Awards & Honors
Recent Award Winners
Statistics Concentrator Minjae Kim Receives Data Challenge Honorable Mention at STAI-X 2026
The Harvard Department of Statistics is thrilled to share that Senior Statistics Concentrator and A.M. student Minjae Kim received a Data Challenge Honorable Mention at the STAI-X Conference on July 31, 2026. Minjae accepted the award from Professor...
Harvard Statistics Interviews Subhabrata Sen about Associate Professor Promotion
On June 3, 2026, the Harvard Department of Statistics announced the promotion of Subhabrata Sen to Associate Professor. In recognition of his promotion and accomplishments, Prof. Sen received the Clark Award from Dean Hopi Hoekstra. As a leading...
Yongkai Chen Receives 2026 STAI-X Outstanding Paper Award
The Harvard Statistics Department is thrilled to share that Postdoctoral Fellow Yongkai Chen has been selected to receive the 2026 STAI-X Outstanding Paper Award. Chen will be presented the award at the upcoming Statistics and Trustworthy AI for Cross (X)...
Departmental Awards
Dempster Award
2026 Recipients: Nathan Cheng and Xiaodong Yang
Department of Statistics Senior Concentrator Award
2026 Recipient: Leo Vanciu
Department of Statistics Concurrent Masters Award
2026 Recipients: Emma Finn and Samuel Hwang
Pickard Award
Once every two years, the David Pickard Teaching Awards will be given to individuals who examplify excellence in teaching.
Additional Awards & Honors
Bok Teaching Award
The Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates is given each year to five teaching fellows who have been nominated by their departments.
Hoopes Prize
From the estate of Thomas T. Hoopes, Class of 1919, Harvard has received a fund from which to grant annual awards to undergraduates on the basis of outstanding scholarly work or research.