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Department of Statistics Featured in 2016 August Edition of the Innovation Gateway Newsletter!

Dr. Jennifer Kaplan and Department of Statistics PhD Student, Kristen Roland were featured in the August 2016 edition of the Innovation Gateway Newsletter. This monthly e-newsletter was started in 2015 to share the latest news from UGA's Innovation Gateway and to highlight faculty participating in UGA's mission to move new discoveries into the marketplace. Way to go Dr. Kaplan and Kristen on promoting the Department of Statistics!   You can…


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! 


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. We are so incredibly proud of all our winners. Congratulations again! 


Congratulations to the Winners of our Outstanding TA Awards!

Congratulations to our four statistics students who won the Outstanding TA Award. Alexei Ionan, Arunava Samaddar, Vineet Vora, and Chuck Wang all go above and beyond the duties of a TA to help and encourage all the students who they come in contact with. This is a University award, given to students who are in compliance with the University TA Policy and who are amont the best 10% of TAs at The University of Georgia. Congratulations again to…


Congratulations UGA Capital One Team!

Statistics students Xianyan Chen, Xiaodong Jiang, Jerry Shi, and Yang Song were one of the five finalist teams in teh Capital One Contest. The team members, along with advisor, Jaxk Reeves, were invited to Capital One headquarters from April 20-22, 2016. Here, they presented their analysis and were named first place winners in the competition! Congratulations to these students and Dr. Jaxk Reeves for this great achievemnet! 


Congratulations to Drs. Ting Zhang and Ruizhi Zhang!

Please join us in congratulating the following faculty members: Ting Zhang on his promotion to Professor Ruizhi Zhang on his promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure Congratulations to you both! Your hard work and dedication to the UGA Department of Statistics are greatly appreciated!

Graduation Cap Toss
UGA Statistics Graduation Ceremony and Reception for Spring 2025

On May 8, 2025 at 12:00pm, we’ll be sending our Statistics and Data Science majors into the world to begin the next chapter of their lives. But before the graduation ceremony, please join us in the Larry Walker Room (Dean Rusk Hall) between 10:30 and 11:30am for socializing and refreshments.   Since the reception will have a limited capacity, please fill out this form to let us know how many guests you would like to bring along. If you…

2024 Summer Camp
UGA Statistics 2024 High School Summer Camp

The Department of Statistics at the University of Georgia partnered with Data Scientists at Wells Fargo to offer a Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Camp from July 15 - 19, 2024 (8am to 5pm). This was held in-person at the University of Georgia Campus. Twenty high school students, selected mostly from across the Athens/Atlanta metro area, participated in this camp. This week-long, hands-on learning program was a fun and creative way to…


Three Statistics Faculty Nominated for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Abhyuday Mandal, Maduranga Dassanayake, and Sarangan Balasubramaniam were were nominated this year by their students for the Franklin College Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. These nominations are strong evidence that these faculty members are truly engaging their students in the classroom.  Thank you, Abhyuday, Maduranga, and Sarangan for the great job you do advancing the instructional mission of the Department!

Dr. Lynne Seymour
Dr. Lynne Seymour Receives 2025 Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award

This award for excellence in teaching annually honors outstanding faculty in the Franklin College who have shown a sustained commitment to high quality instruction. Congratulations, Lynne!
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