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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…
PhD Student Fangyuan Zhang Wins Presidential Fellowship from the Graduate School
Biostatistics PhD student Fangyuan Zhang won a prestigious Presidential Fellowship from the Graduate School. Recipients of this award embody the highest standards of scholarship and are given one…
New Undergraduate Major in Data Analytics Announced
The Department of Statistics, in conjunction with the Department of Computer Science, has announced a new undergraduate major in data analytics. Data analytics applies fundamental scientific…