IMPACT

Eleanor Feingold, a statistical geneticist and associate dean with nearly 20 years of leadership experience at the University of Pittsburgh, has been named dean of Oregon State University’s College of Science. She will start Oct. 31.

Korvis Professor of Statistics Javier Rojo received the 2020 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science.

Science students receive second highest number of scholarships at OSU totaling more than $7.5 million, more than triple the amount awarded in 2015.

The Department of Statistics is launching a completely online Master of Science and Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics this fall.

Debashis Mondal, an assistant professor of statistics, has been awarded the 2015 Young Researcher Award by the International Indian Statistical Association.

The fall 2015 Milne Lecture features Peter J. Bickel, an internationally renowned statistician and Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the Univ. of California, Berkeley.

Now that we have Big Data, we face new challenges.

Sastry Pantula has demonstrated his ability to help develop outstanding opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students and collaborative research.