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Quinnipiac math professors share their 50-year hidden formula of friendship

This story was originally published in QU Today on November 27, 2023 https://www.qu.edu/quinnipiac-today/quinnipiac-math-professors-reveal-their-50-year-hidden-formula-of-friendship-2023-11-27/ Stanley Rothman and Michael Nabel, mathematics and statistics professors at Quinnipiac, recount their journey from sharing an office to becoming business partners. Since meeting each other at Quinnipiac in 1971, Rothman and Nabel have been working together for over five decades. As …

Let ‘Em Hit the Ball

The book “Moneyball” chronicles how Billy Beane used certain batting statistics to build the low budget Oakland Athletics into a contender in the early 2000s. With the help of Paul Depodesta he showed that on-base percentage (OBP) was much more valuable for run production than batting average. Concentrating on a player’s OBP and ability to …