For Ben Lukszys x’26, a new business should be “a vessel to do good in the world, not just extract value.” A senior triple-majoring in Data Science, Entrepreneurship, and Philosophy, Lukszys has held a deep interest in the world of startups since he was a teenager. As a student at UW–Madison, he has spent the …
Three new faculty members have joined the Department of Statistics for the fall 2025 semester, reflecting the department’s rapid growth and increasing its teaching and research capacity around critical topics in statistics and data science. Bikram Karmakar, Xiao Luo and Maja Waldron come on board as the department transitions to its state-of-the-art new home, Morgridge …