Ming-Hung Kao Receives Award for Paper at ASA Meeting Congratulations to Ming-Hung (Jason) Kao for being the recipient of one of the awards in the 2008 ASA Statistical Computing/Statistical Graphics Sections paper competition. The award is for the paper "Multi-objective Optimal Experimental Designs for Event-Related fMRI Studies," co-authored by Drs. Mandal, Lazar and Stufken, which will be presented by Jason at a special topic contributed session with the other winners at the 2008 Joint Statistical Meetings in Denver, Colorado, August 3-7, 2008. Read more about Ming-Hung Kao Receives Award for Paper at ASA Meeting
Congratulations 2008 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Winners Congratulations to Ashley Askew, Ozgu Issever and Qin Wang for receiving this year's Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the University. This award means that their teaching ranks in the top 10% of all TAs at the University! Read more about Congratulations 2008 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Winners
Congratulations 2008 Student Award Winners Congratulations to our 2008 Student Award winners! They are: Jung Ae Lee for Best Beginning Applied Student, YiJie (Jerry) Xue for Best Beginning Theoretical Student, and Ming-Hung (Jason) Kao for Best Senior Student. Read more about Congratulations 2008 Student Award Winners
Ming-Hung Kao Awarded a James L. Carmon Scholarship Ming-Hung (Jason) Kao has been awarded a James L. Carmon Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to a graduate student whose research reflects state-of-the-art utilization of computer and/or networking technology in the sciences or creative arts. The scholarship was established in memory of Dr. James L. Carmon, a UGA faculty member for 36 years, who helped advance computer research and development at the university. Read more about Ming-Hung Kao Awarded a James L. Carmon Scholarship
Congratulations 2009 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Winners Congratulations to Andy Bartlett, Nathan Lekahal, and Chris O'Neal for receiving this year's Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the University. This award means that their teaching ranks in the top 10% of all TAs at the University! Read more about Congratulations 2009 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Winners
Julie Davis Transfers to External Affairs Effective in May of 2008, Julie Davis, Administrative Associate I, has started a new position within UGA as Data Management Specialist II. We are sorry to see Julie move on, but wish her the best of luck in the new position. Read more about Julie Davis Transfers to External Affairs
Germaine Cahoon Joins Statistics as the new Administrative Associate Germaine Cahoon is our new Administrative Associate I, who joined our department in June. Germaine comes to us from EITS, and brings excellent ability and skills to this position. Welcome Germaine! Read more about Germaine Cahoon Joins Statistics as the new Administrative Associate
John Stufken Named Editor-Elect for The American Statistician John Stufken has been named Editor-Elect for The American Statistician. He will start handling new submissions to TAS in July of 2008 and will become the Editor in January of 2009. Read more about John Stufken Named Editor-Elect for The American Statistician
Dr. Kim Gilbert Joins us as a Temporary Instructor We also welcome Dr. Kim Gilbert who joins us as a Temporary Instructor for the 2008-09 academic year. Kim, who received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from our department, brings rich experience teaching statistics at several colleges and universities around the state of Georgia - most recently Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville. Welcome back to UGA, Kim! Read more about Dr. Kim Gilbert Joins us as a Temporary Instructor
Welcome to Jien Chen as the Associate Director of the Statistical Consulting Center The department welcomes Jien Chen to the faculty as Associate Director for the Statistical Consulting Center. Jien will work closely with the Director of the SCC, Jaxk Reeves, and has started her position in the reopened SCC at the rank of Academic Professional in July. Read more about Welcome to Jien Chen as the Associate Director of the Statistical Consulting Center