by afrancis1 | Feb 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Stephen Stigler, Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Statistics, won the 2023 Neumann Prize for his book entitled Casanova’s Lottery: The History of a Revolutionary Game of Chance (University of Chicago Press, 2022). The prize is...
by afrancis1 | Oct 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Committee on Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) created a new award that recognizes the increasingly important role that early career statistical scientists are playing in shaping the future of the discipline. The award highlights efforts of these...
by afrancis1 | Apr 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Professor Steven Durlauf has been appointed Inaugural Director for Stone Center for for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. The Center received a charitable $5 million donation from the James M. and...
by afrancis1 | Apr 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) award recognizes early career statistical scientists who show evidence of and potential for leadership and who will help shape and strengthen the field. COPSS recognizes the increasingly important role that...
by afrancis1 | Jan 3, 2023 | news, Uncategorized
Dr. Luc Anselin is the recipient of the 2022 Waldo Tobler Giscience Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The Waldo Tobler GIScience Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) has been created by the ÖAW Commission for GIScience to encourage scientific...
by afrancis1 | Jan 3, 2023 | news, Uncategorized
Professor Robert Gibbons’ pharmacoepidemiologic study published in JAMA Psychiatry, explores how folic acid treatment was associated with a significantly reduced rate of suicide attempts. This large-scale within-person observational study in over 850,000 adults...
