Blackwell Summer Scholars showcase summer research at annual symposium aaron5 Fri, 08/14/2026 - 16:06 Aaron Thompson August 14, 2026 Image Image Blackwell Scholars (front row): Mateo Heidkamp-Pimentel, Anthony Delgado Carrillo, Ryan Regalad…
Statistics Faculty Shulei Wang and Dave Zhao named 2026–27 LAS Scholars aaron5 Tue, 08/11/2026 - 18:57 Aaron Thompson August 10, 2026 Image Image Shulei Wang (left); Dave Zhao (right) The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce that…
Department of Statistics Welcomes Three New Assistant Professors aaron5 Tue, 08/11/2026 - 16:08 Aaron Thompson August 11, 2026 Image Image The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Statistics is pleased to welcome three new
Alexander “Sasha” Matveev named Research Park’s Most Outstanding Graduate Intern aaron5 Tue, 08/11/2026 - 13:48 Aaron Thompson August 11, 2026 Image Image Alexander "Sasha" Matveev Statistics graduate student Alexander “Sasha” Matveev was n…
The Department of Statistics congratulates professor Yuchen Zhou on receiving a Junior Researcher Award at the 2026 ICSA China Conference, recognizing outstanding research by emerging scholars in statistics and data science. The award honor…
The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce that Dave Zhao has been selected to receive a 2026 Campus Distinguished Promotion Award in recognition of his promotion to full professor, effective August 2026. During its annual promotio…
This summer, 18 Illinois undergraduates will join researchers and clinical teams at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Florida, and Minnesota. Alongside Mayo Clinic mentors, they will work in laboratories, clinical research settings, and healthcare en…
Our beloved and esteemed colleague, Stephen Portnoy, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, passed away on December 28, 2025. His distinguished career leaves a lasting mark on t…
The Department of Statistics is proud to announce that PhD student Young Joo Lee has been selected as one of the winners of the 2025 Korean International Statistical Society (KISS) Outstanding Student Paper Award. This biennial honor recogn…
The United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS)—organized by the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE)—returned this summer to Iowa State University with the theme "Useful Models." Since 2…
Tyler Yu, ambassador and Statistics major, shares some courses beyond our department that impacted him during his undergraduate journey. The University of Illinois has embarked on a project to restore and renovate Altgeld Hall and replace i…
Interdisciplinary research at Illinois provides opportunities to synthesize multiple disciplines to develop understandings and solutions that benefit from a wider scope than that of just a singular discipline. The interdisciplinary research…