News: Awards

2023

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."


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.


Chao Gao awarded the Noether Early Career Scholar Award for 2023

July 13, 2023

Chao Gao

Chao Gao, assistant professor, Department of Statistics, is a recipient of the Noether Early Career Scholar Award for 2023. 


2023 Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize for Exceptional Service in the Physical Sciences Division

May 30, 2023

Dan Nicolae, Professor

Profs. Dan Nicolae and Michael Franklin are the 2023 recipients of the Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize for Exceptional Service in the Physical Sciences Division.


Aaron Groff wins the Draft-Legal Duathlon National Championships!

April 27, 2023

Aaron Groff, MS Student

Aaron Groff, Master's student in the Department of Statistics, wins the Draft-Legal Duathlon National Championships in Irving, Texas, at the 2023 USA Triathlon Multisport National Championships Festival.


An Applied Mathematician With an Unexpected Toolbox

March 3, 2023

Lek-Heng Lim, Professor, Department of Statistics and Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics

Lek-Heng Lim uses tools from algebra, geometry and topology to answer questions in machine learning.


The Winter Consulting Cup Award

March 1, 2023

The Consulting Cup Team Award presentation was held at noon today, Wednesday, March 1, 2023.  


2022

2022-2023 Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

December 19, 2022

Alexander Strang, William H. Kruskal Instructor in the Department of Statistics and member of the Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics (CCAM), is one of the recipients of the 2022-2023 Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship Award.


Our 2022-2023 Harper Fellow!

June 7, 2022

Lijia Zhou, PhD student

Statistics PhD Lijia Zhou has been awarded the prestigious Harper Dissertation Fellowship for 2022-23.


Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching 2022

May 26, 2022

Congratulations to Prof. Wei Biao Wu for receiving a Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring. 


Prof. Lek-Heng Lim awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship

April 11, 2022

Lek-Heng Lim, Professor

Congratulations to Prof. Lek-Heng Lim on being awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2022
 


Lek-Heng Lim selected as a 2022 SIAM Fellow

April 4, 2022

Lek-Heng Lim, Professor

Prof. Lek-Heng Lim, Department of Statistics, has been selected as a 2022 SIAM Fellow


The Winter 2022 Consulting Cup Award

March 9, 2022

The Winter 2022 Consulting Cup Award Winner--The Wednesday Team!

Congratulations to The Winter 2022 Consulting Cup winner - The Wednesday Team!