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Paige Taylor
Paige Taylor is Awarded CURO Research Assistantship for Spring 2024

Statistics major Paige Taylor is a recipient of the CURO Research Award for the Spring 2024 semester. Under the guidance of Drs. Abhyuday Mandal and Aditya Mishra, Paige will utilize machine learning algorithms to create epidemic models and forecast epidemic trends. Public health data often exhibits temporal and spatial variations, requiring sophisticated methods to capture meaningful trends and patterns. Tackling these complexities demands the…

Mr Lifsey, Ryan Smith, and TN Sriram
In the Spirit of Giving: David Lifsey Amplifies Fellowship Fund with $50,000 Contribution

In the Spirit of Giving: David Lifsey Amplifies Fellowship Fund with $50,000 Contribution  On Thursday, December 7, 2023, at 3:15 pm, Mr. David Lifsey presented the "Lifsey Graduate Fellowship in Statistics and Data Science" award to Mr. Ryan C. Smith, a UGA Double Dawgs student pursuing a master’s degree in Statistics. Originally founded in 2018, the "Lifsey Graduate Fellowship in Statistics and Data Science" is awarded to a student…

Sloka
Sloka Sudhin is Awarded CURO Research Assistantship for Fall 2023

Sloka Sudhin, a Data Science major, is a recipient of a CURO Research Assistantship for Fall 2023. This award includes a one-semester stipend of $1000 to conduct faculty-mentored research. As a CURO Research Assistant, Sloka will develop a new global optimization technique, under the guidance of Drs. Abhyuday Mandal and Joshua Lukemire of Emory University. In particular, this technique will be used for finding optimal designs for experiments…

Maduranga, Abhyuday, and Nick!
Congratulations, Maduranga, Abhyuday, and Nick!

The grant proposal titled “Equitable Statistics Education through Active Learning” led by team facilitators, Maduranga Dassanayake and Abhyuday Mandal, and the STAT 2000 Coordinator, Nick Toebben, has been awarded the inaugural Active Learning Change Grants from UGA. This award is especially noteworthy since only one active learning change grant was funded! The project will provide more effective learning experiences for students in all large-…

2023 STAT Student Awards
Congratulations to the 2023 Graduate Student Award Recipients!

The Department of Statistics presented their 2023 awards to outstanding graduate students within the Department.  Congratulations to all the winners! Outstanding Teaching Awards (framed certificates presented on behalf of the Center for Teaching and Learning) 1.  Ryan Sledge, 2nd year MS student 2.  ShiYuan Deng, 4th year PhD student 3.  KaiWen (Kevin) Han, 5th year PhD Student Statistical Consulting Awards (framed…

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Congratulations to Ping Ma!

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced its new Fellows for 2022, which includes UGA's Ping Ma.  Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of sciences or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues. Congratulations to Dr. Ma!  


Congratulations to Statistics faculty!

Please join us in congratulating the following faculty members: Yuan Ke and Qian Xiao on their promotion to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. Ting Zhang on attaining tenure status at the rank of Associate Professor. Maduranga Dassanayake on his promotion to Senior Lecturer. Mark Werner on his promotion to Principal Lecturer. Mark is also the first Principal Lecturer in the Department of Statistics.  All promotions are…
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Congratulations, Maduranga!

Maduranga Dassanayake received the 2023 General 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.

Elise Karinshak
Congratulations, Elise Karinshak

Elise Karinshak, a senior majoring in Data Science and Marketing, has been selected as a Schwarzman Scholar, one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships. Elise is one of the 151 candidates, selected from 36 countries and 121 universities around the world, who will receive the opportunity to study in a one-year, fully-funded Master’s degree program at the Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. UGA News Article

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Congratulations to Mickey Dunlap!

Dr. Mickey Dunlap recently received the Award of Excellence for Teaching presented by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tifton Campus. Congratulations, Dr. Dunlap! This semester, we have 120 graduate students on the Tifton campus.  One of the biggest frustrations our graduate students encountered in the past is that they were required to spend a semester on the Athens campus just to take a…
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