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Please Join Us in Celebrating the 2013 Ransom and Marian Whitney Award for Research Winners: Aritra Sengupta and Srinath Sampath
Please join us in celebrating this year’s winners of the 2013 Ransom and Marian Whitney Award for Research: Aritra Sengupta and Srinath Sampath.

Congratulations to Katie Thompson for Being Named Outstanding Graduate Teaching Associate by Ohio State
Graduate teaching associate Katie Thompson was named an Outstanding Graduate Teaching Associate by Ohio State.

Srinath Sampath Selected as One of Six Finalists for ASA Nonparametric Statistics Section Student Paper Award and Will Present his Paper at Joint Statistical Meetings in Montreal
Srinath Sampath was selected as one of six finalists for the ASA Nonparametric Statistics Section Student Paper Award. He will present his paper, joint with Joe Verducci, at the JSM in Montreal…

Mark Berliner Elected Vice Chair of the Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification of The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Statistics faculty member Mark Berliner was elected vice chair of the Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification of The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

MMA Statistics Education Special Interest Group Chooses Dr. Jackie Miller as First Recipient of Robert V. Hogg Award for Excellence in Teaching Introductory Statistics
The Statistics Education Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America has chosen Dr. Jackie Miller to be the first recipient of the Robert V. Hogg Award for Excellence in…

PhD Student Erin Leatherman Wins Best Poster Award at 2012 Design and Analysis of Experiments Conference
PhD student Erin Leatherman won the best poster award at the 2012 Design and Analysis of Experiments Conference.

Steve MacEachern Writes Recollections and Thoughts About JSM in San Diego
Statistics faculty member Steve MacEachern was program chair of the 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings in San Diego and wrote a reflection on the event.
Read the full reflection in AmstatNews…

Congratulations to Newly Promoted and Tenured Associate Professors Elly Kaizer, Xinyi Xu and Desheng Liu
Congratulations to our newly promoted and tenured statistics associate professors Elly Kaizer, Xinyi Xu and Desheng Liu.

The Department of Statistics Sadly Announces that Emeritus Professor Ramesh Srivastava Passed Away August 30
The Department of Statistics is sad to announce that Emeritus Professor Ramesh Srivastava passed away on Thursday, August 30, 2012. The Srivastava family provided the following information:
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