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Commencement 2025

The UC Berkeley Department of Statistics celebrated the graduates of the class of 2025 on Wednesday, May 22nd, at Zellerbach Playhouse on the Berkeley campus. Department Chair Haiyan Huang led commencement activities, which featured an address by Nobel Laureate Guido Imbens.

Raban in Grad Slam Competition

Current Ph.D. student and alum Daniel Raban (B.A. Mathematics, 2018) was a finalist at the 2025 UC Berkeley Grad Slam competition. Grad Slam is a UC-wide sponsored competition designed to showcase graduate student research in three-minute talks for a general audience.

Statistics Community Gathers for BSTARS 2024

The Department of Statistics held the Berkeley Statistics Annual Research Symposium (BSTARS) on November 14th at California Memorial Stadium. The event brought together the Berkeley Statistics community and its industry partners to survey the department's latest research developments and emphasize possible applications to statistical problems encountered in industry.

Mackey, M.A. '11 joins Society for Science National Leadership Council

The Society for Science announced that Lester Mackey M.A. '11, has joined the Society’s National Leadership Council (NLC). Formed in 2018, the NLC comprises alumni from the Society’s three science competitions: the Science Talent Search, the International Science and Engineering Fair and its middle school science research competitions.

Commencement 2024

The UC Berkeley Department of Statistics celebrated the graduates of the class of 2024 on Wednesday, May 15th, at Zellerbach Playhouse on the Berkeley campus. Department Chair Haiyan Huang led commencement activities, which featured an address by Professor Kate Crawford. After the ceremony, family and friends joined the graduates for a reception at the Alumni House.