Kowal’s 'STAR' shines on data science Wed, 11/11/2020 - 00:01

Statistics professor develops 'new way to construct statistical models for integer-valued data — such as counts, test scores and rounded data.'

Transforming the Mechanical Laboratory into Maxfield Hall Mon, 10/05/2020 - 14:16

The building, scheduled for completion in May 2021, will serve as the new home for the Department of Statistics

Ernst named inaugural Don Gaver, Jr. Early Career Award winner Mon, 09/21/2020 - 14:32

The first institute-wide early-career award from INFORMS recognizes 'outstanding research accomplishments in operations research, probability and statistics.'

PhD student Jackson named 2020 Fellow of the National GEM Consortium Thu, 09/03/2020 - 14:14

GEM has supported more than 4,000 Fellows from underrepresented groups at the master’s and doctoral levels in engineering and science.

Statistics alumna Hicks receives Young Investigator Award Thu, 07/23/2020 - 10:28

Hicks earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in statistics from Rice in 2012 and 2013, respectively.