2026-05-19
- The Department of Statistics is proud to recognize several undergraduate students for their outstanding achievements in research, academics, and service during the academic year.The Outstanding Undergraduate Research in Statistics Award, presented at the end of each semester,...
2026-05-15 - The Department of Statistics is proud to announce that Kit Clement and Gökçe Dayanıklı have been selected as recipients of the Department of Statistics Award for Excellence in Instruction.The award recognizes consistently outstanding teaching by faculty members within the department and takes...
2026-05-14 - Associate Professor Dave Zhao has been named a Conrad Professorial Scholar through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.The Conrad Professorial Scholar Awards recognize exceptionally promising associate professors within the College of LAS and provide support for continued achievement in...
2026-05-14 - The LAS Interdisciplinary Research Award recognizes faculty members or research teams who engage in substantial interdisciplinary work, integrating theories, methods, or analytical approaches from two or more LAS disciplines. Awarded projects demonstrate effectiveness, innovation, or...
2026-04-27 - Georgios Avdis, fourth-year Ph.D. student, has been selected as a recipient of a grant from the Gerondelis Foundation. Georgios is advised by Joshua Agterberg.The Gerondelis Foundation provides financial support to students from Greece who hold a Greek undergraduate degree and have been...
2026-04-27 - Rajdeep Brahma, third-year Ph.D. student, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious IMS Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Rajdeep is advised by Yuguo Chen and Joshua Agterberg.The IMS Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award supports...
2026-04-21 - The University of Illinois Department of Statistics recently hosted its annual Robert E. Bohrer Memorial Student Workshop in Statistics, bringing together students, faculty, and distinguished scholars for a full day of research presentations, invited lectures, and community engagement.The...
2026-04-08 - The Department of Statistics is pleased to share that Professor Susu Zhang, on behalf of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee, has been awarded a $25,000 grant through the PURSUE LAS (Program for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Exploration) initiative to support the...
2026-03-13 - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Statistics congratulates Eren Kizildag on receiving the Best Paper Award at the Algorithmic Learning Theory Conference 2026, held February 23–26 in Toronto, Canada.Kizildag’s paper, “The Planted Number Partitioning...
2026-01-29 - PhD student Mehrdad Mohammadi has been selected as a recipient of the Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award, a campus honor that recognizes individuals who have made meaningful contributions to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming community at...
2026-01-16 - Our beloved and esteemed colleague, Stephen Portnoy, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, passed away on December 28, 2025. His distinguished career leaves a lasting mark on the University of Illinois and...
2025-12-16 - Kevin Armstrong has been selected as one of eight staff members and academic professionals to receive a College of Liberal Arts & Sciences award recognizing outstanding professional contributions, with honorees to be celebrated in a Spring 2026 ceremony. As facility operations coordinator for...
2025-11-03 - The Department of Statistics is proud to announce that PhD student Young Joo Lee has been selected as one of the winners of the 2025 Korean International Statistical Society (KISS) Outstanding Student Paper Award. This biennial honor recognizes exceptional...
2025-10-21 - Illinois students gathered at the Illini Union on October 3 for the third annual Women in Statistics + Data Science panel. Organized by the Department of Statistics with support from the School of Information Sciences, the event invited panelists from across academia, research, and industry...
2025-09-11 - The United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS)—organized by the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE)—returned this summer to Iowa State University with the theme "Useful Models." Since 2005, USCOTS has brought together teachers and...