Department of Statistics
News and Research Spotlights
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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
Research
Emotional dependency on smoking-vaping combo differs from just smoking
man blowing smoke from e-cigarette
Statistically Speaking
Wintertime Activities
Lion Shrine featured image for the Statistically Speaking winter activities blog post.
In Focus
Are We Alone in the Universe?
The tip of the wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is dazzling in this new view from NASA Great Observatories. The SMC, is a small galaxy about 200,000 light-years way that orbits our own Milky Way spiral galaxy. Credit: NASA/CXC/JPL-Caltech/STScI
Awards and Honors, Student Stories
Graduate student Claire Kelling nominated to Penn State Homecoming Court
Eberly graduate student Claire Kelling, a dual major in statistics and social data analytics. Credit: Nate Follmer.
Research
Scientists take a step toward understanding 'jumping genes' effect on the genome
Graph regarding jumping genes