"The Best Writing on Mathematics" is published annually by Princeton University Press.  Nicole Lazar's column "The Arts - Digitized, Quantified, and Analyzed," was originally published in CHANCE Magazine and will be published in the 2014 edition of “The Best Writing on Mathematics” which is expected to be released later this year.  According to the Princeton University Press, “this annual anthology brings together the year’s finest mathematics writing from around the world.”&nbs

A former student of the Department of Statistics, Ming-Hung (Jason) Kao recently received an NSF CAREER Award.  According to the National Science Foundation website, this award is given to junior faculty who “…exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.”  Jason graduated from the University of Georgia in 2009 under the supervision of Professor Abhyuday Mandal and Professor John Stufken with a dissertation entitled “Optimal Experim

Kathleen is currently living in Houston, TX. She is a Strategy Manager with Shell Oil and is married with three children.

Nicole Lazar represented the University of Georgia Department of Statistics in an American Statistical Association Webinar on Undergraduate Statistics Capstone programs.  The University of Georgia Department of Statistics was one of five Universities featured in the webinar.  To view the webinar, follow the link below:

The Role and Variety of Undergraduate Statistics Capstones

(http://www.amstat.org/education/webinars/Capstones.wmv)

Each year, the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award is given to Teaching Assistants whose teaching performance ranks in the top 10% of all TAs at the University of Georgia.  This year, we congratulate Adrijo Chakraborty, Jacob Martin and Greg Jansen for receiving this well-deserved honor.

The Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes faculty in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences who show a sustained commitment to high-quality instruction; particularly those engaged in undergraduate teaching. Congratulations to Jack Morse on this well-deserved honor!

The department congratulates University Professor Lynne Billard as the 2013 recipient of the COPSS Florence Nightingale David Award.

The department is pleased to announce the promotion of Lily Wang to Associate Professor with tenure.  Our warmest congratulations to Dr. Wang, whom we wish continued success in her academic endeavors.

Joining us from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Wenxuan Zhong and Dr. Ping Ma offer a plethora of experience including Doctoral degrees from Purdue University and serving as Postdoctoral Fellows at Harvard University.  Dr. Zhong, whose interests include computational biology, bioinformatics and variable selection, will join our department as a tenure track Associate Professor while Dr. Ma joins us as Adjunct Associate Professor with interests in bioinformatics, functional data analysis and geophysics.  We are thrilled to have both Dr. Zhong and Dr.

Congratulations to Dr. Zaid Abdo on his appointment as Adjunct Associate Professor.  Dr. Abdo recently joined the USDA Agricultural Research Service here in Athens and holds a PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology from the University of Idaho where he also served as Assistant Professor from 2006-2011 and Associate Professor from 2011-2012.