DSI Faculty Roberta De Vito and Shekhar Pradhan will be leaving Brown at the end of the month after years of service to the Data Science Institute and Brown. We are so lucky to have had them as a part of our DSI community, and we wish them great success and joy in their future endeavors!

Brenda Rubenstein, Stephen Bach, and Ying Ma have been appointed to named professorships following May’s Corporation Meeting.

Commencement Weekend 2025 was a joyous occasion, with students and families celebrating their loved ones’ achievements all throughout campus. At DSI, we gathered on Friday to celebrate our Undergraduate and PhD students with a Commencement Lunch, and again on Saturday for dinner to celebrate our Master’s students. Congratulations to all our graduating students!

During Spring 2025, nine PhD students successfully defended their dissertations from DSI, CCMB, and CNTR.

Congratulations to graduating seniors Anna Lapre, Michelle Ding, Catie Manning, and Gabriela Becher!

DSI is home to multiple undergraduate and graduate academic programs, each with passionate and inspiring students. Hear from some of our graduating students and explore what has inspired them at Brown.

Five professors across various disciplines spoke at the “Data in the Trump/DOGE Era” panel on Monday.

Data losses may pose a problem for researchers using government data for their projects.

In February, Data Fluency Certificate undergraduate students Sima Raha, Nazifa Qazizada, and Computational Biology undergraduate Hannah Beakley attended the WECode Conference at Harvard University, learning from tech industry leaders and connecting with fellow students.

Brown DSI & CSREA welcome AI policy expert Dr. Alondra Nelson to speak on governing the future of artificial intelligence.