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The application deadline for Fall 2021 is January 3rd. Read more about our exciting programs of study at our Divisional and Departmental Admissions sites. Questions? Visit our FAQs.

Our spotlight highlights Vivak Patel, PhD 2018, and his current career highlights as well as his experiences as a Statistics student.

The Department is excited to welcome our new faculty hire...READ MORE

Professor Rebecca Willett of the Departments of Statistics and Computer Science, along with Professors Rina Foygel Barber and Mary Silber from Statistics, will help the four-university collaboration establish the maturing field of data science while also advancing machine learning and other artificial intelligence approaches. 

Best wishes to our Summer Quarter 2020 graduates!

Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI) will be hosting an online conference on October 7-9 to introduce the areas it will be focusing on.  Registration is required, but free. 

Rina Foygel Barber was awarded the 2020 COPSS Presidents' Award, on August 5, during a JSM (virtual) ceremony. This is generally considered the highest award in statistics.  Read more...
 

The Department is excited to welcome the following new hires...READ MORE

September 13, October 18 and 24
University of Chicago

The GROW 2020 conference is aimed at female-identified undergraduate students who may be interested in pursuing a graduate degree in the mathematical sciences. The conference is open to undergraduates from U.S. colleges and universities, including international students.  Visit: https://mathematics.uchicago.edu/grow2020/ for detailed  information and updates.

Applications for GROW 2020 can be submitted at https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/966.  The committee is currently screening applications; those submitted by September 1, 2020 will be given full consideration.

This event is being supported by the University of Chicago Department of Mathematics and the National Science Foundation.

The Department is excited to welcome the following new hires...READ MORE

Our Consulting Project Award winner for 2019-2020 is Dongyue Xie. 

PhD candidate, Abby Stevens, awarded the David Wallace Award for Applied Statistics.

Statistics PhD student Sen Na has been awarded the prestigious Harper
Dissertation Fellowship for 2020-21.  The University-wide competition awards
financial support toward the completion of the candidate's dissertation.
 

Best wishes to our Spring Quarter 2020 graduates!

May 25, 2020:  Summer Quarter Graduate Registration Opens at 8:30 a.m. Email Keisha Prowoznik, (kprowoznik@galton.uchicago.edu) if you have questions.