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The Department of Statistics at @RiceUniversity is known for its collaborative education and research programs with applications in medicine, energy and more.

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Doctoral student José Palacio has been named a winner of the JSM- @AmstatNews 2026 Health Policy Statistics Section Student Paper Competition for his paper "Inferring Transmission Dynamics of RSV from Houston Wastewater Data."

👏 Congratulations, José!

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The @NatlAcademies just released a roadmap for U.S. statistical science through 2035 — chaired by Katherine Ensor — calling on leaders and policymakers to invest in statistics as the foundation of trustworthy AI and American scientific innovation. https://t.co/p9EuE6Dyu2

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Congrats to Statistics Ph.D. student Arya Muralidharan on receiving the Graduate Teaching Award for Course Support from Rice's Center for Teaching Excellence! The award honors outstanding contributions to course design and delivery.

Read more: https://t.co/rRHfwUdoal

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🗣️ STAT Colloquium: Dr. Yueyang Liu from @RiceJonesMBA presents "A Definition of Non-Stationary Bandits"—introducing a new framework that eliminates classification ambiguity in bandit learning.

📅 Apr 13 | ⏰ 4:00 PM | 📍 Maxfield Hall 251
https://t.co/CD6eGP108B

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STAT Colloquium: Dr. Kun Meng from @floridastate on principal manifold estimation—from foundational theory to applications in high-dimensional data analysis.

📅 Apr 20 | ⏰ 4:00 PM | 📍 Maxfield Hall 251
https://t.co/vRQidJXAMe

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@RiceStatistics and the American Statistical Association student chapter are hosting an end-of-year Poster Session and Luncheon. Students at all levels will be presenting — and we're looking for alumni to serve as judges!

RSVP:https://t.co/QB72zi2joV

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In one of Africa's most studied environmental crises,@RiceStatistics Prof. Viens and his team are collecting and analyzing missing data on Lake Chad — and their findings tell a more complex story than the one that shaped policy and media coverage for years.https://t.co/LQhZ3FgDD1

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STAT Colloquium: Dr. Tian Zheng from @Columbia presents "Statistics Beyond Models"—exploring how statisticians can design and oversee data workflows in the age of AI and data science.
📅 Apr 6 | ⏰ 4:00 PM | 📍 Maxfield Hall 251

https://t.co/AD0SzCTKc8

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Congrats to Leif Peterson on his election as Senior Member of the Italian Neural Networks Society! The recognition spans more than two decades of conferences and workshops on machine learning and neural networks with Italian faculty and doctoral students.https://t.co/e8pijn70MD

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STAT/CS Seminar: Dr. Yaoqing Yang from @Dartmouth presents "Layer-balanced optimization, heavy-tail self-regularization, and beyond"—exploring theory-driven approaches to improve neural network training and performance.
Mar 23 | 4:00 PM | Maxfield Hall 251
https://t.co/FueHmxFtBm

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Claire "CJ" Friend doesn't see statistics, English and theater as contradictions. The @RiceStatistics junior builds her days around all three — analyzing data, studying literature and coordinating productions for Rice's student theater organization.

https://t.co/APIIugBjXe

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The February edition of The Monthly Mean is out now. Catch the latest news from @RiceStatistics — research highlights, community updates, and student shoutouts.

Read more: https://t.co/wUFtgHPnyg

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Today is the day! Support groundbreaking statistics research during Rice's 24-Hour Challenge. Every gift to the Statistics Department Excellence Fund makes a difference.

Give before 11:59 PM CT: https://t.co/oLWUQdBpis

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Join us for @RiceStatistics Colloquium featuring Dr. David Allison from @BCM_Houston on "Challenges of Hidden Dependencies in Statistics"—insights from a leading advocate for research rigor and integrity.

📅 Mar 9 | ⏰ 4:00 PM | 📍Maxfield Hall 251
https://t.co/3MPCgXaC4O

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The countdown is on: tomorrow is Rice’s 24-Hour Challenge!

Your gift to the Statistics Department Excellence Fund supports our multidisciplinary research, with application areas that range from finance to social sciences.
Make your early gift today! https://t.co/oLWUQdBpis

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Early giving for Rice's 24-Hour Challenge starts today! Your support of the Statistics Department Excellence Fund empowers students to advance statistical theory and methods in disease modeling, neuroimaging, machine learning & more. #1Day1Rice
👉 https://t.co/oLWUQdBpis

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🧬 STAT Colloquium featuring Dr. Lin Chen from @UChicago on integrative multi-omics methods for understanding genetic mechanisms—introducing X-ING for cross-context analysis and Mendelian randomization applications.
Mar 2 | 4:00 PM | Maxfield Hall 251
🔗 https://t.co/DKGG29L9WC

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@RiceStatistics team, led by Prof. Viens, is equipping scientists in Nigeria with Bayesian statistics to tackle sustainability challenges in the Lake Chad Basin —combining rigorous data analysis with local farmers' knowledge.

🔗 https://t.co/DS0Yx7Hsf7

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Join the STAT Colloquium, in collaboration with @RiceCMOR, featuring Dr. Yang Liu from @BerkeleyLab presenting on fast matrix and tensor algorithms for scientific computing, Gaussian processes, and neural networks.

Feb 23 | 4:00 PM | Maxfield Hall 251
🔗 https://t.co/jldEZ62MtJ

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Congrats to Christine Peterson, PhD '13, and associate professor in @RiceStatistics, on being named President-Elect of the Houston Area Chapter of the American Statistical Association.

Read more: https://t.co/xLETRf6Adr