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Student-Faculty Research Dives Into Local Businesses and Post-COVID Challenges

A Dickinson-Carlisle research project sends students into the community to learn about business issues and the people experiencing them.

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Red Devils Advance to NCAA Elite 8 With Coach Webster’s 300th Career Win

The Dickinson men’s lacrosse team will take on Christopher Newport University on Saturday afternoon for the chance to reach the Final 4.

Students who attended the career-exploration event pose with Scott Cohen '91 (center) and Emily Marshall, associate professor of economics and data analytics (front, far left). Photo by Dan Loh.

Back of the Net! Exploring Dream Careers in Sports Analytics

Ever dream of working in the sports industry? Scott Cohen '91, director of football research for the Baltimore Ravens, shares what it takes to forge a dream career in sports analytics.

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Six More Dickinsonians Admitted to Oxford University’s Mansfield Program

Every 2023-24 Dickinson applicant has been accepted into the Visiting Student Programme at Oxford University’s Mansfield College, one of the most selective abroad programs in higher education.

Graduate Story: Annie Le '22, EAB

The former economics major dives into data engineering with D.C.-based EAB, a higher-education solutions firm.

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Student Snapshot: Heidi Beardsley ’25

“I’m so grateful for all of the opportunities I’ve had at Dickinson,” says Heidi Beardsley ’25, a data analytics major, student researcher, dancer and maker who’s taught high-schoolers to code.

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Winter Break Career Pathways Program Gears Students up for the Future

With offerings in data and tech, finance, communications and consulting, Dickinson's new three-week career-immersion experience brings students to the cutting edge.

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.

Lia Gilmore

Student Snapshot: Lia Gilmore ’25

Meet Lia Gilmore ’25, a physics major and social-media wiz who's studying astronomical data reduction.

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10 Questions With Emily Marshall

Go beyond the numbers with the newly named director of quantitative initiatives.

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Student Snapshot: Ngoc Phuong Linh Nguyen ’22

Learn more about Ngoc Phuong Linh Nguyen ’22, who's studied and researched in nine countries, including through Dickinson's Oxford program and a data-science internship in Vietnam.

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The Case for a Liberal-Arts Approach to Data Analytics

With data at the heart of everything, the chairs of Dickinson's new data analytics program explain why studying the field at a liberal-arts college makes the most sense.

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