The Institute’s Dr. Aric LaBarr will speak on the subject of developing credit scoring models for banking and beyond at the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) East.

Congratulations to Valerie Schwartz, the Institute’s head of admissions, on her nomination for the Provost’s Unit Award for Excellence! Since joining the Institute in June 2017, Valerie has demonstrated exceptional leadership in managing the annual admissions cycle for the Master of Science in Analytics, overseeing over 6,000 applicants during her tenure. Her extensive expertise from two decades in higher education administration has been instrumental in ensuring the enrollment of top-tier students.

The Institute hosted a delegation of students in the Business/Economics+Data Analytics program in the School of Economics and Business at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. The week-long program involved faculty lectures and hands-on exercises, as well as talks about graduate education in the U.S. and preparing for employment in the data science profession.

Congratulations to Class of ’24 student Eason Warren on his successful completion of a marathon run challenge to raise funds for the Beau’s Buddies Cancer Fund of Greenville, North Carolina. Eason raised over $4,000 with the help of many fellow students and staff members of the Institute for Advanced Analytics by completing his first marathon (16 laps around campus), 26 miles under 6 hours, with running companions on each lap. A crowd of runners joined Eason for the final celebratory lap (in the dark)! Congratulations to everyone for the amazing team effort and the generous donations to a charitable cause.