Michael Harding‘s path to graduate school didn’t follow a linear model. After earning mathematics and statistics degrees from Boston University, he landed at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania for a stint as a data scientist, in the midst …
Data Science major Evelyn Browning wins prestigious Marshall Scholarship for innovative genetics research
UW Board of Regents approves UW–Madison proposal to create College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence
Sports Analytics Club enables students to turn data into game-changing insights
By Thomas Jilk Today, even a single NFL game generates a staggering amount of data: Ten times per second, the league tracks the location, speed, and acceleration of every player on the field. Multiply that …
CDIS celebrates 2025-26 scholarship winners, including several Statistics and Data Science majors
Career Advice: Top tech employers share how to get an internship
A sign to climb: Celebrating the opening of Morgridge Hall
Student spotlight: Ben Lukszys empowers fellow students to launch entrepreneurial careers
For Ben Lukszys x’26, a new business should be “a vessel to do good in the world, not just extract value.” A senior triple-majoring in Data Science, Entrepreneurship, and Philosophy, Lukszys has held a deep …
Three new assistant professors join the Department of Statistics as faculty growth continues
Three new faculty members have joined the Department of Statistics for the fall 2025 semester, reflecting the department’s rapid growth and increasing its teaching and research capacity around critical topics in statistics and data science. …
Department featured in new video at 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings
The Department of Statistics was featured in a new video at this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), the largest gathering of statisticians and data scientists in North America. In the video, you’ll hear from: Statistics …