Newsletter – July 2025

Abstraction: HBCU data science initiative hub for workforce diversity and education

Key points:

• AUC Data Science Initiative serves as a national hub to catalyze data science education and research across HBCUs, stewarded by Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College, and the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library
• Supported by a five-year, $8.25 million UnitedHealth Group investment plus Mastercard partnership
• Mission explicitly tied to social justice: diversifying the data science workforce and advancing data science on topics impacting Black America
• Under-represented minorities currently make up less than 7% of the data science career field
• Initiative provides faculty training/curriculum resources, hosts data science events, and supports conference attendance for faculty and students

Connections: Atlanta University Center · Morehouse College · Spelman College · Data Science Education · Diversity In Tech

Source: https://datascience.aucenter.edu/