Recent News

We are excited to announce that the Statistics department at UW will once again be running a Directed Reading Program (DRP) during Spring quarter. The DRP is an opportunity for undergraduate students…
Congratulations to UW Statistics Ph.D. students, Jillian Fisher and Ronak Mehta for each earning an Honorable Mention award for the 2023 ASA Student Paper Award competition. The title of Jillian’s…
Tyler McCormick, Associate Professor of Statistics and Sociology, will serve as a speaker/panelist for the NISS Ingram Olkin Forum: Statistical Methods for Combatting Human Trafficking, Wednesday,…
We are delighted to announce the Winter 2023 Edition of our undergraduate newsletter, "Student's T time”, edited by Professor Ranjini Grove and Joia Zhang, with help from the UW Statistics &…
Dear Friends of UW Statistics, Welcome to 2023!  I hope that you enjoyed the (icy!) holidays with your family and friends!  I am writing once more to let you know about what has been going on in our…
Chair’s LetterDear Friends of UW Statistics,Welcome to 2023!  I hope that you enjoyed the (icy!) holidays with your family and friends!  [Read more here]Diversity, equity and inclusion highlights:…
You’ve probably already noticed our newest staff member, Veronica Bae, who joined our department in early October 2022. Veronica is our new Administrative Assistant 3 and is located in the main…
Each year in the fall, the Department of Statistics awards talented graduate students for the Z.W. Birnbaum award and the Dorothy M. Gilford teaching award. The Z.W. Birnbaum award recognizes a PhD…
We are excited to announce that the Statistics department at UW will once again be running a Directed Reading Program (DRP) during Winter quarter. The DRP is an opportunity for undergraduate students…
An interactive article published in November 2022 in the New York Times, Extreme Heat Will Change Us, discussed how half the world could soon face dangerous heat due to climate change, based on the…