“To do well in any field, you have to be ready to learn and get out of your comfort zone,” says Sanhita Sengupta, the 2018 Statistics Alumni Fellowship recipient. Sengupta continues to make waves at the University of Minnesota during her time as a PhD candidate.

“It’s like playing tennis without a net. You always win,” says statistics professor Charles Geyer about conducting unethical research. Discover how Geyer and other professors at the University of Minnesota mobilize the open science movement to inspire appropriate research practices.

After earning a PhD in engineering sciences at Harvard University, Assistant Professor Jie Ding has finally returned to his roots in fundamental mathematics. This field brought him to the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Amanda Schwartz joins the School of Statistics as a Communications and Events Specialist with over 10 years of event management experience under her belt.

Two new assistant professors – Sara Algeri and Jie Ding – to join the School in the Fall 2018.

Statisticians, the original data scientists, stand ready to interpret the information of the digital age. In less than three years we will be producing over 1.7 megabytes of new information every single second for every human being on the planet. This new information, along with the vast amount of information that has already been collected, ranges from the mundane to the extraordinary.

Seniors Sabrina Li and Ryan Lerch participated on an analytics team for the College of Liberal Arts’ First-Year Experience, looking at how a first-year student’s demographic background affects their sense of belonging.

Professor Charles Geyer participated in research regarding the endangered California Condor and developed the aster model to use in the Echinacea project.

Singdhansu Chatterjee, director of the Institute for Research on Statistics and its Applications (IRSA), has a bright future in mind for the institute and its involvement in the surrounding community. Grounded in three major applications of data science in nature, society, and theory, the institute plans on hosting various workshops and events to foster collaboration between different fields.