News

2024

A warm welcome to Frederic Koehler!

January 16, 2024

Frederic Koehler, Assistant Professor (Jan 1, 2024)

Please join us in welcoming Frederic Koehler to our department as a new assistant professor of Statistics and the Data Science Institute.


CISE Distinguished Lecture: Rebecca Willett

January 11, 2024

Rebecca Willett

Rebecca Willett, Departments of Statistics and Computer Science, and the Data Science Institute
"Machine Learning Foundations Accelerate Innovation and Promote Trustworthiness" 


2023

Alumni SPOTLIGHT: Meet Bowei Kang, SM’20

December 18, 2023

Bowei Kang, SM'20

Our Alumni SPOTLIGHT focuses on Bowei Kang, SM'20.


2023 Neumann Prize winner

December 14, 2023

Congratulations to Prof. Stephen M. Stigler on winning the 2023 Neumann Prize for his book, "Casanova's Lottery: The History of a Revolutionary Game of Chance."


Our Autumn 2023 graduates

December 1, 2023

Zhan Lin, PhD student

Congratulations to our Autumn 2023 graduates!


Autumn 2023 Consulting Cup Winners

November 29, 2023

Congratulations to the Friday Team!


Prof. Rina Foygel Barber awarded a MacArthur Fellowship

October 4, 2023

Rina Foygel Barber, Louis Block Professor, and MacArthur Fellow

"Developing tools to reduce false positives and improve confidence in high-dimensional data models."


Congratulations to Qiaosen Wang!

October 2, 2023

Qiaosen Wang, PhD Student

Congratulations to Qiaosen Wang, recipient of the Second Annual Takintayo Akinbiyi Memorial Award for Academic Excellence in Statistics.


Meet Annie Xie

September 28, 2023

Annie Xie, PhD Student

Meet Annie Xie, third year PhD student in the Department of Statistics.


Admissions application

September 19, 2023

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Our online application is open!  The application deadline is January 4, 2024.


Please welcome our latest faculty hire

September 18, 2023

Daniel Xiang, assistant instructional professor

Please join us in welcoming Daniel Xiang, as our new assistant instructional professor!


Northwestern, UChicago to receive $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics

September 14, 2023

New institute will be an international hub focused on fundamental questions.


Alumni SPOTLIGHT:  Meet Kushal K. Dey, PhD’18

August 30, 2023

Kushal Dey, PhD'18

Our Alumni SPOTLIGHT focuses on Kushal K. Dey, PhD'18.


How AI is transforming scientific research, with Rebecca Willett (Ep. 116)

August 16, 2023

Big Brains Podcasts

Examining the possibilities—and the dangers—of this rapidly developing technology.


Welcome to Xinran Li

August 15, 2023

Xinran Li, Assistant Professor

Please join us in welcoming, Xinran Li, assistant professor in the Department of Statistics and the College.