Congratulations Roy Wilkes! Congratulations to Roy Wilkes, a Statistics major, on being awarded the Mid-Term Foundation Fellowship at UGA and named a Stamps Scholar by the Stamps Scholars Program! His Mid-Term Foundation Fellowship provides four semester stipends from fall 2026 through spring 2028. As a Stamps Scholar, Roy joins a national community with special programming and opportunities, supported through the partnership between the Stamps Scholars Program and leading scholarship initiatives like the Foundation Fellowship. Read more about Congratulations Roy Wilkes!
Dr. Rongjie Liu Awarded Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Please join us in congratulating Dr. Rongjie Liu for being awarded an Interdisciplinary Seed Grant from the UGA Institute of Artificial Intelligence. Along with collaborators Chao Huang from the UGA College of Public Health and Tianming Liu from the UGA School of Computing, RJ received funding for a project entitled, AI-driven multimodal biomarker discovery and reasoning in depression and related mental health disorders. Congratulations, RJ! Read more about Dr. Rongjie Liu Awarded Interdisciplinary Seed Grant
Sloka Sudhin Wins Presidential Award of Excellence Congratulations to Sloka Sudhin on being selected for the Presidential Award of Excellence—one of the University of Georgia’s most distinguished honors for undergraduate students! Read more about Sloka Sudhin Wins Presidential Award of Excellence
Congratulations to Drs. Lynne Seymour and Rongjie Liu! Please join us in congratulating: Dr. Lynne Seymour on her promotion to Professor Dr. Rongjie Liu on her promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure Read more about Congratulations to Drs. Lynne Seymour and Rongjie Liu!
We are Hiring a Lecturer for Statistics The Department of Statistics at the University of Georgia (UGA) invites applications for the position of Lecturer, starting August 1, 2026. This is a 9-month full time non-tenure-track faculty position with a career ladder. The person in this position is expected to teach a variety of undergraduate and lower-level graduate courses spanning a range of topics in statistics and data science. The person hired is expected to be engaged in the activities of the department and to play a major role in advancing the university’s teaching mission. Read more about We are Hiring a Lecturer for Statistics
Congratulations to Dr. Ping Ma, UGA Distinguished Research Professor! The Department wishes to congratulation Dr. Ping Ma on the occasion of the announcement of his renewal as UGA Distinguished Research Professor (DRP), effective on July 1, 2026. Read more about Congratulations to Dr. Ping Ma, UGA Distinguished Research Professor!
Georgia Statistics Day 2025 UGA Poster Award Winners Georgia Statistics Day 2025 brought undergraduates, graduates, and PhD students from across Georgia and even further into the Southeast to Athens. Of the 52 attendees and 8 award winners, 3 of UGA Statistics' own students were recognized for their outstanding contributions during the poster session. Undergraduates Deeya Datta and Sloka Sudhin and Graduate Student Jiazhang Cai were given GSD 2025's Best Student Poster Awards. Read more about Georgia Statistics Day 2025 UGA Poster Award Winners
Congratulations to Haoran Lu! On Friday, January 30, graduate student Haoran Lu was awarded for his poster at the Artificial Intelligence in Medical and Health Care Systems Workshop, held in Atlanta at Georgia Tech. Congratulations, Haoran! The Department of Statistics is proud! Read more about Congratulations to Haoran Lu!
UGA MS in Applied Data Science Program Launches Inaugural External Advisory Board The Master of Science in Applied Data Science (MS-ADS) program at the University of Georgia has established its inaugural External Advisory Board, a strategic initiative designed to strengthen connections between academic training and the rapidly evolving practice of data science. Read more about UGA MS in Applied Data Science Program Launches Inaugural External Advisory Board
Dr. Sarangan Balasubramaniam Receives Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award This award for excellence in teaching annually honors outstanding faculty in the Franklin College who have shown a sustained commitment to high quality instruction. Congratulations, Sarangan! Read more about Dr. Sarangan Balasubramaniam Receives Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award
