What’s the Data Science Community Newsletter?
The Data Science Community Newsletter (DCSN) is a witty, informative weekly newsletter launched in 2015 and wholly supported by the Academic Data Science Alliance. It is written by Laura Norén and curated by Brad Stenger.
The DSCN covers academic data science research and institution building, open science efforts, government funding of (data) science, key industry stories highlighting applications of data science and ethical missteps. We also provide a list of events and conferences, calls for papers, a tweet of the week, a data visualization of the week, and job postings.
Who are Laura and Brad?

Laura Norén is the voice behind the newsletter. She is currently VP of Privacy and Trust at Obsidian Security, a Visiting Scholar at NYU’s Center for Data Science, and a Visiting Scholar at UC-Berkeley’s Division of Data Science. She holds a PhD in Sociology from NYU, undergrad degrees from MIT, and is broadly interested in the sociotechnical impacts of applied data science.

Brad Stenger is the ring master of the technical machinery that sources all the DSCN content from the far reaches of the internet. His information discovery and curation stack is what allows us to hit the breadth of coverage while maintaining clear focus on the topics that interest our readers. Besides newsletters, Brad enjoys hacking his Garmin and researching wearable technology.
To submit announcements
Automatically: to painlessly list your events, tools, or job posting in our newsletter, use the newsletter sign-up form and add your twitter feed to our robot’s radar. We will see what you tweet and automatically include relevant content in the newsletter. Privacy note: we only grab tweets with links in them and do not see any other twitter content.
Human-touch: to submit an announcement directly to Laura Norén and Brad Stenger, please email Laura Norén (laura.noren@nyu.edu) and Brad Stenger (brad.stenger@gmail.com). All announcements should include a link. We reserve curatorial discretion.
Archive
All newsletters are archived as pdf-a files.
2020
- 8 May 2020 201 Academia is courageous, fragile, and broke
- 30 April 2020 200 International Comparisons
- 24 April 2020 199 Coronavirus Part VI: The Re-opening Rodeo/li>
- 21 April 2020 198 New research suggests we shouldn’t open campuses in the fall
- 10 April 2020 197Coronavirus Part V: *Must* Facebook and Zoom be part of the solution?
- 2 Apr 2020 196Brain-Computer Interface Ethics + More Corona
- 26 Mar 2020 195 Coronavirus Part IV: The curve will oscillate
- 20 Mar 2020 194 Coronavirus Part III: The datastream starts to flow
- 13 Mar 2020 193 Coronavirus Part II: The week the US canceled everything
- 6 Mar 2020 192 – Coronavirus Part 1: America’s Laissez Faire approach to public health
- 27 Feb 2020 191 – Tales of Academic Fraud
- 20 Feb 2020 – 190 – Changing conference culture to save the planet; edu on strike
- 3 Jan 2020 – 189 – 2019 Data Science Community Newsletter Stats
2019
- 23 December 2019 188 Open Access Updates
- 16 December 2019 187 Big tech = big brother? Racing toward peak surveillance
- 6 December 2019 – 186 Campus foment continues
- 25 November 2019 – 185 The people, united, are anxious and depressed. [short issue]
- 21 November 2019 – 184 Moral grandstanding is the bane you’ve been waiting to name
- 14 November 2019 –183 – Health data is precious
- 1 November 2019 – – 182 How diverse is academic science in 2019?
- 24 October 2019 –181 Sexual harassment and assault on campus – from bad to worse
- 17 October 2019 –180 Scientists sign climate change petition
- 11 October 2019 179 50 Shades of Surveillance
- 03 October 2019 –178 Following the Money
- 26 September 2019 177
- 27 June 2019 176
- 20 June 2019 175 – Double Issue
- 6 June 2019 174
- 30 May 2019 173
- 23 May 2019 172
- 16 May 2019 171
- 09 May 2019 170
- 01 May 2019 169
- 26 April 2019 168
2018
- 27 November 2018 – 167
- 13 September 2018 – 165
- 05 September 2018 – 164
- 28 August 2018 – 163
- 16 August 2018 – 162
- 02 August 2018 – 161 – big announcement!
- 24 July 2018 – 160
- 17 July 2018 – 159
- 10 July 2018 – 158
- 25 June 2018 – 157
- 20 June 2018 – 156
- 11 June 2018 – 155
- 04 June 2018 – 154
- 29 May 2018 – 153
- 21 May 2018 – 152
- 15 May 2018 – 151
- 07 May 2018 – 150
- 30 April 2018 – 149
- 23 April 2018 – 148
- 17 April 2018 – 147
- 10 April 2018 – 146
- 02 April 2018 – 145
- 26 March 2018 – 144
- 19 March 2018 – 143
- 13 March 2018 – 142
- 5 March 2018 – 141
- 17 February 2018 – 140
- 9 February 2018 – 139
- 2 February 2018 – 138
- 26 January 2018 – 137
- 19 January 2018 – 136
- 13 January 2018 – 135
- 06 January 2018 – 134
2017
- 29 December 2017 – 133 – Best of 2017
- 22 December 2017 – 132
- 15 December 2017 – 131
- 11 December 2017 – 130
- 01 December 2017 – 129
- 24 November 2017 – 128
- 17 November 2017 – 127
- 10 November 2017 – 126
- 03 November 2017 – 125
- 27 October 2017 – 124
- 20 October 2017 – 123
- 13 October 2017 – 122
- 06 October 2017 – 121
- 29 September 2017 – 120
- 22 September 2017 – 119
- 15 September 2017 – 118
- 11 September 2017 – 117
- 05 September 2017 – 116 First day of school issue
- 28 August 2017 – 115
- 21 August 2017 – 114
- 14 August 2017 – 113
- 7 August 2017 – 112
- 31 July 2017 – 111
- 24 July 2017 – 110
- 17 July 2017 – 109
- 10 July 2017 – 108
- 03 July 2017 – 107
- 26 June 2017 – 106
- 19 June 2017 – 105
- 12 June 2017 – 104
- 05 June 2017 – 103
- 29 May 2017 – 102
- 22 May 2017 – 101
- 15 May 2017 – 100
- 05 May 2017 – 099
- 24 April 2017 – 098
- 17 April 2017 – 097
- 10 April 2017 – 096
- 03 April 2017 – 095
- 17 March 2017 – 094
- 10 March 2017 – 093
- 03 March 2017 – 092
- 24 February 2017 – 091
- 17 February 2017 – 090
- 10 February 2017 – 089
- 02 February 2017 – 088
- 27 January 2017 – 087
- 20 January 2017 – 086
- 13 January 2017 – 085
- 09 January 2017 – 084
2016
- Best of 2016 083
- 19 December 2016 – 082
- 12 December 2016 – 081
- 05 December 2016 – 080
- 28 November 2016 – 079
- 18 November 2016 – 078
- 11 November 2016 – 077
- 04 November 2016 – 076
- 28 October 2016 – 075
- 21 October 2016 – 074
- 14 October 2016 – 073
- 07 October 2016 – 072
- 30 September 2016 – 071
- 23 September 2016 – 070
- 16 September 2016 – 069
- 09 September 2016 – 068
- 02 September 2016 – 067
- 26 August 2016 – 066
- 19 August 2016 – 065
- 12 August 2016 – 064
- 05 August 2016 – 063
- 29 July 2016 – 062
- 22 July 2016 – 061
- 15 July 2016 – 060
- 08 July 2016 – 059
- 01 July 2016 – 058
- 24 June 2016 – 057
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- 22 January 2016 – 035
- 15 January 2016 – 034
- 08 January 2016 – 033
2015
- 18 December 2015 – 032
- 11 December 2015 – 031
- 04 December 2015 – 030
- 30 November 2015 – 029
- 20 November 2015 – 028
- 13 November 2015 – 027
- 06 November 2015 – 026
- 30 October 2015 – 025
- 23 October 2015 – 024
- 16 October 2015 – 023
- 09 October 2015 – 022
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- 21 August 2015 – 015
- 14 August 2015 – 014
- 07 August 2015 – 013
- 31 July 2015 – 012
- 24 July 2015 – 011
- 17 July 2015 – 010
- 10 July 2015 – 009
- 03 July 2015 – 008
- 26 June 2015 – 007
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- 12 June 2015 – 005
- 05 June 2015 – 004
- 29 May 2015 – 003
- 22 May 2015 – 002
- 15 May 2015 – 001