News
May 01, 2018
STAT 401 has now been renumbered to STAT 587 -- same course, only the number has changed. Similarly, STAT 447 is now STAT 588. Completion of these two courses continues to be requirements in our graduate minor programs.
April 03, 2018
PLANT SCIENCES INSTITUTE NAMES NINE FACULTY TO SECOND COHORT
By Paula Van Brocklin, Office of the Vice President for Research
After reviewing dozens of applications, Iowa State University’s Plant Sciences Institute (PSI) has named nine faculty members to the second cohort of PSI...
February 06, 2018
Israel A. Almodóvar-Rivera (Ph.D., Iowa State Statistics, 2017 and currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Puerto Rico) won second place in the 2018 Student Paper competition of the American Statistical Association's (ASA) Section on...
November 02, 2017
Danica Ommen, an assistant professor in Statistics, won the Stephen E. Fienberg CSAFE Young Investigator award at the 2017 International Conference on Forensic Inference. The Stephen E. Feinberg CSAFE Young Investigator Award rewards and encourages excellence in forensic statistics at an early...
March 23, 2017
Ames, IA – University Museums, Iowa State University, is pleased to announce the live painting of 13 portraits by celebrated Iowa artist Rose Frantzen. The portrait painting sessions will take place during a March 29 through April 6, 2017 residency in the lower gallery of the Christian Petersen Art...
January 27, 2017
This semester we welcome three student workers to help out with the main office: Gillian Holte, Katie Kurt, and Kaitlin Rich. They will be here to help out with any questions you may have.
My name is Gillian Holte and currently I am a sophomore studying Criminal Justice and...
October 19, 2016
Iowa State University Distinguished Professor of statistics Alicia Carriquiry has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formally known as the Institute of Medicine, is an organization of professionals from fields of health, medicine, science,...
September 01, 2016
This semester we welcome three student workers to help out with the main office: Gillian Holte, Katie Kurt, and Kaitlin Rich. They will be here to help out with any questions you may have.
My name is Gillian Holte and currently I am a sophomore studying Criminal Justice and...
June 10, 2016
After learning about the apartment fire that occurred in the early morning of June 6, we learned that three graduate students from the Department of Statistics were residents of the building. Hengfang Wang, Xiaofei Zhang, and Shan Yu (not pictured) lost their homes and all of their possessions...
May 27, 2016
STAT-ers has recently been recognized as an official student chapter of the American Statistical Association (ASA).
The ASA Student Chapters program provides opportunities for students to connect with other students interested in statistics and interact with prominent statisticians. The...
May 27, 2016
The Iowa State University College of Business has partnered up with statistics and engineering faculty for the Master of Business Analytics program.
The Master of Business Analytics is an online program created for working professionals. It was designed with the idea that students are able to...
December 21, 2015
Congratulations to Samantha Tyner,a finalist in the 2015 Young Statisticians Writing Competition, organized by Significance and the Young Statisticians Section of the Royal Statistical Society! Details of the 2016 Young Statisticians Writing Competition will be announced in February. Details
October 26, 2015
Congratulations to Dan Nettleton awarded the title of Distinguished Professor which is the highest academic honor that Iowa State bestows. It recognizes faculty members whose accomplishments in research or creative activities have had a significant impact on their discipline, and who have...
