David Kahle received his undergraduate degree in mathematics in 2006 from the University of Richmond. He went on to earn his master's and doctoral degrees from the Department of Statistics at Rice University in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
“My research is about using statistics to determine biological networks,” explained Christine Peterson, who earned a Ph.D. in statistics from Rice in 2013.
Statistics major Kate Thomas admits she sometimes feels like an outlier among her statistics classmates.
Jie Song, a second-year graduate student working on a master’s degree in statistics at Rice University, has plotted a career based on long-deferred gratification.
After a stint in the U.S. Army, Patrick Hamel ’16 majored in mathematics/operations research at West Point, graduating in 2004. He stayed in the service for a decade more, completing assignments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
When Talithia Williams ’08 became the first African-American to earn tenure at Harvey Mudd College, she knew it was both a tremendous personal accomplishment, as well as great step for diversity for the school.
