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Nathan Hales, a Data Science major, is a recipient of a CURO Research Assistantship for Spring 2021. This award includes a one-semester stipend of $1000 to conduct faculty-mentored research. As a CURO Research Assistant, Nathan will investigate the efficacy of face masks for filtering expelled droplets during conversations, under the guidance of Drs. Abhyuday Mandal and Suraj Sharma (Department of Textiles, Merchandising & Interiors). With…
Dan Hall receives the 2021 General Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award. This award for excellence in teaching annually honors outstanding faculty in the Franklin College who have shown a sustained commitment to high quality instruction.
Jeevan Jankar is the winner of the 2020 International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) student paper competition in the area of applications. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to statistics/biostatistics with a primary application focus. Jeevan got the award for his research on crossover designs for generalized linear models. Congratulations Jeevan!
Joseph Resch received the Kohler scholarship from Rutgers University, Department of Statistics, where he was recently admitted into the doctoral program starting Fall 2020. He also got admitted to the PhD programs of the Statistics departments of University of California, Los Angeles and Virginia Tech. He looks forward to pursuing his PhD in statistics. Previously Joseph was awarded the 2019 CURO Summer Fellowship. He is currently working…
The ASA-NCTM Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability is excited to announce Catherine Case as the new editor for STEW. 
Abhyuday Mandal receives 2019 Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award
Cheng Meng received the 2019 Nonparametric Statistics Student Paper Award. Congratulations Cheng!
Our own Nicole Lazar spearheading an effort to rethink statistical significance! http://franklin.uga.edu/news/stories/2019/statistical-significance-reaches-its-limits
The Statistics Department has approved these changes for the graduate program. Please contact the Graduate Coordinator if you have any questions. Click here for curriculum changes. Click here for qualifying exam procedure changes.  
Abhyuday Mandal has been recognized for the second time for his superior teaching at UGA. He was one of the five finalists from the Franklin College for an Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. He was recognized at a Faculty Recognition Banquet organized by the Provost's office on April 16, 2018.