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:

Lars Peter Hansen is an American economist. He is the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics, and the Booth School of Business, at the University of Chicago and a 2013 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

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.

Please join us in congratulating the following faculty members:

• Ting Zhang on his promotion to Professor

  

• Ruizhi Zhang on his promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure