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@RiceStatistics and the American Statistical Association student chapter are hosting an end-of-year Poster Session and Luncheon. Students at all levels will be presenting — and we're looking for alumni to serve as judges! RSVP:docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

In one of Africa's most studied environmental crises,@RiceStatistics Prof. Viens and his team are collecting and analyzing missing data on Lake Chad — and their findings tell a more complex story than the one that shaped policy and media coverage for years.news.rice.edu/news/2026/one-…

STAT Colloquium: Dr. Tian Zheng from @Columbia presents "Statistics Beyond Models"—exploring how statisticians can design and oversee data workflows in the age of AI and data science. 📅 Apr 6 | ⏰ 4:00 PM | 📍 Maxfield Hall 251 events.rice.edu/statistics/eve…

Congrats to Leif Peterson on his election as Senior Member of the Italian Neural Networks Society! The recognition spans more than two decades of conferences and workshops on machine learning and neural networks with Italian faculty and doctoral students.statistics.rice.edu/news/leif-e-pe…

STAT/CS Seminar: Dr. Yaoqing Yang from @Dartmouth presents "Layer-balanced optimization, heavy-tail self-regularization, and beyond"—exploring theory-driven approaches to improve neural network training and performance. Mar 23 | 4:00 PM | Maxfield Hall 251 events.rice.edu/statistics/eve…

Claire "CJ" Friend doesn't see statistics, English and theater as contradictions. The @RiceStatistics junior builds her days around all three — analyzing data, studying literature and coordinating productions for Rice's student theater organization. news.rice.edu/news/2026/day-…

The February edition of The Monthly Mean is out now. Catch the latest news from @RiceStatistics — research highlights, community updates, and student shoutouts. Read more: statistics.rice.edu/news

Today is the day! Support groundbreaking statistics research during Rice's 24-Hour Challenge. Every gift to the Statistics Department Excellence Fund makes a difference. Give before 11:59 PM CT: givecampus.com/s/jzwmfj

Join us for @RiceStatistics Colloquium featuring Dr. David Allison from @BCM_Houston on "Challenges of Hidden Dependencies in Statistics"—insights from a leading advocate for research rigor and integrity. 📅 Mar 9 | ⏰ 4:00 PM | 📍Maxfield Hall 251 events.rice.edu/statistics/eve…

The countdown is on: tomorrow is Rice’s 24-Hour Challenge! Your gift to the Statistics Department Excellence Fund supports our multidisciplinary research, with application areas that range from finance to social sciences. Make your early gift today! givecampus.com/s/jzwmfj

Early giving for Rice's 24-Hour Challenge starts today! Your support of the Statistics Department Excellence Fund empowers students to advance statistical theory and methods in disease modeling, neuroimaging, machine learning & more. #1Day1Rice 👉 givecampus.com/s/jzwmfj

🧬 STAT Colloquium featuring Dr. Lin Chen from @UChicago on integrative multi-omics methods for understanding genetic mechanisms—introducing X-ING for cross-context analysis and Mendelian randomization applications. Mar 2 | 4:00 PM | Maxfield Hall 251 🔗 events.rice.edu/statistics/eve…

@RiceStatistics team, led by Prof. Viens, is equipping scientists in Nigeria with Bayesian statistics to tackle sustainability challenges in the Lake Chad Basin —combining rigorous data analysis with local farmers' knowledge. 🔗 engineering.rice.edu/news/rice-data…

Join the STAT Colloquium, in collaboration with @RiceCMOR, featuring Dr. Yang Liu from @BerkeleyLab presenting on fast matrix and tensor algorithms for scientific computing, Gaussian processes, and neural networks. Feb 23 | 4:00 PM | Maxfield Hall 251 🔗 events.rice.edu/statistics/eve…

Congrats to Christine Peterson, PhD '13, and associate professor in @RiceStatistics, on being named President-Elect of the Houston Area Chapter of the American Statistical Association. Read more: engineering.rice.edu/news/rice-facu…

Featured in @LeadershipNGA: @RiceStatistics Prof. Viens discusses his Lake Chad research using Bayesian statistics, challenging assumptions—irrigation doesn't harm the lake and climate change may not be the primary driver. Read more:leadership.ng/lake-chad-not-…

Featured @LeadershipNGA: @RiceStatistics Prof. Viens discusses his Lake Chad research using Bayesian statistics, challenging assumptions about the Nigerian lake—irrigation doesn't harm it and climate change may not be the primary driver of its variations. leadership.ng/lake-chad-not-…

As featured on @THISDAYLIVE, @RiceStatistics Prof. Frederi Viens is using farmers' data and Bayesian statistics to challenge the narrative about Lake Chad in Nigeria. His research suggests climate change is unlikely the reason for the lake's variations. thisdaylive.com/2026/01/30/bey…

@RiceStatistics experts are available for media interviews on AI, infectious disease modeling, climate analytics, quantitative finance, genomics and more. Our faculty provides data-driven insight spanning science, health, technology, policy and society. 🔗 news.rice.edu/news/2026/stat…

🗣️ Join us for the @RiceStatistics Colloquium! Dr. Junwei Lu from @HarvardChanSPH presents "Preference Inference for Language Models Debiased by Fisher Random Walk." 📅 Jan 26 | ⏰ 4:00 PM | 📍 Maxfield Hall 251 🔗 events.rice.edu/statistics/eve…