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Fall 2023 Newsletter

  • Letter From the Chair

    July 31, 2023

    Letter From the Chair
    Friends of UF Statistics, I wanted to provide you all an update on the current happenings within the department. I am happy to report that in Spring 2023, we welcomed three new faculty members to our team: Sohom Bhattacharya, Ziping Xu, and ...
  • Welcoming Our Newest Faculty

    July 31, 2023

    Welcoming Our Newest Faculty
    Ziping Xu is an accomplished academic who will be joining the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida as an assistant professor in 2024. Currently, he is completing a one-year postdoctoral training at Harvard University under the guidance of ...
  • Glover Data Science Scholarship

    July 31, 2023

    Glover Data Science Scholarship
    Thanks to a generous donation from our esteemed past provost, Dr. Joe Glover, we proudly presented the first-ever Glover Data Science Scholarship this year. Nicholas Esposito emerged as the deserving recipient of this prestigious scholarship. This landmark event has been ...
  • The Challis Lectures

    July 31, 2023

    The Challis Lectures
    This November, we held our endowed lectures, the Challis Lectures. Professor Gareth Roberts from Warwick University was our invited guest speaker. Professor Gareth Roberts is a Professor in the Department of Statistics at The University of Warwick.  His research interests include ...
  • Farmers, Spies, and Nurses: UF Students in England

    July 31, 2023

    Farmers, Spies, and Nurses: UF Students in England
    In May 2023, 14 UF statistics and data science students participated in the second study abroad program focused on exploring the history of statistics in England. This program, led by faculty Beth Johnson and David Holmes, was based in Cambridge ...