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Basketball by the Numbers

After interning with the athletics department, Andrew Scheiner '25 (comp sci, data analytics) researched tipoffs and jump balls in professional basketball and presented findings at MathFest 2023.

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Stafford Fellowship in Bioinformatics Gives Science Students a Leg Up

The new fellowship supports research and internships both on campus and off, across the academic year and through the summer.

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Konnichiwa, Chatbot! Students to Leverage AI for Fast-Track Language Learning

Through the power of AI, Dickinson students will soon be able to practice Japanese language in a novel and convenient way.

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Dickinson Welcomes First Next Genius Scholars

Dickinson joins forces with Next Genius, a program identifying and supporting the brightest and most promising students from 1,800 schools in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

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I Unintentionally Created a Biased AI Algorithm 25 Years Ago—Tech Companies Are Still Making the Same Mistake

Professor of Computer Science John MacCormick examines how his unintentional creation of a biased algorithm reveals important lessons as AI becomes more influential.

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Computer Science Major Jobs 2023

Computer science majors secure jobs as software engineers for Amazon, Deloitte and more.

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Astrophysicist for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to Give Talk at Dickinson

John Mather will receive Dickinson’s annual Joseph Priestley Award.

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Dickinson Students Get Inside Look at Tech Careers at Google

Dickinson's new Winter Break Career Pathways Program brought 30 students to Google's NYC offices to meet with alumni working there and learn how to carve a successful career in tech.

Christian Gonzalez '24

Student Snapshot: Christian Gonzalez ’24

Meet Christian Gonzalez '24, a computer science major who interned with the College Farm to help develop a website that helps farms earn organic certification.

Elias Berhe '25

Student Snapshot: Elias Berhe '25

“The Dickinson community has helped me to think differently and to dream to achieve big goals,” says Elias Berhe ’25, a computer-science major from Ethiopia who enjoys using code for the common good.

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Dickinson Professor Explores Google’s ‘Algorithm That Ranked the Internet’

Professor of Computer Science John MacCormick explains how Google’s cofounders used math to beat the competition and change the way we interact with information.

Ben Warren '25

Student Snapshot: Ben Warren '25

From crop planning to literary analysis, data analytics major Ben Warren ’25 is completing impactful internships and combing through vast amounts of information to ask and answer difficult questions.

Leah Goldberg '23 is a double major in Japanese and computer science who recently conducted research on machine learning.

Student Snapshot: Leah Goldberg '23

Leah Goldberg ’23 is Japanese and computer science double major who's conducted original research on machine learning and physiological signal processing in AI.

Evan Bates

Student Snapshot: Evan Bates '23

If a class seems interesting, try it, says Evan Bates ’23, who discovered a deep love of coding through an introductory course at Dickinson.

George Thorp '25

Student Snapshot: George Thorp '25

Meet George Thorp '25, a Red Devils football player who majors in computer science and data analytics and minors in math.

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