Shuchi Goyal received a special scholarship from the University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Statistics, where she was recently admitted into the doctoral program starting Fall 2018. She looks forward to pursuing her PhD in statistics and is particularly interested in the analysis of multidimensional data sets and identification of causational relationships. Congratulations, Shuchi! Rachel Zilinskas a special PhD Dean Scholar award from the University of Minnesotta, where she has been admitted into the doctoral program of the Department of Biostatistics starting Fall 2018. Congratulations, Rachel! Type of News/Audience: Departmental