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Monday, November 10th, 2025

Data Science in the Age of AI: AI is the Engine & You are the Engineer

By Sophie Yang ’27 The Dominguez Center for Data Science recently hosted an engaging talk by Dr. Chester Ismay, who shared how generative AI tools are transforming complex data science projects. He highlighted how data science bridges mathematics, computing, and domain expertise, while emphasizing the importance of clear communication, ethical responsibility, and reproducibility in analytical work. Drawing from his own projects and experiences, Dr. Ismay encouraged students to cultivate curiosity, critical thinking, and adaptability as technology continues to evolve. The session concluded with an open Q&A that deepened participants’ understanding of how students and data professionals can use generative AI […]

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Friday, October 31st, 2025

Dedication of the Dominguez Center for Data Science and the Perricelli-Gegnas Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

(left to right) Lisa Belcher, Eric Belcher, John Reynolds, Mike Maiolo, Michael Dominguez, John Bravman, Scott Perricelli, Sue Gegnas Perricelli, JoAnn Patrick-Ezzell, and Jim Bolognese On Wednesday, October 22, 2025, the Dominguez Center for Data Science and Perricelli-Gegnas Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation gathered for a joint dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The event was attended by faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members who are invested in the work of both centers. Remarks were given by Ghislaine McDayter, Kelly McConville, Celine Chang ’27, Rebecca Beneroff ’25, Michael Dominguez ’91, Erin Jablonski, Farhaj Shahid ’26, Katie Raso ’28, Scott Perricelli ’94, […]

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2025

Data Science Alumni Career Panel

By Austin Carroll ’26 Three Bucknell alumni working in data-focused roles—Elise Perazinni ’15, Lauren LeoGrande ’21, and Thomas Okonak ’97—joined Professor Kelly McConville, Director of the Dominguez Center for Data Science, for a virtual panel discussion streamed to a packed classroom of Bucknellians. The conversation explored their career paths, the impact of their Bucknell education, and how artificial intelligence is transforming their work. The panelists unanimously agreed that their time as Bucknell students prepared them to tackle complex problems in their careers. Ms. Perazinni, Data and Audience Strategy Lead at L’Oreal, expressed appreciation for the problem-solving skills she developed as […]

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Monday, October 13th, 2025

LEAF-Writer Wins the 2025 Rahtz Prize for TEI Ingenuity

The 2025 Rahtz Prize for TEI Ingenuity was awarded to the collaborators of LEAF-Writer! LEAF-Writer is a component of the Linked Editorial Academic Framework, the first U.S.-based installation of the virtual research environment. The development of LEAF-Writer Commons was a collaboration between Bucknell University, the Collaboratory for Writing and Research on Culture (CWRC), and colleagues at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Several Bucknell students, including Justin Verlin ’27 and Viveka Kurup ’25 as part of the JoAnn Patrick-Ezzell ’75 & Andrew Ezzell Data Science Student Fellows Program, worked with Diane Jakacki (Digital Scholarship Coordinator) to contribute to the development […]

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Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

AI in Scholarly Communications: Risks, Realities, and Potentials

On Monday, September 29th, 2025, Rachel Sweeney (Scholarly Communications & Copyright Librarian) led a lecture and discussion with a group of faculty and staff around artificial intelligence in scholarly communications. This event was co-sponsored by Bertrand Library and the Dominguez Center for Data Science. Sweeney’s talk centered on the common pitfalls of AI in scholarly communications: AI generating fake citations, the increase in “paper mill” scholarship created by AI, concerns about copyright infringement when AI generates content based on copyrighted materials, and arguments about whether or not that generated content constitutes transformative fair use. She also touched on qualifications for […]

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Friday, September 19th, 2025

Visual Disturbances: eye tracking study of Jacques Tati’s films

Researchers: Aaron Mitchel (Associate Professor of Psychology), Eric Faden (Professor of Film and Media Studies), Nathan Ryan (Professor of Mathematics), Taylor Myers ‘18 (Psychology), Alexander Murph ‘18 (Computer Science and Mathematics) Mid-century French filmmaker Jacques Tati made films that were different from a typical Hollywood movie in that he allowed and, in fact, encouraged his audience to explore each scene; instead of tightly controlling where the viewer looked, he designed his scenes so that each re-viewing would bring different details to light. Aaron Mitchel, Eric Faden, Nathan Ryan, Taylor Myers and Alexander Murph implemented an eye tracking study and found […]

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