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Statistics Potluck Group
Stat Club Sponsors International Potluck Dinner

The Department of Statistics' International Potluck Dinner was held recently!   This annual event is sponsored and organized by the Stat Club. It offers a great opportunity for students, faculty, and their families to get together to share food, culture, and fellowship. This year, 15-20 participants took part, contributing some delicious food from all over the world. Highlights included Laura Mathews Quinoa Salad, Aditya Mishra's Aaloo…

Grad Student Awards 2025
2025 Graduate Student Highlights

The year 2025 was a remarkable one for our graduate students — a year defined by creativity, hard work, and well-earned recognition. Luyang Fang, a fifth-year PhD student, received the prestigious James L. Carmon Scholarship, honoring her innovative use of computing in research. Shushan Wu, who finished her PhD in May 2025, was named winner of the 2025 ASA Student Paper Competition in the area of Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics.…

Yuan Ke in Office
Recent News from the Ke Lab

Dr. Yuan Ke, together with Prof. Runze Li (Pennsylvania State University) and Prof. Stéphane Guerrier (University of Geneva), received a new research award from the joint program of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The funded project, titled “Tail-robust Analysis of High-dimensional Nonstationary Time Series,” supports a three-year international collaboration aimed at developing…

GSD2025 Group Photo
The Department of Statistics Hosts a Record Number of Participants for GSD 2025

On Oct. 31, 2025, the Department of Statistics was pleased to again host Georgia Statistics Day (GSD). This conference was launched in 2015 as a joint effort by the UGA Department of Statistics, Emory University Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and the Georgia Institute of Technology's H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering. These units have rotated the hosting of the event ever since, with a focus on…

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Capstone courses in statistics and data science recently featured by the Franklin College

We are pleased to have the department's capstone courses for our undergraduate majors in statistics and data science featured in Chronicles, the blog of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.  These courses provide great opportunities for our students to synthesize and extend their methodological knowledge and apply it to fascinating, real problems.  Read more here.

Jasmine Nguyen with Dean Stenport
Congratulations to Jasmine Nguyen for a strong showing in the Avant South's Innovation Cup competition!

Recently, college students from around the state of Georgia participated in Avant South's Innovation Cup. Teams competed to build apps that will serve fans and visitors to the upcoming World Cup with features to promote local businesses, facilitate fan-to-fan experiences, engage with young users, and provide smart city navigation. Among more than 300 participants, UGA students performed strongly. In addition to three School of Computing…


The UGA Department of Statistics Welcomes 4 New Faculty for the 2025-26 Academic Year

Dr. Prince Allotey joined the Department of Statistics at the University of Georgia as a Lecturer in August 2025. He earned his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Connecticut. Before joining UGA, he served as a Senior Instructor in the Department of Statistics at the University of South Carolina and as an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Washington. Dr. Allotey is passionate about teaching and enjoys mentoring students,…

Daniel Hall and Blake Gee
Department of Statistics Awards Two Scholarships

Congratulations Blake Gee and Kevin Kerguelen! James David Lifsey Graduate Fellowship in Statistics and Data Science The Department of Statistics is happy to announce Mr. Blake Gee as the recipient of the 2025 James David Lifsey Graduate Fellowship in Statistics and Data Science. Blake is a UGA "Double Dawg", meaning that he will finish his bachelor's and master's degrees in an accelerated five-year program. A double major in economics…

Bella Salter
Bella Salter Wins Fall 2025 Graduate School Doctoral Fellowship

Bella Salter is a doctoral student with the Department of Statistics at the University of Georgia. Her research interests include mathematical statistics, especially time-series analysis, and applications in emerging fields. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona in May 2025, majoring in both Mathematics and Computer Science and minoring in Statistics. During her time there, she found a passion for enriching their…

Dr. Abhyuday Mandal
Dr. Abhyuday Mandal Receives 2025 Outstanding Chapter Service Award From the ASA

Dr. Abhyuday Mandal has been recognized with the 2025 Outstanding Chapter Service Award for serving as ASA Georgia Treasurer since 2018, spurring chapter growth, launching the Winter Lecture Series, leading Georgia Statistics Day, and strengthening university engagement, as well as long-term sustainability. Congratulations, and thank you, Dr. Mandal!
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