Congratulations to Jeevan Jankar for being awarded the 2023 George Hugh Boyd Memorial Scholarship. Recipients of this award are expected to have high moral and academic standards and a philosophy of giving back to the community the best they have to offer. Jeevan’s research is broadly focused on developing statistical methodologies and applications in the Design of Experiments (DoE) and Computer Experiments (CE).

Agenda:

3:30 - 4:00pm - Arrival (145 Brooks Hall)
4:00 - 4:05pm - Opening remarks by Associate Dean Lyall
4:05 - 4:10pm - Introduction by Head TN Sriram
4:10 - 5:00pm - Lecture, Dr. Dipak Dey, University of Connecticut.
5:00 - 5:30pm - Break
5:30 - 7:00pm - Dinner at Founders Memorial Garden
7:00 - 7:05pm - Remarks by Dean Stenport (145 Brooks Hall)
7:05 - 7:30pm - After-Dinner Talk, Dr. Dipak Dey, University of Connecticut.

The grant proposal titled “Equitable Statistics Education through Active Learning” led by team facilitators, Maduranga Dassanayake and Abhyuday Mandal, and the STAT 2000 Coordinator, Nick Toebben, has been awarded the inaugural Active Learning Change Grants from UGA.

The Department of Statistics presented their 2023 awards to outstanding graduate students within the Department. 

Congratulations to all the winners!

Outstanding Teaching Awards (framed certificates presented on behalf of the Center for Teaching and Learning)

1.  Ryan Sledge, 2nd year MS student

2.  ShiYuan Deng, 4th year PhD student

3.  KaiWen (Kevin) Han, 5th year PhD Student

Statistical Consulting Awards (framed certificates and monetary awards)