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Willamette University announces creation of new School of Computing and Information Sciences

05.22.2023 | Office of Communications

The move enhances Willamette’s existing offerings in computing and data science.

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Third annual DataFest marked a weekend of hard work, fun, and inter-collegiate engagement

05.10.2023 | Melanie Moyer

Willamette University’s third annual DataFest marked a weekend of hard work, fun, and inter-collegiate engagement.

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Former baseball star and triple alumnus takes on data field with the Padres

03.15.2023 | Jennifer Johnson

Connor Bailey BA’19, MBA/MS ’22 is now a business analyst for his hometown team.

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Talent for coding opens new doors for Salem Health manager

02.01.2023 | Jennifer Johnson

Maribel Méndez MBA ’21 says programming languages are like a “secret code.”

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Masters in data science program expands with new cohort in Salem

12.06.2022

The program is currently the largest of its kind among private institutions in Oregon and Washington.

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Freedom to explore interests leads to a dream job for triple alumnus

10.17.2022 | Jennifer Johnson

Scott Richter BA/MBA ’20, MSDS ’21 lands data science job at Activision one year after graduation.

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Willamette University hosts second DataFest

05.01.2022

This year's event featured the largest and most complex challenge yet.

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Former senior statistician at HP joins data science faculty

03.21.2022 | Jennifer Johnson

Kristen Gore started working for the Fortune 100 tech company in 2014.

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District attorney’s office hires graduate as first data science role

03.02.2022 | Jennifer Johnson

Nick Kachanyuk MS ’21 began working for the Marion County office in November.

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Scholar of virtual reality in education to teach computer science at Willamette

02.25.2022 | Jennifer Johnson

Friday Agbo is a Nigerian educator and researcher at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu. 

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Forecasting changes to the workforce through data science

01.13.2022 | Jennifer Johnson

Matt Eblen ’00 examines workforce data for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

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New cybersecurity, data courses offer human-centered approach

12.02.2021 | Jennifer Johnson

By viewing issues through a liberal arts lens, students gain clearer understanding of data ethics.

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Paving the way for data science learners

11.17.2021 | Jennifer Johnson

Colleen Smyth BA ’15, MS ’21 found a novel way to apply her degree before she even graduated.

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Nearly $2M grant expands WU's data science, STEM programming

10.29.2021 | Jennifer Johnson

The university can now offer more minors and courses for students of all majors.

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Data science students advance to final stage of major analytics competition

10.15.2021 | Jennifer Johnson

Students are applying what they’ve learned in class for a shot at thousands of dollars in prize money.

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Digging into data at warp speed

09.07.2021 | Jennifer Johnson

Following one team's international success, Willamette wants to offer more data science competitions.

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Willamette celebrates first graduate of 3+1 in Data Science

08.23.2021 | Jennifer Johnson

Zach Haroian BS/MS ’21 earned multiple degrees and landed a job before commencement.

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New faculty members join Willamette

09.01.2020

Six new professors bring expertise in law, data science, Japanese, computer science and vocal jazz.

Professor Emeritus Eric S. Roberts speaks at podium

Leading computer science expert to teach at Willamette

04.30.2020 | Ruth P. Feingold, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Willamette names Stanford Professor Emeritus Eric S. Roberts the 2020–21 Mark and Melody Teppola Presidential Distinguished Visiting Professor.

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Why study data science? Degrees, jobs and salaries

11.26.2019 | Jennifer Johnson

If you could invest in one form of insurance for your career, consider data science first.

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Stephens-Davidowitz highlights the power of big data

11.21.2019 | Adam Torgerson

Bestselling author and data scientists Seth Stephens-Davidowitz shares his digital truth serum.

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Charting a course to Intel

05.08.2019 | Tom Morlan

CorDarryl Hall MBA’19 braved stormy seas en route to a promising career as a data analyst.

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