Department of Statistics
News and Research Spotlights
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Research
Staying home, having access to primary care, and limiting contagion hubs may curb COVID-19 deaths
Map of Italy overlaid with mortality graph and virus illustration
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
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
Research
Unusual DNA folding increases the rates of mutations
Illustration of non-B DNA with graph showing increased mutation rate
Research
Emotional dependency on smoking-vaping combo differs from just smoking
man blowing smoke from e-cigarette
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.