Nate Silver, a pioneer in the field of data journalism, spoke in two Book Fest panels about his career.  Shaking it up: AI, social media, legacy media, the ‘new’ news   On Friday, Nate...

Last Monday marked the beginning of Love Data Week, hosted by the Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Science in conjunction with the Tulane University Libraries.  Love Data Week featured lectures,...

Data is a crucial part of making decisions every day. However, the use and presentation of data can be misconstrued to influence certain ideas, so data literacy in this day and age is essential.   Plans...

This summer, I began the slow and mostly solitary process of cleaning up The Hullabaloo’s office in the basement of the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life. As I hauled clunky old printers out and...

One of the most overlooked aspects of social media is its privacy policy and terms and conditions. When signing up for a new account — whether on Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram or FaceBook — who...

The discussion of internet privacy rights and data collection policies in a national context has become more intimate than one might have expected. How could data collection, location tracking and...

It is apparent that unease has punctuated life at Tulane this semester. Overheard in passing conversations, seen in tweets and read in emails is a widespread panic that the university is making a mistake...