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Statistics and biostatistics programs top 30 statistics jump 14 spots

Rice statistics, biostatistics graduate programs rank top 30 in U.S. Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2022

Statistics jumps 14 spots in U.S. News and World Report rankings, as biostatistics places No. 24 in new category.


Loren Hopkins

Hopkins named to Wastewater-based Disease Surveillance committee Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2022

Rice professor in the practice serves as chief environmental science officer for the City of Houston Health Department.


Philip Ernst

Ernst elected to Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Leadership Academy Monday, Mar. 7, 2022

Recognition given to early career researchers who contribute significantly to the future of statistical science.


Nick McMillan

How this Rice alumnus turned statistics into storytelling Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022

Nick McMillan '19, a video and data journalist, is a fellow at National Public Radio.


Katherine B. Ensor, the Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics, recognizes Huiming Lin with the James Thompson Student Award. On right: Emma Zohner accepts the award virtually.

Lin, Zohner receive 2021 James R. Thompson Student Awards Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022

Honors given at recent James R. Thompson Lecture event.