News

Jan 10, 2014

On Becoming an Educator at the Imhotep Academy

I didn’t know what to expect on my first day as a teacher’s assistant for middle schoolers.

Jan 10, 2014

Dr. John Monahan Retires

After 35 years at NC State University, John Monahan retired on December 31, 2013. Since arriving in 1978, he has been a driving force in the department, performing many roles from interim department head, to graduate program director, to computing support supervisor, all the while keeping up a full program of research, teaching, and advising students.

Dec 10, 2013

Dr. Soumendra Lahiri Named IISA President

We wish to congratulate Dr. Soumendra Lahiri, professor in our Department, for the honor of becoming the president of the International Indian Statistical Association, this not only brings great recognition to Soumen (and to us, his home), but it is also a clear testimony of the impact that Soumen has had on our profession.

Nov 19, 2013

Honorary Doctorate given to Butch Tsiatis

Our distinguished Professor Butch Tsiatis has been awarded an honorary Doctorate from Hasselt University in Belgium because of his methodological and applied statistical as well as medical research, his contributions to statistical education, and his impact on the development of biostatistics in Belgium.

Nov 5, 2013

When is a ball a ball?

That question may sound like it belongs in a philosophy class, but it is one that baseball fans ask countless times during the season.

Oct 7, 2013

Statistics Across Disciplines in Action – Joe Guinness

Joe Guinness, postdoc in Statistics, collecting Arsenic beam data in Brookhaven National Laboratory, for a project in soil sciences with Dr. Fuentes (Statistics) and Dr. Hesterberger (Soil Sciences).

Sep 23, 2013

Nate Silver – Guest Speaker

The Department of Statistics, together with the JMP Division of SAS, is pleased to announce a guest lecture by Nate Silver, famed statistician, author, blogger and political analyst.

Sep 23, 2013

Congrats – Andrew Wilcox and Elizabeth Mannshardt

Andrew Wilcox, graduate student in our program, won the Student Poster Award at the New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports held at Harvard University this Saturday.

Sep 11, 2013

Kristin Linn – Future of Statistics

Kristin Linn is a 5th year Ph.D student in Statistics at North Carolina State University who is slated to graduate in May of next year (2014).

Aug 26, 2013

Alumni Spotlight – Martha Gardner

In appreciation of our outstanding alumni, we interview Martha Gardner. Dr. Gardner earned her doctorate in 1997 and currently works as chief scientist at General Electric Global Research.