Enriching education at the intersection of Data Analytics and the Food, Agriculture, Natural and Human Sciences through professional experiential learning and curriculum development

Multi-campus collaboration

  • CSU Chico State
  • Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Multi-campus collaboration

  • CSU San Bernardino
  • Department of Information and Decision Sciences

Data Skills Workshops

We partner with the Carpentries to teach essential data and computational skills for conducting efficient, open, and reproducible research

Experiential Learning

Through applied research internships we provide career experience emphasizing problem solving, decision-making, collaboration and leadership skills in a professional space.

Student Advising

Academic and Career path advising.

Building Community

Free drop in support to foster an active community of learners and practitioners.

Curriculum Development

Create a Faculty Learning Community to develop culturally relevant, project-based and data-driven curriculum that incorporates modern data science tools.

Career Connection

Collaborate with Career centers. Organize career panels and seminars / “Ask me anything” job talks.

What are the FANH Sciences?

The term “food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences” (FANH sciences) includes activities in food and fiber, agricultural, renewable energy and natural resources, forestry, and physical and social sciences, or rural economic, community, or business development including activities relating to the following:

  • Biotech

    Biotechnology related to agriculture

  • Data

    Big data related to agriculture

  • Animal Health

    Animal health, production, and well-being

  • Plant Health

    Plant health and production

  • Aquaculture

    Aquaculture

  • Food Safety

    Food Safety

  • Soil and Water

    Soil and water conservation and improvement

  • Forestry

    Forestry, horticulture, and range management

  • Nutrition

    Nutritional sciences and promotion and Farm enhancement

  • Youth Development

    Youth development and agricultural education, including 4–H clubs

  • Technology

    Information management and technology transfer related to agriculture

What careers exist in FANH? The USDA HSI Education Grants Program lists the occupations below as examples of “mission critical” occupations that the USDA is looking to recruit talented students from Hispanic Serving Institutions into:

  • Forestry Specialist, Technician

    Forestry Specialist, Technician

  • General Biological Scientists, Technicians

    General Biological Scientists, Technicians

  • Soil Conservation Specialist, Technicians

    Soil Conservation Specialist, Technicians

  • Dietician and Nutritionist Specialist

    Dietician and Nutritionist Specialist

  • Veterinary Medical Officer

    Veterinary Medical Officer

  • General Business and Industry

    General Business and Industry

  • Statistician Specialist

    Statistician Specialist

  • Food Inspection Specialist

    Food Inspection Specialist

  • Consumer Safety Inspection

    Consumer Safety Inspection

News and Events

Read more

Project DA-FANH Sunsetting in July 2025

on July 22, 2025

Project DA-FANH was funded by a USDA HSI Education Grant from Aug 2021 to July 2025. This project helped enriching education at the intersection of Data Analytics and the food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences domains through professional experiential learning and curriculum development. Some activities developed by the grant such as the professional internship at Chico State, and weekly data analytic virtual workshops at CSUSB https://www.

Continue reading

Read more

Desiree's Reflection on a Summer Workshop

on May 29, 2025

Desiree Orozco, a Chico State undergraduate student, participated in one of Project DA-FANH’s Data Skills Workshops. Below is her reflection on the skills she gained from the experience: “The DA-FANH Data Skill Workshop helped me in many ways. To begin, I had no idea the data science community existed until I took this two-day workshop.

Continue reading

Read more

Data Driven Career Panel

on February 13, 2025

Spring 2025 Career Panel Don’t Miss the Data Driven Career Panel – Spring 2025 Are you interested in data-driven careers? Want to explore how data science is transforming industries like agriculture, public health, and brewing? If so, mark your calendars for an incredible opportunity! Event Details Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Continue reading

Read more

R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis

on December 3, 2024

We’re excited to be hosting a Software Carpentry workshop and hope you are too. Our upcoming workshop will be on January 13-15, 2025, from 9:00am-1:00pm PST. A few notes: Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills.

Continue reading

Our Partners

We could not accomplish great things without the support and collaboration with these organizations.