Data Science for the Common Good (DS4CG) is a summer program that trains aspiring data scientists to work on real-world problems that benefit the common good. Dozens of representatives from companies, nonprofits and government agencies, including State Senator Jo Comerford, are expected to attend a celebration of past accomplishments and the launch of the next season of DS4CG at this event. Attendees will learn how the Center for Data Science’s summer internship program could help them learn from large volumes of data, or data from disparate sources that they may not have time or resources to take strategic advantage of.

The  UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School of Management is hosting the Inclusive Leadership Summit (ILS) this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18-19, in Isenberg’s Business Innovation Hub. The summit is the nexus of the school’s diversity and inclusion efforts and will bring together more than 250 students with industry partners, alumni, faculty, staff and community leaders to share best practices, industry trends and concerns related to diversity and inclusion in business.

Two special events; a lecture and sustainably-sourced lunch, will introduce a proposed new collaboration between the Stockbridge School of Agriculture and the Italian studies department to the campus.