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2021

Prof. Chao Gao receives 2021 IMS Tweedie New Researcher Award

March 15, 2021

Chao Gao, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and the College

Prof. Chao Gao has been selected to receive the 2021 Tweedie New Researcher Award from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS).


Meet statistics student, Ahmed Bou-Rabee

March 10, 2021

Ahmed Bou-Rabee, PhD Candidate, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago

Read about our PhD student, Ahmed Bou-Rabee and his research, experiences, and future career plans.


Our Winter Quarter 2021 graduates

March 9, 2021

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Best wishes to our Winter Quarter 2021 graduates!


Yi Liu Awarded SBSS Student Paper Award 

February 5, 2021

Yi Liu, PhD candidate

PhD candidate, Yi Liu, has been awarded the prestigious SBSS Student Paper Award.


The Department of Statistics mourns the passing of Leo Goodman

February 1, 2021

Leo A. Goodman

The Department of Statistics mourns the passing of Leo Goodman.


Congratulations to Pinhan Chen, Lizhen Nie, Enakshi Saha, Hai Tran-Bach, and Jiacheng Wang who are among twenty PhD students selected as 2020–21 Radix Trading Fellows

January 5, 2021

PSD Fellowship Challenge for 2020


Our application for Fall 2021 is now closed!

January 4, 2021

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Our application for Fall 2021 is now closed!


Welcome new faculty

January 1, 2021

David Biron, Assistant Senior Instructional Professor, Department of Statistics and the College, and Victor Veitch, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and the College

We are excited to welcome David Biron, Assistant Senior Instructional Professor and Victor Veitch, Assistant Professor, to our department.


2020

Faculty accolade

December 31, 2020

Rina Foygel Barber

Rina Foygel Barber has been named the Louis Block Professor.


Our Autumn Quarter 2020 graduates

November 19, 2020

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Best wishes to our Autumn Quarter 2020 graduates!


Our new faculty hire!

September 3, 2020

Alexander Strang, William H. Kruskal Instructor

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


UChicago joins three universities in Institute for Foundational Data Science

September 2, 2020

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. 


Our Summer Quarter 2020 graduates

August 14, 2020

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Best wishes to our Summer Quarter 2020 graduates!


Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI) opening conference

August 10, 2020

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. 


2020 COPSS Presidents’ Award winner

August 6, 2020

Rina Foygel Barber

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 statisticsRead more...