An interdisciplinary research project led by University of Illinois faculty members Adrian Burgos Jr. (history), Daniel Eck (statistics), Christopher Kinson (statistics), and Shen Yan (statistics) was recently featured in the New York Times Science section article, “...

 The Department of Statistics is proud to announce that the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois has named Professor Ruoqing Zhu a Brad and Karen Smith Scholar. This prestigious recognition honors faculty who demonstrate outstanding expertise and academic...

 Congratulations to Assistant Professor Susu Zhang on being named a 2024 Outstanding Reviewer by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She was formally recognized at the 2025 AERA Annual Meeting during the Publications Reception, an event celebrating excellence across AERA’s...

 A new interdisciplinary study co-authored by researchers from the statistics and history departments at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign introduces a novel statistical framework for comparing baseball players across different eras. The...

 The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Chan Park has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) New Researcher Travel Award. This prestigious award supports promising early-career researchers within five years of...