SCC Alumni Panel Event on Careers in Statistics and Data Science Please join us from 5:30pm to 7:00pm on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 via Zoom for this special event. We invite students, faculty and current SCC staff to join us for a 90-minute conversation with three former SCC consultants and Statistics PhD graduates, Dr. Huimin Hu Quantitative Analytics Specialist, Wells Fargo Thu, 04/16/2026 - 9:50am Type of Event: General event Read more about SCC Alumni Panel Event on Careers in Statistics and Data Science
UGA MS-ADS Program Holds Inaugural Advisory Board Meeting The Master of Science in Applied Data Science program at the University of Georgia brought together its inaugural advisory board on March 31, gathering industry leaders and UGA alumni in Athens for a day of conversation, collaboration, and strategic visioning for the program’s future. Read more about UGA MS-ADS Program Holds Inaugural Advisory Board Meeting
Georgia Statistics Industry Day Connects Students with Real-World Applications The University of Georgia Department of Statistics hosted its annual Industry Day on March 19, welcoming Dr. Ryan Lekivetz, Director of Advanced Analytics R&D at JMP, for a full day of discussions, student meetings, and a departmental colloquium. Read more about Georgia Statistics Industry Day Connects Students with Real-World Applications
Jeffrey Rosenthal Jeffrey S. Rosenthal is a Professor of Statistics at the University of Toronto and a leading expert in probability theory and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a recipient of the COPSS Presidents’ Award, one of the highest honors in the statistical sciences. His other awards include the CRM–SSC Prize and the SSC Gold Medal. He is also widely recognized for his outstanding teaching and public outreach, including popular books and lectures on probability and statistics. Fri, 03/20/2026 - 3:47pm Type of Event: Bradley Lecture Read more about Jeffrey Rosenthal
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!
