As a student, it is often overwhelming to balance multiple courses, assignments, exams, extracurriculars, social life, and taking care of yourself. I’ve found that the best way to find balance between all these is to try and break infinite tasks, such as studying, into finite, bite sized tasks in...
Alexandra Chronopoulou, clinical associate professor of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as one of three inaugural Senior Faculty Fellows for the Alma Project, a campus initiative focused on promoting neighborliness and a sense of purpose through...
Lelys Bravo de Guenni, clinical associate professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received approval from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for a Global Classrooms initiative launching in Spring 2027.The project will connect students...
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:...
The Department of Statistics offers space for faculty, staff, and students to hold meetings, office hours, exams, social events, and other academic or departmental activi
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...
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...
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...
The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce that Shulei Wang and Dave Zhao have been selected for prestigious faculty honors from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) for the 2026–27 academic year....
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,...
