The Department of Statistics at the University of Georgia invites applications for a position at the rank of Academic Professional, starting July 1, 2012. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in Statistics or related area and a record that shows a strong interest in the teaching of statistics, especially a passion for teaching undergraduate introductory statistics courses. Successful applicants are also expected to have excellent management and organizational skills.

Congratulations to Dr. Cheolwoo Park for receiving, jointly with Jennifer McDowell (Psychology), a Franklin College seed grant award for the proposal “Practice-related changes in neural activation patterns investigated via semiparametric estimation and causal inference”

Congratulations to Chris Franklin for being quoted in this NY Times Education Life article about the role of sports in teaching statistics.

The Department of Statistics at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the area of mathematical statistics, starting August 2012. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in Statistics, and scholarly credentials must reflect a strong commitment to research in statistical theory and teaching. Successful applicants are expected to develop a research program that will be competitive for external funding.

Yun Chen has accepted a position as a Research Analyst at the Harvard School of Public Health, where she will be working in the field of adult AIDS.

Desale Habtzghi is an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at Georgia College and State University.

Jing Shen currently works for IBM Watson Research Center in New York.

Jing Liu has accepted an offer from Fisher School of Accounting in the University of Florida.

Elizabeth Young is working on a PhD in statistics at Texas A&M University in the area of spatial statistics, and when she is not doing research, she enjoys swing dancing.

Xin Zhao is a Senior Risk Analyst for CompuCredit Corp. in Atlanta.