A DataFest sign welcomed students to the Q-Center at Bicentennial Hall.
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Alex Lyford, associate professor of statistics and director of Midd.Data, greeted students during the opening ceremony for DataFest in Bicentennial Hall on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
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Students worked in small groups in the Q-Center and around Bicentennial Hall to create five-minute presentations addressing various aspects of their data sets.
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Cam de Wet, professor of earth and climate sciences offers suggestions to Nona Abbker ’29 (left) and Rashida Azizi ’29 with their DataFest project in the Q-Center.
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(From left) Rey Kassam ’29, Isabelle Roos ’29, Maryella Wanless ’29, Tiffany Yiu ’29, Tamaki Nakajima ’29, and Gaurav Pradhan ’29 discuss their project in the Q-Center.
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(From left) Andy Jin ’27, Sunny Huang ’27, and Z Yang ’27, just before their presentation in Bicentennial Hall, discuss their findings on the correlation between access barriers and follow-up visits.
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Artemis Ge ’28, left, and Yuzhuo Wang ’28 prepare for their five-minute presentation in Bicentennial Hall.
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Christian Stratton, assistant professor of statistics assists (from left) Tamaki Nakajima ’29, Gaurav Pradhan ’29, and Tiffany Yiu ’29 with their project in the Q-Center.
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The group “RX for Retirement,” (from left) Benedict Shi ’26, Lindsey Burnham ’26, YiJun Kim ’26, Weronika Wozny ’27, and Chloe Bautista ’27, present their data findings on abortion care to students and judges in Bicentennial Hall at DataFest.
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In Bicentennial Hall, (from left) Aiden Han ’27, Estyn Elkouh ’29, and Zane Malarkey ’28 present their data findings on patients’ hospital stays.
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Winners for best overall presentation pose with their certificates at the DataFest closing ceremony in Bicentennial Hall on Sunday, April 19, 2026.
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Meaghan Winder, visiting assistant professor of mathematics and statistics and DataFest co-organizer (left), and student Lauren Sheffield ’29 serve a celebratory cake to wrap up the 2026 DataFest at the Q-Center in Bicentennial Hall.
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