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Francesca Chiaromonte has been named Fellow of The Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS).

The School of Statistics helped develop a new bachelor of science degree in data science. The program provides students with a well-rounded skill set and expands their…

Alumnus Claude Setodji has been named Fellow of the American Statistical Association

Undergraduate statistics student Tim White will present an invited talk at this year’s JSM conference. His paper, “Estimating the Lifetime Risk of a False Positive Screening…

IRSA is accepting applications for its 2022 Summer Statistical Collaboration Program

Galin Jones, Professor and Director, University of Minnesota, School of Statistics has been named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)

A U of M fraternity marks its centennial by creating a scholarship honoring civil rights pioneer, Roy Wilkins. "It’s how we give back,” says CLA alumnus Stanley Osuagwu, who…

Alumnus Weng Kee Wong’s Yushan Scholar award will take him to National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan.

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal recognizes UMN Statistics Alumna Lindsey Dietz as a 2022 40 Under 40 Honoree.

Alumna Shefali Mehta Joins the Biden-Harris Administration as Deputy Under Secretary of Research, Education and Economics, and Acting Chief Scientist at the U.S. Department of…

The school welcomes a new administrator.

We invite applications for multiple temporary, part-time teaching specialists and lecturers to begin spring semester 2022.

Alumna Dootika Vats was recognized as a 2021 Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award recipient by the International Society for Bayesian Analysis.

Statistics alumni Daniel J. Eck, Christopher J. Nachtsheim, and Thomas A. Albrecht, and professor emeritus R. Dennis Cook have been awarded the 2021 Youden Prize for the best…

We invite applications for multiple full-time, tenure-track positions at the rank of assistant professor in the area of statistics and data science, to begin fall semester…

Read about letters sent home by a 19th century physician at sea gave a student

School of Statistics Faculty Member Dr. Galin Jones recently announced as co-editor of the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (JCGS).

Charles J. Geyer, Professor, University of Minnesota, School of Statistics has been named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS).

Statistics alumna Dr. Lindsey Dietz (PhD '16) has recently been featured in a national art exhibit featuring over 120 3D printed statues of female STEM role models.

Alumnae Lindsey Dietz (PhD '16, statistics) and Samantha Thi Porter (PhD '19, anthropology) are featured in If/Then, an exhibit that comprises more than 120 3D printed statues…