News & Events News & Events Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments. On This Page: Recent News Kicking Off Compass 2030 Welcome to the start of the 2026-27 academic year, CLA community members! Congratulations to our new tenured faculty Congratulations to our new tenured faculty Qian Qin, Associate Professor and Lu Yang, Associate Professor Celebrating Our Students: The Future of Statistics As another academic year comes to a close, we want to extend our congratulations to all of our graduating undergraduate students! Teaching New Tricks: How Scout the AI Dog is Advancing Research at the School of Statistics University of Minnesota’s School of Statistics, the future of AI is taking four-legged strides into the real world MN Daily | UMN professors concerned about AI UMN professors are quoted and mentioned in a MN Daily story. Upcoming Events Online Event, September 30, 2026 Thinking About Grad School? School of Statistics Grad School Info Session. How to Apply, Get In, and Stand Out. UMN & Beyond In-Person Event, October 19, 2026 Geisser Lecture We are delighted to welcome Dr. Murali Haran from Penn State University for our annual Geisser Lecture. Hybrid Event, October 26, 2026 Women in AI & Data Science (WiADS) Conference 2026 The University of Minnesota AI Hub is proud to host the 2026 Women in AI & Data Science (WiADS) Conference, bringing together researchers, students, educators, industry…
Congratulations to our new tenured faculty Congratulations to our new tenured faculty Qian Qin, Associate Professor and Lu Yang, Associate Professor
Celebrating Our Students: The Future of Statistics As another academic year comes to a close, we want to extend our congratulations to all of our graduating undergraduate students!
Teaching New Tricks: How Scout the AI Dog is Advancing Research at the School of Statistics University of Minnesota’s School of Statistics, the future of AI is taking four-legged strides into the real world
MN Daily | UMN professors concerned about AI UMN professors are quoted and mentioned in a MN Daily story.
Online Event, September 30, 2026 Thinking About Grad School? School of Statistics Grad School Info Session. How to Apply, Get In, and Stand Out. UMN & Beyond
In-Person Event, October 19, 2026 Geisser Lecture We are delighted to welcome Dr. Murali Haran from Penn State University for our annual Geisser Lecture.
Hybrid Event, October 26, 2026 Women in AI & Data Science (WiADS) Conference 2026 The University of Minnesota AI Hub is proud to host the 2026 Women in AI & Data Science (WiADS) Conference, bringing together researchers, students, educators, industry…
