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Two Teams from Department of Statistics Place Highly in the 2016 SAS Shootout!

For the third year in a row, student groups from the Department of Statistics have earned high recognition at the SAS Analytics Shootout. This year, a team captained by Rich Ross and advised by Dr. Dan Hall has placed in the top three and is still in the running for first place.


A Discussion With 1996 ASA President, Lynne Billard

Please read an exciting discussion with 1996 ASA President, Lynne Billard, which appeared in the July 2016 issue of AMSTAT News. Congratulations, Lynne! 

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Theresa Devasia Awarded Presidential Award of Excellence

Theresa Devasia was nominated by the Statistics Department for the Presidential Award of Excellence. This award recognizes high-achieving students in each college and school.

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2016 Best Capstone Student Award Winners: John Chamberlin & Cody Pace

Each year, the University of Georgia Department of Statistics awards the Kermit Hutcheson Best Capstone Student Award to an undergraduate student who best exemplifies the standards set by Professor Kermit Hutcheson.


Best Student Awards

Congratulations to all our students this year on their excellent acheivments within the department! Andrew Mullins was selected as the best MS Student, Chul Moon and Xinliang Zhang tied for the best beginning PhD student, and Fei Liu was selected as best Senior Student.