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Joseph Resch received the Kohler scholarship from Rutgers University, Department of Statistics, where he was recently admitted into the doctoral program starting Fall 2020. He also got admitted to the PhD programs of the Statistics departments of University of California, Los Angeles and Virginia Tech. He looks forward to pursuing his PhD in statistics. Previously Joseph was awarded the 2019 CURO Summer Fellowship. He is currently working…

The ASA-NCTM Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability is excited to announce Catherine Case as the new editor for STEW. 

Abhyuday Mandal receives 2019 Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award

Cheng Meng received the 2019 Nonparametric Statistics Student Paper Award. Congratulations Cheng!

Our own Nicole Lazar spearheading an effort to rethink statistical significance! http://franklin.uga.edu/news/stories/2019/statistical-significance-reaches-its-limits

The Statistics Department has approved these changes for the graduate program. Please contact the Graduate Coordinator if you have any questions. Click here for curriculum changes. Click here for qualifying exam procedure changes.  

Abhyuday Mandal has been recognized for the second time for his superior teaching at UGA. He was one of the five finalists from the Franklin College for an Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. He was recognized at a Faculty Recognition Banquet organized by the Provost's office on April 16, 2018.

Congratulations to Suchi Goyal Suchi Goyal received a special scholarship from the University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Statistics, where she was recently admitted into the doctoral program starting Fall 2018. She looks forward to pursuing her PhD in statistics and is particularly interested in the analysis of multidimensional data sets and identification of causational relationships. Congratulations, Suchi! (updated 3/5/18)

Dr. Pengsheng Ji Published a Discussion Paper on Statistician Coauthorship and Citation Networks in the Annals of Applied Statistics.This 2016 paper exposes interesting patterns, trends and communities in the field of statistics, using the new data set covering 3400 papers published in four of the top journals in statistics from 2003 to 2012. Professor Bernard Silverman from University of Oxford writes an illuminating introduction;…

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 second team, captained by XianYan Chen and advised by Dr. Jaxk Reeves earned an Honorable Mention. We are so proud of all who participated in the competition and…