datascience@berkeley student Erin Boehmer loves data. In her recent post for women2.0, she says, “Data speaks across cultural divides and gives a voice to the individual. And, as a Master of Information and Data Science student at the UC Berkeley School of Information, I’m starting to listen.”

Elizabeth Peters is a strategy analyst at Müller Quaker Dairy in Chicago, Illinois and a student at UC Berkeley. In her recent blog post for LinkedIn Pulse, “The New Online Degree,” Peters talks passionately about her connection to UC Berkeley and what it’s been like to earn her Master of Information and Data Science degree.

Access to data is changing the educational landscape. While the opportunities for learning and growth that this new data presents may seem infinite, Elizabeth Peters cautions that opportunities for positive change must be tempered by examining — and understanding — the potential ethical and privacy implications.

Master of Information and Data Science student Erin Boehmer reflects on the current role of data science — and dreams of where she hopes to lead it after completing her studies. She sees numbers as the key to empowering developing nations and populations.

On March 16, datascience@berkeley, the UC Berkeley School of Information’s online Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) program, hosted a student panel webinar in which a panel of professionals were invited to discuss.

We recently sat down with four datascience@berkeley students and asked them this: “What has been your favorite class so far?”