Letter from the Chair

Monday October 17, 2022

Pfizer Teams Up with UF to Offer Graduate Scholarship in Statistics

Monday October 17, 2022

A new collaboration between UF and Pfizer Inc. opens doors for students to explore the growing field of biostatistics.

New Faculty Join the Department of Statistics

Monday October 17, 2022

Professor Emannuel Candes from Stanford University speaks at the Challis Lectures

Monday October 17, 2022

This April, we held our endowed lectures, the Challis Lectures. Professor Emannuel Candes from Stanford University was our invited guest speaker.

Statistics Annual Winter Workshop 2022: Algorithm Fairness and Bias in AI

Monday October 17, 2022

This January we held our 2022 Statistics Winter Workshop on “Algorithm Fairness and Bias in AI” with the support of InfoTech Consulting, the UF Informatics Institute and the UF College of Liberal Arts and Science.

History of Statistics: A STEM-based Study Abroad Experience

Monday October 17, 2022

This program took students to the historical beginnings of the discipline of statistics in England. The discipline of statistics represents a number of different philosophies (e.g., Bayesian, frequentist) as well as heated debates between Fisher and Pearson in the early literature.

Ceremony of awarding the title of doctor honoris causa of the University of Economics in Katowice to Professor Malay Ghosh

Monday October 17, 2022

The ceremony of awarding the doctor honoris causa title of the University of economics in Katowice to Prof. Malay Ghosh – the global expert in the field of statistics, took place on the 14th of May. Despite the virtual form of the event, the ceremony did not lack its traditional elements and magnificent character.