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Ernst named inaugural Don Gaver, Jr. Early Career Award winner Monday, Sep. 21, 2020
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 Thursday, Sep. 3, 2020
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 Thursday, Jul. 23, 2020
Hicks earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in statistics from Rice in 2012 and 2013, respectively.

Kowal receives Young Investigator Award Monday, Jun. 8, 2020
The Army Research Office award comes with funding totaling $229,460.

Kowal among Rice Engineering faculty named to endowed chairs Friday, Jun. 5, 2020
Assistant professor will become the Dobelman Family Assistant Professor of Statistics.