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President Jones stands with the top three competitors

Dickinson's 3rd Annual Investment Competition: Navigating Volatility for Gains

66 students battle market chaos, managing $1,000,000 virtual portfolios over 10 weeks.

Prof Lars English and two students

Bite-Sized Breakthroughs: Physics Looks at Nontrivial Excitations

Learn more about a student-faculty physics project that studies lattices of special geometries that support topologically interesting oscillatory modes.

Xiaolu Wang used an innovative method to analyze the emotional tone of the lyrics in more than 200,000 Chinese-language pop songs. His findings challenge what we think we know about pop lyrics and national mood. Photo by Dan Loh.

What Do Pop Songs Reveal About Us? New Research at Dickinson Seeks to Find Out

Can pop-song lyrics give us clues to a society's emotional temperature? The answer is more complex than many believe.

two men with playing cards

Bite-Sized Breakthroughs: Data Analytics Plays Poker

Learn more about a student-faculty data analytics project that studies poker as a way to observe human decision making.

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Small Classes, Big Rewards in Science, Support and Self-Discovery

“I fell in love with the campus, small class sizes and people I met ... It felt like Dickinson was committed to me and my unique experiences." Meet Sofia Taroncher '28.

Student-actors performing in the original play "Hidden Stories," lift intriguing objects out of a trunk.

Mermaid Players Find Magic in Hidden Treasures

Forgotten objects in an attic spark memories and magic in the Mermaid Players’ fall play. 'Hidden Stories' runs Friday, Oct. 31, to Sunday, Nov. 2.

Two students work in a computer lab

Data-Driven Learning in Action

Students take data analysis into the Dickinson community and beyond.

2025 interns in data, tech and engineering

Tips for Career-Shaping Internships in Computer Science, Data, Engineering

Dickinson students share 10 tips for getting—and making the most of—career-shaping internships in data, tech and engineering.

Lulu Wang sits on steps

Turning Raw Data Into Meaningful Stories

Assistant Professor of Data Analytics Lulu Wang explains why data science is often less about numbers and more about stories.

Eren Bilen jumps

Checkmating the Data Deluge

Assistant Professor of Data Analytics Eren Bilen taps the data revolution and online chess players to study behavioral economics.

Three men in academic regalia stand in front of a limestone building.

Dickinson Grad’s History Honors Project Sheds Light on Discriminatory Housing

Ben Warren '25 brought his history and data analytics expertise together for an impactful project on a painful legacy.

the club baseball team

Red Devils Reach Club Baseball World Series

Club baseball team sets new standard with its deepest postseason run in program history.

Data Analytics hero

Data Analytics Major Jobs and Graduate School Acceptances 2025

Data analytics majors secure jobs at MLB, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Deloitte and more.

Noah Lape '26. Photo by RIley Heffron '26.

Noah Lape '26 Wins Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Fresh from an award-winning conference presentation, Noah Lape '26 was earns a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.

Andrew Scheiner

Dickinson Research Reveals a New Take on NBA Tipoffs

Student-faculty research suggests that the tipoff might be more significant than previously thought.

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