Five Applied Mathematics majors participated in independent research project this semester. Mary Carter and Allie Hope worked with Dr. Blanset on projects in Sports Analytics exploring “A Weighted Plus or Minus Metric for Men’s Lacrosse”. Julian Cha, Brittney Johnson, and Chris Villanueva worked with Dr. Wilson on projects in Information Theory working on developing computer programs to successfully solve Wordle puzzles and applying that to answer questions like “Can Shakespeare Guess Today’s Wordle?”.