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Jupyter Community Workshops Are Back! The Jupyter Community Building Working Group is pleased to announce that the next call for proposals for Jupyter Community Workshops is now…

Jupyter Community Workshops are back! Find a Call for Proposals and a description of our goals here:

blog.jupyter.org/jupyter-comm...

This one is for participants who are current or aspiring Jupyter contributors.

The CfP is open through Sunday, September 7th, 2025.

California police misconduct records now available in public database A database of 1.5 million pages of records from 12,000 California officer-misconduct and use-of-force cases is now available online.

Outstanding work, @calmatters.org! California police misconduct records now available in public database

Inside California’s new police records database Cheryl Phillips, founder and co-Director of Big Local News at Stanford University, gives insight on new database giving Californians access to nearly one-point-five million pages of internal police re...

“Inside California’s new police records database” - Spend a few minutes watching an interview with Cheryl Phillips (@cephillips.bsky.social) on KTVU Fox 2 (@ktvufox2.bsky.social) to hear more about the new database.
www.ktvu.com/video/1686149

#AI #UCBerkeley #Stanford #localnews

🧵 A new public database, the Police Records Access Project, now makes 1.5 million pages of public records on police use of force and misconduct in California searchable for the first time.

The project was led by @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social, @ucbids.bsky.social, and Stanford's Big Local News.

A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records For Immediate Release August 4, 2025 Contact: Journalism@berkeley.edu A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records   ...

New database just published by @latimes.com, @sfchronicle.com, @kqednews.kqed.org + CalMatters and built by Berkeley Journalism's IRP, @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social BIDS + @biglocalnews.bsky.social makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records. journalism.berkeley.edu/police-recor...

We’ve launched a database with about 1.5 million pages of once-secret records detailing when law enforcement officers in California seriously injured someone or an agency found an officer violated policy with @kqednews.kqed.org, @sfchronicle.com @latimes.com @calmatters.org 1/

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The public now has access to internal affairs records that disclose how law enforcement agencies throughout California handle misconduct allegations as well as uses of police force that result in death or serious injury.

#AI #UCBerkeley #Stanford #localnews

Today, we celebrate the incredible work on the Police Records Access Project – a first-of-its-kind database in the nation. It took years of work by a multidisciplinary team of journalists, data scientists, lawyers and civil rights advocates.

Learn more: bit.ly/4m5uDlu

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🎨 Ultra-high-res murals
🧠 AI ethics + ancient scripts
📜 Global manuscript archives
🌐 Cross-campus collaboration
💡 Open-source tools, shared tech

📖 Read the full story here: bit.ly/45hhHD0

#DigitalPreservation #OpenScience #UCBerkeley

What does it take to digitize 1,000 years of Buddhist art carved into stone?

The #Dunhuang Academy joined BIDS to share how they’re preserving the #Mogao Caves with AI, 3D scans, and open tools - A story about data, preservation, and why the Mogao Caves matter.

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The first UC #OpenSource Contributors & Maintainers Meetup brought us together for collaboration 🤝 and open conversations 💬. We showcased diverse projects advancing #research 🔬. This is just the start of an annual series!

More details here: bit.ly/45c7aYP

#UniversityofCalifornia #Innovation

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#BroaderImpacts shouldn’t be an afterthought. Dione Rossiter’s final #SciComm talk made the case for designing impact with the research, not around it. 🤝 Thoughtful partnerships, 🌍 inclusive strategies, and 🎯 clear outcomes are key to making research truly matter.

Get resources: brdo.berkeley.edu

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🧠 Translate your academic experience into skills
📂 Track your accomplishments
🏆 Recommend yourself
🌐 Build your online presence
🤝 Nurture your network

Last day of Summer SciComm tomorrow on Zoom! forms.gle/XBbFZDER74z1...

#STEMCareers #SelfPromotion #ScienceSelfFandom

Today’s Summer #SciComm session was all about promoting your work and your worth.

Whether you're applying for jobs, pitching your work, or nominating yourself for an award: self-promotion isn’t bragging, it’s strategy.

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TODAY at 12pm PT on Zoom 🎆 Join us for the UC #OSPO Network All-Campus Virtual Meetup, bringing together the vibrant UC #OpenSource community!

All levels welcomed - including the just curious - because the best learning happens when diverse perspectives come together.

ucospo.net/events/#all-...

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Looking forward to the last two days of the series! Make sure to follow along or join the session tomorrow: forms.gle/XBbFZDER74z1...

#ScienceCommunication #ScienceIsNotObjective #DiversityInScience #EquityInSTEM

UC Berkeley’s Summer #SciComm Series tackled a hard truth today: racism is deeply embedded in how we communicate science.

The overarching question: Who are we really serving with our science?

Key takeaways: Impact matters more than intent. Science isn’t objective, it’s a human process.

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Science matters – but so does how we talk about it. Dione Rossiter kicked off a week of #SciComm with tips on cutting jargon, clarifying ideas, and reaching across disciplines. 🔬🤝🌐

Sign up & follow along: forms.gle/XBbFZDER74z1...

#ScienceCommunication #AccessibilityInScience

Charting California's Future in AI Governance - California Council on Science & Technology (CCST) A discussion with the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models on their report and questions about California's future in AI governance.

@ccst.us will host the co-leads of the Joint Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models – including Carnegie’s President Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar – for the first public discussion of the California report’s findings.

July 15, 1pm PST. Register: ccst.us/charting-cal...

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🤩 Spotlight on the open source ecosystem! One of our amazing summer interns wrote about last Friday’s panel session at the National Workshop on Data Science Education. Thanks, Tyler!

Take a look: bit.ly/4lDGoPv

#Jupyter #ScientificPython #OpenScience #DataScienceEducation #Accessibility

Safiya Noble is on stage holding a microphone while looking out at the audience. Jennifer Chayes is sitting to her right, listening attentively.

At NWDSE last week, UCLA professor and social scientist Safiya Noble & UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society Dean Jennifer Chayes shared a powerful vision: AI should uplift communities and advance equity – not deepen existing inequality.

Hear more from CDSS: bit.ly/4kiF3fM

We are currently in a suite on the 6th floor of Sutardja Dai Hall, and relocating to the new Gateway building in 2026! 🎉

A quick correction - it was Sean Morris who presented Balaji’s work on accessibility! Thank you to both, and the great team focused on supporting #A11y communications

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Jupyter isn’t just infrastructure -- it’s inclusion, innovation, and impact.

Learn more about JupyterCon: events.linuxfoundation.org/jupytercon/

#Jupyter #OpenScience #DataScienceEducation #Accessibility

... and Ciera Martinez (@cieramartinez.bsky.social) introduced GeoJupyter for hands-on geo-spatial learning. Chris Holdgraf (@choldgraf.com) previewed MyST & JupyterBook, and Brigitta Sipőcz (@bsipocz.bsky.social) emphasized tested, reproducible tutorials.

Friday’s panel session at the National Workshop on Data Science Education spotlighted how Jupyter is powering the future of accessible, collaborative data science.

Fernando Pérez (@fernandoperez.org) shared the vision, Balaji Alwar demoed JupyterLab’s accessibility checker...

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When we invest in open tools and open communities, we make science more reproducible, more inclusive, and more impactful.

Learn more about Kirstie’s work: book.the-turing-way.org

#DataScienceEducation #OpenSource #OpenScience #TheTuringWay #Reproducibility

Wrapping up Day 4 of the National Workshop on Data Science Education with a powerful session led by Kirstie Whitaker (@kirstiejane.bsky.social) on open science and reproducibility.

Key takeaway: working openly builds trust & community, and needs to start from the beginning, not as an afterthought.

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Find out more here:
data6.org
github.com/data-6-berke...

#DataScienceEducation #OpenSource #JupyterHub #Data8 #Data6