Congratulations to Jiazhang Cai, recipient of a 2025 Graduate School Summer Research Grant!

It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Ishwar Basawa, who retired from the UGA Department of Statistics in 2010.

Dr. Rongjie Liu's team was recently awarded $10,000 by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences under its Rapid Interdisciplinary Proposals (RIP) Program. 

Be sure to join us for the 75th Joint Clemson-UGA Colloquium, featuring Dr. Xiao-Li Meng.

Honors and Awards:

Whipple V. N. Jones Professor of Statistics, Harvard University
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Data Science Review
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2001 Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Award
American Statistical Association Founders Award
Inaugural ICSA Pao-Lu Hsu Award
Institute of Mathematical Statistics Fellow
American Statistical Association Fellow

Schedule:

Agenda:

3:30 - 4:00pm - Arrival

4:00 - 4:05pm - Opening Remarks, Brooks Hall 145

4:05 - 5:00pm - Lecture, Dr. Lars Hansen, University of Chicago, Brooks Hall 145 

5:00 - 5:30pm - Break

5:30 - 7:00pm - Dinner, Founders Memorial Garden

7:05 - 7:45pm - After Dinner Talk, Dr. Lars Hansen. Brooks Hall 145

On Thursday, May 8, join the UGA Statistics Department in sending our students off on the next big step of their lives.

Preceding the graduation ceremony at 12:00pm, we will have a small reception in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall at 10:30am. Space is limited, however, so if you would like to attend the reception, please fill out the form here in order to secure tickets.

Students are guaranteed at least 3 guest tickets for the graduation ceremony.