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We are delighted to announce that Prof. Dennis Sun has been named the new Director of the Program in Data Science, including the Data Science B.S., Data Science & Social Systems B.A., and Data Science minor.
The incoming data science program director is using beach balls, taste tests, and other unlikely teaching tools to make introductory courses relevant for students across majors. 
We’d like to invite our students to have lunch with faculty for both the Data Science Program (B.S. & B.A.) and MCS! This is an opportunity for students to extend learning and mentorship while getting to know a faculty member outside the classroom.
It’s the time of year when we’re looking to hire next year’s Peer Advisors. We really hope you’ll consider this exciting opportunity!
We're delighted to introduce you to the new peer advisors for the 2023-2024 academic year! Read more about each of them here.
The Statistics Department is revamping the way it teaches introductory probability.
At the end of the Program in Data Science’s inaugural year, the team has decided to make some small changes to requirements for the 2023-2024 academic year. These changes will go into effect for students who declare the major on or after September 1, 2023.*

Jeremy Weinstein is the faculty director of the BA in Data Science and Social Systems and a professor of political science. Mallory Nobles, right, is the...

The gateway course for the new Data Science & Social Systems major blends a social science approach rooted in understanding causal inference and an engineering approach to algorithmic design.  (Stanford Report)
Dear Data Science and MCS Majors,
We’d like to invite our students to have lunch with one of the members of our leadership team for the Data Science Program (B.S. & B.A.) and MCS!
Both the new design major and the new data science majors were announced during the 2022-2023 academic year. The Stanford Daily spoke with current and prospective students to hear their thoughts.
We are thrilled to welcome Prof. Dennis Sun, who returned to Stanford in January to become Associate Professor (Teaching) of Statistics! Since receiving his Ph.D. from Stanford in 2015 under the advising of Prof.
The Summer Undergraduate Research Program through the Statistics Department
Read more about the launch of our new majors 
Read about our new program in the Stanford Report and learn how to declare.
Construction has begun on the Stanford Data Science & Computation Complex, our future home. Learn more about this new building!
We're thrilled to introduce you to the new peer advisors for the 2022-2023 academic year! Read more about them here.