Jennifer Chayes receives ACM Distinguished Service Award
We are pleased to share the news that Jennifer Chayes has received the ACM Distinguished Service Award “for her effective leadership, men
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Sandrine Dudoit Named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
UC Berkeley Statistics Department Chair and Professor Sandrine Dudoit has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
La Shana Porlaris Receives Excellence in Management Award
La Shana Porlaris, Director of Student Services, was honored with an Excellence in Management Award at a campus virtual ceremony this aft
PhD student Miyabi Ishihara has been awarded the department Two Sigma PhD Fellowship for 2021-22
Two Sigma is generously sponsoring a graduate student fellowship for the academic year 2021-2022.
Professor Jasjeet Sekhon Elected to Fellowship in the American Statistical Association
We are very pleased to announce that Professor Jasjeet Sekhon has been named among the 2021 Fellows of the American Statistical Associati
Alan Hammond Elected to Fellowship in the Institute of Mathematical Statistics!
We are very pleased to announce that Professor Alan Hammond has been named among the 2021 Fellows of the Institute of Mathematical Statis
Professor Emeritus Leo Goodman Dies at 92
Professor Emeritus Leo Goodman passed away yesterday, at the age of 92.
THE 26TH PFIZER/ASA/UCONN DISTINGUISHED STATISTICIAN COLLOQUIUM (APRIL 21, 2021)
The department of Statistics at the University of Connecticut has announced that Professor Peter Bickel will be the speaker at the 26th P
Statistics 150 Years of Women at Berkeley
The Department of Statistics is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the UC Regents’ resolution “That young ladies be admitted into the U
Peter Bickel Authors David Blackwell Remembrance
We are delighted to share this remembrance of David Blackwell written by Peter Bi
Philip Stark on PBS NewsHour: Post-Election Audits
Professor Philip Stark was interviewed by PBS NewsHour to discuss risk-limiting audit
Berkeley Conversations on "Election Integrity & Security", with Jennifer Chayes and Philip Stark
We are pleased to announce the panel discussion on "Election Integrity and Security" in the Berkeley Conversations series, Monday, Octobe
UC Berkeley-MIT Foundations of Data Science Initiative (FODSI)
More good news on the Data Science front with a $12.5 million National Science Foundation award to UC Berkeley and MIT for the creation o
Peter Bartlett (PI) & Bin Yu (co-PI) Awarded $10M NSF/Simons Foundation Program on Deep Learning
Congratulations to Peter Bartlett (PI) and Bin Yu (co-PI) who were awarded $10 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Sim
Actor Rainn Wilson Celebrates 2020 Graduates with Surprise Video Message!
Actor/comedian Rainn Wilson surprised the Class of 2020 with a video message on the Statistics Department's Graduation Tribute that went