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Oksana Chkrebtii Receives NSF Grant to Investigate Statistical Foundations of Digital Twins
Oksana Chkrebtii has been made the principal investigator of a new project funded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) and the Air Force Office of…
Thomas A. Willke, Founding Member of Statistics Department, 1932-2025
The Department of Statistics mourns the passing of Thomas A. Willke, a founding member of our department, who died peacefully on August 21, 2025, at age 93. Tom received his MA and PhD in…
Massimiliano Russo wins Best Poster Award at the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology Annual Meeting
Statistics faculty Massimiliano Russo and his collaborator Macarius Donneyong (Ohio State College of Pharmacy) have been awarded the Best Poster Award in the drug-drug interactions spotlight session…
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…
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…
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 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…
Subhadeep Paul Leads NSF-Funded Research on Digital Twins for UAVs
An interdisciplinary team led by Statistics faculty Subhadeep Paul has been awarded a grant from the NSF Mathematical Foundations for Digital Twin (MATH-DT) program. The team will develop …
Department of Statistics to host Mixer with Biostatistics at JSM
The Department will be co-hosting a mixer event with Biostatistics at this year's Joint Statistical Meetings in Nashville, TN. The event will take place at Ole Smoky Distillery (423 6th Ave South…