Kun Chen is elected as a member of the Board of Directors (2024-2026) of the International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA). It is truly an honor, and Chen is very grateful for the trust and support of ICSA members.
Faculty Awards
Ofer Harel has been awarded the APHS Achievement in Academia Award for 2023
Ofer Harel has been awarded the APHS Achievement in Academia Award for 2023. In recognition of your distinguished career in statistical research and applications. Your contributions to public health and health policy through research and commitment to the American Public Health Statistics section. Your mentoring of students, current and future statisticians and biostatisticians and tireless […]
Victor Hugo Lachos Davila has been selected to receive a Scholarship Facilitation Fund (SFF)
Professor Lachos Davila has been selected to receive a Scholarship Facilitation Fund award for AY 2023-2024 for his work entitled Lasso Regularization for High-Dimensional Censored Linear Mixed Models.
Victor Hugo Lachos Davila has been awarded a UConn Research Excellence Program (REP) funding for AY 2023-24
Victor Hugo Lachos Davila’s Research Excellence Program (REP) proposal has been selected for funding by OVPR.
Yuping Zhang has been awarded a UConn Research Excellence Program (REP) funding for AY 2023-24
Assoc. Prof. Yuping Zhang’s Research Excellence Program (REP) proposal has been selected for funding by OVPR.
Ofer Harel joins The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics
Prof. Ofer Harel has been invited and accepted to be a standing member of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics (CATS). CATS convenes workshops, consensus studies, and other activities to connect frontiers in statistics research, education, training, and practice to issues of national and global importance.
Ming-Hui Chen received the Purdue University College of Science 2023 Distinguished Science Award
The Distinguished Science Awards are given to alumni whose work and achievements have made a significant difference in our communities and lives.
Jun Yan Elected to Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering is a private, nonprofit, public-service institution patterned after the National Academy of Sciences.
Yao Zheng has been named the new Makuch Faculty Fellow
Assistant Professor Yao Zheng has been named the new Makuch Faculty Fellow (January 2023-December 2024).
Adjunct Prof. Joseph Cappelleri wins HPSS Long-Term Excellence Award
Congratulations to Adjunct Professor Joseph Cappelleri for receiving the Health Policy Statistics Section (HPSS) Long-Term Excellence Award! The award recognizes significant contributions to health care policy and health services research through mentoring and/or service that advance the aims of HPSS.