2021
Meet statistics student, Ahmed Bou-Rabee
March 10, 2021
Read about our PhD student, Ahmed Bou-Rabee and his research, experiences, and future career plans.
Our Winter Quarter 2021 graduates
March 9, 2021
Best wishes to our Winter Quarter 2021 graduates!
Yi Liu Awarded SBSS Student Paper Award
February 5, 2021
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
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
Our application for Fall 2021 is now closed!
January 4, 2021
Our application for Fall 2021 is now closed!
Welcome new faculty
January 1, 2021
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 has been named the Louis Block Professor.
Our Autumn Quarter 2020 graduates
November 19, 2020
Best wishes to our Autumn Quarter 2020 graduates!
Our new faculty hire!
September 3, 2020
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
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 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...
Welcome new faculty hires!
August 4, 2020
The Department is excited to welcome the following new hires.