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Kaytlin Hoey
Stat Ambassadors Blog: Study Tips, Academic Resources, and Productivity Tools
As a student, it is often overwhelming to balance multiple courses, assignments, exams, extracurriculars, social life, and taking care of yourself. I’ve found that the best way to find balance between all these is to try and break infinite tasks, such as studying, into finite, bite sized tasks in...
Lelys Bravo
Lelys Bravo de Guenni’s Global Classrooms Proposal approved for Spring 2027
 Lelys Bravo de Guenni, clinical associate professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received approval from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for a Global Classrooms initiative launching in Spring 2027.The project will connect students...
Alexandra Chronopoulou
Alexandra Chronopoulou named Alma Project Senior Faculty Fellow
 Alexandra Chronopoulou, clinical associate professor of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as one of three inaugural Senior Faculty Fellows for the Alma Project, a campus initiative focused on promoting neighborliness and a sense of purpose through...
Ruoqi Yu
Ruoqi Yu receives Campus Research Board Funding and Arnold O. Beckman Award
 Ruoqi Yu, assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been selected for funding by the Campus Research Board through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation. Her project, “Design Before Analysis:...
Yuguo Chen
Yuguo Chen appointed Robert W. Schaefer Professor
 Professor and Department Chair Yuguo Chen has been appointed a Robert W. Schaefer Professor in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.The professorship honors the late Robert W. Schaefer (BS ’56, Chemical Engineering), a Illinois alumnus and...

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Alumni Spotlight

Lara Troszak ('12) - Statistician, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System

I'm Lara Troszak, I graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Winter 2012. I now work as a statistician at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System. My studies in statistics at the University of Illinois led me to obtain a Masters in biostatistics at the University of California, Berkeley, which led me to my current position where I contribute to research projects that aim to improve access to and quality of healthcare for Veterans. When I started college, I felt very unsure about how I wanted to contribute to the world;...
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