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Statistics
Recent News
Yang Chen receives the 2026 IMS Thelma and Marvin Zelen Emerging Women Leaders in Data Science Award
Join us in congratulating Yang Chen on receiving the 2026 IMS Thelma and Marvin Zelen Emerging Women Leaders in Data Science Award!
Prof. Richard Guo elected member of ISI
Congratulations to Professor Richard Guo on being elected a member of the International Statistical Institute.

Events
Featured
Oct
18
Saturday Morning Physics | When “Physic(k)s” Lost Its ‘k’ and other Language Quarks
Anne Curzan, Geneva Smitherman Collegiate Professor of English, Linguistics, and Education (U-M)
10:30 AM
170 & 182
Weiser Hall
Upcoming
Oct
17
Statistics Department Seminar Series: Samet Oymak, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
"Data, Architecture & Algorithms in In‑Context Learning"
10:00 AM
340
West Hall
Oct
24
Statistics Department Seminar Series: Jing Lei, Professor, Department of Statistics & Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University
"When Cross-Validation Meets Stability: Online Selection and Discrete Confidence Sets"
10:00 AM
340
West Hall
Oct
28
PhD Information Session
Interested in pursing a doctorate? Join us for an Informational Session!
10:00 AM
Off Campus Location
Oct
28
Statistics Department Seminar Series: Jeff Fessler, William L. Root Distinguished University Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
TBD
4:00 PM
340
West Hall
Nov
08
Saturday Morning Physics | How Old is the Universe — That is, What Time is It?
Scott Watson, Professor of Physics (Syracuse University)
10:30 AM
170 & 182
Weiser Hall
Nov
15
Saturday Morning Physics | What is Classical and What is Quantum? Insights from the Assumptions of Physics Project
Gabriele Carcassi, Researcher (U-M Physics)
10:30 AM
170 & 182
Weiser Hall