The Normal Distribution

The Normal Distribution is a biannual newsletter for alumni and friends of the Department of Statistics. Our fast-growing community of alumni are impacting—and leading—the fields of statistics and data science across academia and industry. This newsletter gives you a glimpse of everything happening inside the department as well as with our alumni around the country and the world.

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The newsletter is distributed to thousands of alumni and friends’ inboxes each April and November. To receive each edition, make sure your contact information is up to date with the Wisconsin Foundation & Alumni Association.

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Every edition of The Normal Distribution includes alumni updates, and we want to include yours! Submit your updates about new roles, awards, publications, retirements and more at the form below.

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With questions about the newsletter, reach out to editor Thomas Jilk at thomas.jilk@wisc.edu.