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The Statistical & Data Sciences (SDS) Program links faculty and students from across the college interested in learning things from data. At Smith, students learn statistics by doing—class time ...

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High-throughput screening (HTS) is the backbone of drug discovery within the pharmaceutical industry. Over the past decade it has also made its way into academic settings. The combination of robotic ...