2020-09-15
- College Factual, a collegiate ranking site focused on using the best data available to help students make smart choices with their education and pocketbooks, recently ranked the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as the #4 Best College for Statistics majors for 2021. Part of the...
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2020-07-17 - David Blackwell had a distinguished career while living an extraordinary life. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights Era, Blackwell’s life is one of inspiration. From the very beginning, Blackwell overcame insurmountable odds to become an...
2020-07-14 - The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $15.5 million to four universities in Illinois, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to create an institute to bring powerful mathematical ideas to bear on key contemporary scientific and technological challenges. Researchers...
2020-07-08 - Students like Ajay Jain embody what is so unique, important, and binding of students within the field of statistics. The Statistics and Computer Science student at the University of Illinois double majors in Political Science and has his sights set on giving a voice to underrepresented individuals...
2020-06-04 - In the recent May, 2020 issue of UC Berkeley's Data Science Newsletter, Statistics 107: Data Science Discovery - initially led by Karle Flanagan and Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider...
2020-06-02 - The Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) has selected Yan Liu – third year PhD student in Statistics – to receive the 2020 IMS Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award. The purpose of the award is to help partially fund the travel and registration for an awardee to attend and possibly present a...
2020-05-20 - As COVID-19 ravages parts of the globe and threatens lives and economies, researchers from all disciplines race to understand the various impacts of the virus. Statistics Associate Professor, Xiaohui Chen and...
2020-05-14 - In the late hours of November 2, 2016, the Chicago Cubs clinched their first World Series win since 1908, a defining moment for any Chicago Cubs fan. For new University of Illinois student Charlie Young, it would prove life changing. That moment sparked a greater interest in baseball analytics for...
2020-05-01 - Statistics Affiliate Professor and Computer Science Teaching Associate Professor, Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider is doing his part to save people by providing easy to understand visuals of crucial data points surrounding the spread of COVID-...
2020-04-28 - The results are in, and GradReports.com has ranked the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign the sixth best college for statistics degrees for 2020, second overall for public institutions. Rating over 100,000 college degree programs and taking into...
2020-04-08 - Each term the University of Illinois administers the Chancellor’s Senior Survey to all graduating seniors to better understand their experiences at Illinois. The survey addresses students’ participation in activities and services, student learning outcomes, campus climate, and satisfaction with the...
2020-04-03 - Professor Xiaofeng Shao of the Department of Statistics has been selected as one of the Fellows of the American Statistical Association (ASA) this year. The honor will formally be presented to him during the 2020 Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) scheduled to be held in Philadelphia, PA on August 1,...
2020-03-09 - The Department of Statistics invites applications for instructor, lecturer, teaching, clinical and visiting assistant/associate/full professor positions in Statistics and Data Science (up to 100% for 9 months). Instructor, lecturer, teaching and clinical professorial positions are continuing...
2020-01-17 - Statistics PhD students, Wei Han and Xinming Yang selected along with eight other competitors from across the nation for the 2020 Section on Bayesian Statistical Science (SBSS) Student Paper Award sponsored by the American Statistical Association (ASA). The total of ten winners were selected from a...
2020-01-03 - Assistant Professor of Statistics, Naveen Narisetty, has recently received the distinguished Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAREER Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most...