science Events
The Data Science Initiative hosts training and collaboration events and supports attendance at conferences and training workshops for faculty and students.
AUC DATA SCIENCE INITIATIVE
The Atlanta University Center (AUC) Data Science Initiative facilitates and coordinates data science-focused research, activities, and programs across Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College, and the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library. Leveraging the AUC’s rich history in social justice, the Initiative works to develop promising practices that diversify the data science workforce and advance data science on topics that impact Black America.
The Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative is supported by the UnitedHealth Group.
NEWS, INFORMATION, AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Newsletter – January 2022
Released on January 11th, this month's newsletter is loaded with data science job opportunities, faculty speaker calls for our 2022 W.E.B. Du Bois Symposium, Mini-Grant opportunities, plus our usual array of exciting data science opportunities. Click to View Our...
ASA Awarded $1.5M NSF Grant to Boost Underrepresented Students
The American Statistical Association has been awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to ensure students from underrepresented groups have access to cutting-edge data science courses, research opportunities, and industry...
Newsletter – December 2021
Released on December 7th, this month's newsletter features a glimpse into our 2022 W.E.B. Du Bois Symposium, new Mini-Grant opportunities, job opportunities, and internships, plus our usual array of exciting data science opportunities. Click to View Our December...
SPOTLIGHT
United HealthGroup Partners to Launch Data Science Initiative
The five-year, $8.25 million investment by UnitedHealth Group is part of an ambitious collaboration with AUCC and its member institutions to launch of the AUCC Data Science Initiative, which will offer technical classes for students who want to specialize in data science or learn data analysis to give them a competitive edge when they look for jobs in their field of study.
“The Data Science Initiative has the potential to make the Atlanta University Center Consortium a national resource for experts in data analytics. This program will not only produce talented data scientists who will be leaders in their fields, but increasing the number of degree offerings with data science competencies at HBCUs will assist in diversifying a career field that is currently made up of less than 7% of under-represented minorities.”
— Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine
