Statistics News
- April 19, 2023The George Mason University Department of Statistics celebrated 30 years of teaching, research, and collaboration in March with the Conference on Evolving Statistical Data Science. Attendees came together for two days of exciting panel talks and networking.
- April 17, 2023PhD student Zhenyi Huang will embark on his COVES Fellowship this summer, applying his statistics expertise to help foster relationships between engineering and the Virginia state government.
- March 31, 2023A biostatistics graduate student spearheaded a weather station installation, to monitor the cherry trees at Mason Pond and study climate change.
- March 28, 2023Mason graduate student’s cherry blossom monitoring research uses Mason as a living lab to assess how climate change affects the bloom date of cherry blossom trees on the Fairfax Campus.
- March 9, 2023Last year, students at George Mason University joined contestants from around the world to predict the peak bloom date of cherry trees at four global locations. The international Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition was a huge success and is gaining traction during its second annual run.
- November 30, 2022The administrative team in the Department of Statistics at Mason receives commendations for their work.
- November 30, 2022The Department of Statistics provides helpful resources in employment and internships for Mason students and staff.
- November 30, 2022Selected faculty in the Department of Statistics at George Mason University received awards for their research.
- November 14, 2022Participants will be able to submit their predictions for cherry blossom peak bloom dates in four locations around the world – Washington, DC; Kyoto, Japan; Leistal-Weideli, Switzerland; and Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- November 14, 2022The award is presented to faculty, staff, students, and educational partners that have supported diversity and equity inclusion efforts within the College of Engineering and Computing.
- May 11, 2022The George Mason College of Engineering and Computing statistics department and its Statistics Collaboration Core is working with Inova Health Care Services as part of a partnership called “iTHRIV.”