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Professor Emeritus Leo Goodman Dies at 92

Professor Emeritus Leo Goodman passed away yesterday, at the age of 92. 

Professor Goodman joined UC Berkeley in 1986, as Class of 1938 Professor in the Sociology Department and the Statistics Department, and retired in 2017.

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 University on equal terms in all respects with young men.” 

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 of the Foundations of Data Science Institute (FODSI). Peter Bartlett will be Co-Director of FODSI and other Berkeley PIs include Mike Jordan, Martin Wainwright, and Bin Yu.

Commencement 2020 Live Stream Event June 5, 2020

STATISTICS GRADUATION TRIBUTE 2020
LIVE STREAM EVENT
Friday, June 5, 2020 at 12 p.m. PST.

Although we are disappointed we are not able to hold a commencement ceremony and celebrate together in person this year, we wanted to do something for you and have come up with a plan to create a video to honor you and your accomplishments.

We are pleased to invite you to view this live streamed celebration on Friday, June 5, 2020 at 12 p.m. PST.

Congratulations to our SF-Bay Area ASA Student Travel Award Winners!

Congratulations to our SF-Bay Area ASA Student Travel Award Winners! Eli Ben-Michael, Nima Hejazi and Yu Wang will be presenting their work virtually on June 18. 

Every year the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of American Statistical Association (SFASA) issues Student Travel Awards to graduate students who plan to give a presentation at the annual Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM). This year’s JSM will be held virtually from August 1st to August 6th, 2020.

Statistics alumnus Shankar Bhamidi has been named Fellow of the IMS

Berkeley alumnus Shankar Bhamidi, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Dr. Bhamidi received the award for his many outstanding contributions to a wide variety of topics in network modeling and its applications. He completed his PhD in 2008, under David Aldous.

Congratulations Anna Boser - Statistics Major Winner of the University Medal

We are thrilled that Statistics Major Anna Boser is this year’s winner of the University Medal, Berkeley’s highest honor for a graduating senior.  The University Medal was established in 1871 and the “Medalist is an exemplar of the university's highest ideals."  Anna maintained a 4.0 GPA while also participating in extensive field research and serving as an EMT in the Berkeley Medical Reserve Corps. 

PhD student Katherine Kempfert awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to our PhD student Katherine Kempfert who has been selected to receive a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship! The NSF GRFP program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions.