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Happy Spring Break Owls! Here’s some fun things to check out this week if you’re staying in Philly!

This past weekend, we hosted a game night at the Temple v South Florida basketball game. It was a great night that ended with a win for our Owls! 🦉 🏀

Happy 2026 Owls! Here are some fun ways to start off the new year and enjoy the season in Philly! ❄️

Happy Spring Semester Owls! 🦉

with today being the first day of fall finals, we wish everyone good luck 🍀 study hard until the end!

Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🦃

Here’s are some fun ways to celebrate your thanksgiving in Philly!

Join us for the next Friday at SODS Seminar!
📅 Date: September 12
🕚 Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Alter Hall, Room 746

Seminar Topic: Strategic Decision-Making in the Gig Economy: Labor Flexibility and Incentives
Speaker: Dr. Gad Allon, Wharton School of Business

This seminar examines how gig economy workers make strategic decisions around labor supply, platform switching, and location strategies. Using large-scale datasets from a driver analytics company and a ride-hailing platform, Dr. Allon explores the role of financial incentives, behavioral motives, and structural modeling to better understand worker behavior. The research offers valuable insights for both companies and regulators, emphasizing the importance of labor flexibility and effective incentive design in optimizing gig economy operations. Don’t miss this data-driven discussion on the future of gig work.

📍 Seoul, South Korea
Swipe through for a look at the Fox School of Business Global Immersion trip to Seoul this spring 🇰🇷✨

Students from the Fox School of Business and (our SODS Department!) spent a week in South Korea visiting companies, connecting with global leaders, and exploring innovation in action.

Huge kudos to Professor Tom Fung for leading this unforgettable experience. We’re proud to see our students learning and growing around the world. 📊🇰🇷

May was full of celebrations at SODS! 🎉
We kicked off the month with our End-of-Year Reception for faculty and friends of the department, followed by a graduation celebration for our seniors, and closed with the Fox School of Business commencement.

From all of us at the Department of Statistics, Operations, and Data Science, thank you for your support and commitment throughout the year.

Cheers to another successful academic year. We hope everyone has a fulfilling and amazing summer. See you next semester!

Thank you to the amazing officers of our student professional organizations: TU AMSTAT and TUSCA!

Thank you for your leadership, dedication, and the community you’ve built. We’re so proud of what we accomplished together this year! ❤️

Join us for this week’s Fridays at SODS!

📅 April 11, 2025
🕚 11:00 AM
📍 Alter Hall, Room 746

🔎 Topic: Assessing Spatial Matching Mechanisms under Supplier Regret in Digital Platforms
🎙 Speaker: Dr. Kyungmin (Brad) Lee, Assistant Professor at Salisbury University

What if Uber drivers made decisions based on regret instead of earnings? 👀
Dr. Brad Lee breaks down how behavioral patterns affect driver movement, platform profit, and match efficiency—using data from 15,000+ drivers and some seriously cool simulations.

🚗 Into behavioral ops, platform design, or just love a good data story? You need to be at this one!