Department of Statistics
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Research
The give and take of mega-flares from stars
Two images containing some of the thousands of stars from a new survey by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
Student Stories
Statistical computing boot camp teaches crucial skills to life sciences undergraduates
David Chen, a senior Schreyer Scholar in Penn State’s Integrated Undergraduate/Graduate Degree Program in Statistics
Awards and Honors, Student Stories
Penn State Learning honors outstanding Guided Study Group leaders
Old Main tower with cherry blossoms
Awards and Honors
Two from Department of Statistics named Institute of Mathematical Statistics Fellows
Lazar and Slavkovic
Faculty Announcements
Lazar and Slavkovic Elected 2021 IMS Fellows
2021 IMS Fellows
Faculty Announcements
Statistics department to connect undergraduates and alumni with webinar series
Lion Shrine
Research
New statistical method eases data reproducibility crisis
machine with many pipette tips
Awards and Honors
Lingzhou Xue selected as inaugural member of statistics leadership academy
Lingzhou Xue
Awards and Honors, Science Journal, Winter 2021
Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Professor Emeritus and Eminent Statistician C.R. Rao
C R Rao from the Winter 2021 of the Science Journal.
Awards and Honors, Science Journal, Winter 2021
New Faculty - Winter 2021
Lion Shrine
Research
Unusual DNA folding increases the rates of mutations
Illustration of non-B DNA with graph showing increased mutation rate
Faculty Announcements
New Faculty Spotlight: Xiang Zhu
Xiang Zhu