Each year in the fall, the Department of Statistics awards talented graduate students the Z.W. Birnbaum award and the Dorothy M. Gilford teaching award. The Z.W. Birnbaum award recognizes a PhD student for demonstrating outstanding progress and promise in theoretical, methodological, or applied research on the basis of their General Examination, while the Dorothy M. Gilford teaching award recognizes outstanding performances by a graduate teaching assistant during the past year.
We are proud to announce the 2024-25 award recipients.
Z.W. Birnbaum award recipients:
- Ronak Mehta
- Yikun Zhang
Dorothy M. Gilford teaching award recipients:
- Kayla Irish
- Ethan Ancell
About Z.W. Birnbaum and Dorothy M. Gilford and the awards honoring them:
The Z.W. Birnbaum award was established in 1986 in honor and recognition of Dr. Zygmunt Wilhelm Birnbaum. He was a UW Professor, statistician, and mathematician who contributed to functional analysis, nonparametric testing and estimation, probability inequalities, survival distributions, competing risks, and reliability theory.
The Dorothy M. Gilford teaching award was established in 1992 in honor and recognition of Dr. Dorothy Morrow Gilford. She was a statistician who headed the Division of Mathematical Sciences at the Office of Naval Research, the National Center for Education Statistics, and the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences.