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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 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...

Media Mention: Jun Hee Kim’s Saberseminar Research Featured by FanGraphs

Statistics doctoral student Jun Hee Kim recently presented collaborative research with Adrian Burgos, Jr., Shen Yan, Ryan To, and Daniel J. Eck of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign at the 2026 Sabermetrics, Scouting, and the Science of Baseball (Saberseminar), held August 29–30 in...

Blackwell Summer Scholars showcase summer research at annual symposium

Illinois undergraduate students from statistics, information sciences, and neural engineering gathered at the Illini Union on Aug. 7 to share the results of their summer research as part of the 2026 Blackwell Summer Scholars Symposium. The symposium marked the conclusion of an eight-week...

Department of Statistics Welcomes Three New Assistant Professors

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Statistics is pleased to welcome three new assistant professors—Xin Bing, Chen Cheng, and Yujia Zheng—to the department beginning in the 2026–27 academic year. Their research spans machine learning theory, high-dimensional statistics,...

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Why Study Statistics?

Take a walk with professor Karle Flanagan to learn why the study of statistics and data science is important today!

Statistics Ambassador Blogs

Statistics Ambassador Blog: Choosing Statistics!

Sarah Michalec, Statistics undergraduate ambassador and senior studying Statistics and Economics, reflects on her academic journey and how she came to choose Stats at Illinois.