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Department of Statistics Recognizes Kit Clement and Gökçe Dayanıklı with Excellence in Instruction Award

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...

Department of Statistics Honors Undergraduate Excellence in Research, Academics, and Service

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,...

Dave Zhao named Conrad Professorial Scholar

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...

Gökçe Dayanikli and Pamela Martinez receive LAS Interdisciplinary Research Award

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...

Georgios Avdis named recipient of a Gerondelis Foundation Graduate School Grant

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...

Rajdeep Brahma named recipient of IMS Hannan Graduate Student Award

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 Joshua Agterberg.The IMS Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award supports graduate students...

Department of Statistics Hosts Annual Bohrer Memorial Student Workshop

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...

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Professor Susu Zhang awarded PURSUE LAS Grant to support Blackwell Summer Scholars Program

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...

Illinois Statistics Professor Receives Best Paper Award at Algorithmic Learning Theory Conference

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...

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