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Matthew Pratola Wins 2014 Wilcoxon Award
Statistics faculty member Matthew Pratola won the 2014 Wilcoxon Award for best practical application paper appearing in the 2013 issues of Technometrics. Read the full story here for more information…
Congratulations to our Summer 2014 Graduates
Congratulations to our 2014 summer graduates! Aaron Quan, PhD in StatisticsAgniva Som, PhD in StatisticsMeng Wang, PhD in StatisticsShuang Xia, PhD in StatisticsZhiguang Xu, PhD in StatisticsWenjuan…
Statistics and Biostatistics Graduate Students Present at 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings
Twenty-one statistics and biostatistics graduate students will present at 2014 JSM in Boston, MA. View the list of students and their topics here: JSM 2014 Graduate Student Presentations [pdf] …
Peter Craigmile Appointed SSES Program Director
Statistics faculty member Peter Craigmile was appointed Spatial Statistics & Environmental Statistics program director. The Department of Statistics established SSES to promote research and…
Kate Calder Selected as ASA Fellow for Contributions to Development of Bayesian Statistical Methodology
Statistics faculty member Kate Calder has been selected as an American Statistical Association Fellow for “outstanding contributions to the development of Bayesian statistical methodology for spatial…
Jingying Yang is Co-Winner of 2014 Charlie Sampson Poster Award
PhD student Jingying Yang is the co-winner of the 2014 Charlie Sampson Poster Award, presented at the Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop.
Alumni Emily Kang and Tena Katsaounis Elected to ASA section positions
Alumni Emily Kang and Tena Katsaounis have been elected to American Statistical Association section positions.
Chris Holloman Elected Chair of ASA’s Section on Statistical Consulting
Chris Holloman, director of the department's Statistical Consulting Service, was elected chair of the American Statistical Association’s section on statistical consulting.
Andrew Landgraf Wins Fellowship to Participate in University of Chicago’s Data Science for Social Good Program
Statistics PhD student Andrew Landgraf won a fellowship to participate in the three-month summer Data Science for Social Good program at the University of Chicago. Read the full story here to learn…