Nov 13, 2015

Eric Laber Named University Faculty Scholar

Eric Laber, assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at NC State, has been named a 2015-2016 University Faculty Scholar for his work in personalized medicine.

Nov 3, 2015

Dr. Ghosh – 2016 Hind Rattan Award

We are very pleased to share with you the great news of having one of our faculty, Sujit Ghosh, being selected for the prestigious 2016 Hind Rattan Award given by the NRI Welfare Society of India.

Oct 27, 2015

Dr. Alyson Wilson Wins Army Wilks Award

We are so extremely proud to announce that our own Alyson Wilson, professor of Statistics, has been the winner of the Army Wilks Award. This very prestigious award is offered to recognize a deserving individual who has made significant contributions in statistical research or applications relevant to national defense.

Oct 1, 2015

Celebrating the Legacy of Dan Solomon

The Department of Statistics hosted a reception to honor Dan Solomon during the annual departmental beach trip festivities in September.

Sep 2, 2015

Alumni Spotlight – Jim Goodnight

Dr. James H. Goodnight is the co-founder, president and CEO of SAS, an analytics software company based in Cary, NC. Goodnight received a bachelor’s in applied mathematics, and master’s and doctoral degrees in statistics from NC State.

Sep 1, 2015

Orienting Our New Graduate Students

The Department of Statistics held its new graduate student orientation on Aug. 18. This year, the Department welcomed 51 graduate students, one of the largest classes in its history.

Sep 1, 2015

JSM 2015

It was another great year for the Department of Statistics at the 2015 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM). This year, the Department participated in 165 sessions during the event.

Aug 31, 2015

Ice Cream Social

The Department of Statistics launched the 2015-16 academic year on Aug. 21 with its annual ice cream social. Over bowls of Howling Cow ice cream, the department welcomed its newest class of 30 undergraduates, 30 online master of statistics students, 51 graduate students and 46 certificate students.

Aug 17, 2015

Newsweek Article – Sports Statistics

"A new statistical model created by students at North Carolina State University correctly predicted play types at an eye-popping rate when tested against data from real NFL games."

Jul 6, 2015

Dr. Ghoshal — IMS Medallion Lecturer

A truly extraordinary researcher and faculty member, Subhashis Ghoshal, is being recognized by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) by offering him one of the most prestigious and highest recognitions IMS offers, which is being selected as the IMS Medallion lecturer.