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STT alumna Anna Esenther named 2020 Rhodes Scholar!
November 24, 2019
STT alumna Anna Esenther named 2020 Rhodes Scholar!
Prof. Hyokyoung (Grace) Hong receives NSF award for developing statistical theory and methodology for impact of molecular biomarkers on survival outcomes in high-dimensional data.
November 17, 2019
Prof. Hyokyoung (Grace) Hong receives NSF award for developing statistical theory and methodology for impact of molecular biomarkers on survival outcomes in high-dimensional data.
STT's MSU Foundation Professor Taps Maiti partners with ECE Professor Selin Aviyente on new NSF-funded project for statistical machine learning theory and methods with spatio-temporal data.
October 2, 2019
STT's MSU Foundation Professor Taps Maiti partners with ECE Professor Selin Aviyente on new NSF-funded project for statistical machine learning theory and methods with spatio-temporal data.
Prof. Marianne Huebner wins world championship title in weightlifting, and helps international weightlifting federation with their statistical analyses
September 25, 2019
Prof. Marianne Huebner wins world championship title in weightlifting, and helps international weightlifting federation with their statistical analyses
Dr. Chih-Li Sung, Assistant Professor in STT, and his colleagues, receive prestigious SPES award from ASA for research applied to physics and engineering.
September 4, 2019
Dr. Chih-Li Sung, Assistant Professor in STT, and his colleagues, receive prestigious SPES award from ASA for research applied to physics and engineering.
STT's Dr. Huebner promoted to Director of MSU's consulting group CSTAT
August 20, 2019
STT's Dr. Huebner promoted to Director of MSU's consulting group CSTAT
Professor Yuehua Cui receives an NIH grant to develop new statistical methods for longitudinal Gene-Environment interaction studies.
Professor Yuehua Cui receives an NIH grant to develop new statistical methods for longitudinal Gene-Environment interaction studies.
STT Professors Hong and Sakhanenko win promotions at MSU
July 1, 2019
STT Professors Hong and Sakhanenko win promotions at MSU
Professor Viens featured in InsideMSU
June 17, 2019
Professor Viens featured in InsideMSU
Albert Cohen represents Department of Statistics and Probability at 21st anniversary of the Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection
April 18, 2019
Albert Cohen represents Department of Statistics and Probability at 21st anniversary of the Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection

On April 18th, Albert Cohen, was proud to represent the Department of Statistics and Probability at a reception on the 4th floor of the MSU Library for the 21st anniversary of the Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection (https://lib.msu.edu/node/2855/)

Johnson, Ikpe, and Viens awarded one of eight mini-grants for the Year of Global Africa
April 19, 2019
Johnson, Ikpe, and Viens awarded one of eight mini-grants for the Year of Global Africa
STT Welcomes Jim Berger for James Hannan Lecture Series
April 1, 2019
STT Welcomes Jim Berger for James Hannan Lecture Series
Machine learning used to calculate nuclear landscape's limits
February 15, 2019
Machine learning used to calculate nuclear landscape's limits
Nikkita Ngalande named Rhodes Scholar
December 11, 2018
Nikkita Ngalande named Rhodes Scholar
October 25, 2018
Ronald H. and Mary E. Simon Lecture in Actuarial Science - Steve Kolk
STT Welcomes David Aldous for John Kinney Memorial Lecture
October 16, 2018
STT Welcomes David Aldous for John Kinney Memorial Lecture
Yimin Xiao announced as MSU Foundation Professor
September 21, 2018
Yimin Xiao announced as MSU Foundation Professor
Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Applications
September 14, 2018
Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Applications
Congratulations to our new 2018 PhDs!!
May 4, 2018
Congratulations to our new 2018 PhDs!!

The Statistics and Probability Department is proud of our new PhDs!

STT Department Welcomes Iain Johnstone for Hannan Lecture Series
March 7, 2018
STT Department Welcomes Iain Johnstone for Hannan Lecture Series

We are pleased to have Prof. Iain Johnstone, Marjorie Mhoon Fair Professor in Quantitative Science,  Department of Statistics at Stanford University,  as  the Hannan Scholar for 2017-18.   Professor Johnstone will be in the department from April 23-27.