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Shili Lin with a plaque at the JSM

Shili Lin Awarded Societal Impact Award from the Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science

Congratulations to Shili Lin for being awarded the Societal Impact Award from the Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science. The award is given annually to a statistician or data scientist…

Oh-Ran Kwon

Welcome Oh-Ran Kwon!

Dr. Oh-Ran Kwon has joined the Department of Statistics on August 15. Oh-Ran comes to us from the University of Southern California, where she was a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Jacob…

Sagnik Nandy

Welcome Sagnik Nandy!

Dr. Sagnik Nandy has joined the Department of Statistics as of August 15. Prior to this, he was a Kruskal Instructor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Chicago. He completed his…

Xinyu Zhang Pictured

Xinyu Zhang Receives Laplace Award for Bayesian Research

We are thrilled to announce that recent graduate, Xinyu Zhang (PhD, 2025), has been presented with the Laplace Award! 

The Laplace Award, named after the renowned French mathematician…