Rachel Daniell

We made official U.S. history! Our program Future of Sexual and Reproductive Health Research (FOR) Kenya was a partnership between University of California, San Francisco and Maseno University that trained young women in and around Kisumu, Kenya to design and lead qualitative research studies to improve quality of sexual and reproductive healthcare for themselves and their peers. Yesterday, we learned that our program entered the U.S. congressional record as part of celebrations to recognize the amazing work of my home department, the Institute for Health & Aging. We couldn't be more proud! Shout out to the incredible FOR Kenya team: Dr. Louisa ndunyu RHODA MUSUNGU Paige Logan Prater, MPH Mercy James And many thanks to The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Lana Dakan for funding this pilot program in her former role. To anyone who wants to fund Phase 2, I am all ears...

Join us for a free Zoom workshop on Wednesday, April 1, led by mapmaker and Syracuse University Assistant Professor Meghan Kelly 🗺️ ✨ Meghan works at the intersection of cartography, feminist theory, and digital storytelling. She is particularly interested in the role of power in spatial data, map design, and mapping processes. After you learn about her research, participate in a guided map icon-making exercise. 📍 This program is held in conjunction with the exhibition "Joyce Kozloff: Contested Territories, 1983-2023," on view at the Everson until April 5, 2026. Register for the Zoom lecture/workshop: https://lnkd.in/gGBk8Kyf

Timelines are often boring. I’ve been experimenting with ways to make them feel more alive and engaging. This is a fully interactive, web-based timeline featuring roughly 350,000 objects from the Rijksmuseum collection. The next step is adding a more detailed exploration layer, so users can dive in further. More to come ✨ Data source: https://lnkd.in/eAnK4wTn #timeline #museumcollection

Do you work on US-Mexico border issues? Perhaps undocumented migration/asylum, migrant deaths, and missing persons? If so, please check out this gut-wrenching story. How can critical data like this simply "vanish"? Something doesn't add up... https://lnkd.in/gQbiptrN

📢 You are invited next week to attend this #STEAM workshop that explores the entanglement of #ecology, and #Indigenous landscape through the story of Giant #Hogweed in the post-war Sudetenland. Led by The Fulbright Program Scholars Adam Vackar, Rafael De Balanzó Joue, PhD, Architect de Balanzo and Donata Kraskauskaite, it invites participants invites to question who decides what belongs—and where. Participants will engage in a live presentation followed by #speculative #design process for the Future Pratt Institute Campuses connector. 🌈 Come prepared to rethink the boundaries between human and nonhuman worlds. 👇 Pratt Institute School of Architecture Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment #PrattMathScience Pratt Institute MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems

I’m still processing this weekend. We talk about “finding your people” but I didn’t realize how important that is until I did. For the first time, I felt seen, heard, and aligned with people who actually understand the work I care about so deeply. I had the opportunity to attend my first ever School of Data hosted by BetaNYC at CUNY school of law, a space that sits at the heart of NYC’s open data movement. Being in a room where policy, technology, and community all come together was powerful on its own. But what really made it unforgettable was the people. Meeting Noel Hidalgo along with his son Oryan (best guest of the weekend, no debate), was something I won’t forget. Noel, thank you for helping in creating spaces like this. Spaces where people can dream, vision, create and find there purpose. I met Peter Huu Tran from New York University ’s Center for Urban Science and Progress, part of NYU Tandon School of Engineering my dream master’s program. One conversation with you reignited something in me. You made everything feel possible again, and that’s something I’ll carry with me for a long time to come on my journey. I sat in on sessions like: From Connectivity to Connection, Transforming Digital Equity Into Action Building the Public Interest Tech Workforce Housing Equity in New York How 10 Years of Civic Engagement Through Open Data Has Changed NYC And across most of them, one thing kept coming up: We have all this data. But It’s up to us as the community to continue to bridge that gap of understanding and accessiblity. That stuck with me. Because that’s exactly why I started building Citylensnyc.com It reminded me how important it is for us, especially those building in tech, to create tools that translate complexity into clarity and so much other issues we are working hard towards to continue building a better future for our city. I also want to thank Provost Jorge P. Silva-Puras for bringing the Data Science + AI program to Lehman College That one moment in class completely changed my life, and I’ve been dedicated towards growing my skills and being able to use my knowledge to make a real difference in our communities since. And to Aankit Patel and Kathleen Cumiskey for creating tech programs and spaces in CUNY like the CUNY PIT Lab . You guys almost brought me to tears. Listening to my story, my passions, and being so supportive of my dreams… that meant everything to me. you reminded me of everything I’m building toward is possible. We ended the weekend celebrating 10 years of School of Data, surrounded by some of the most passionate, thoughtful, and driven people I’ve ever met. Thank you for connecting with me, enjoying this weekend, taking the time to hear me see me and discuss with me our hopes + dreams. The future of data isn’t coming. It’s already being built, and I’m really proud to be part of it. See you next year and many years to come🤍 #OpenData #CivicTech #DataForGood #NYC #SmartCities #WomenInTech

Columbia University Libraries is hiring an Instruction & Research Librarian! Based in the History & Humanities unit, this person will be a key contributor to reference, instruction, and outreach activities. I'm on the search committee and am happy to answer questions or point you to someone who can. We look forward to your application! https://lnkd.in/emXsZJBF