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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)...
Yongkai Chen

Announcing the Carl N. Morris Visiting Day Presentation Prize
The Department of Statistics is thrilled to announce the new Carl N. Morris Visiting Day Presentation Prize, established in memory of Professor Emeritus Carl N. Morris (1939–2023), a beloved member of the department for more than two decades. Professor...
Carl N. Morris

7 Statistics Students Receive 2026 Hoopes Prize
We are thrilled to announce that the Department of Statistics has seven 2026 Hoopes Prize winners ! The Hoopes Prize rewards excellence in the work of undergraduates and their capabilities and skills in any subject, projects of research in science or the...

2026 Harvard Statistics Commencement Highlights
On Thursday, May 28, the Statistics Department community gathered in the Maxwell Dworkin Second-Floor Lounge to honor the exceptional achievements of our newest alumni. The room was filled with energy, pride, and celebration as graduates, alumni, faculty...
2026 Concentrator Graduates

Nathan Cheng and Xiaodong Yang Receive 2026 Dempster Award
The Department of Statistics would like to congratulate Nathan Cheng and Xiaodong Yang, PhD students in their 4th year, on winning the 2026 Department of Statistics Dempster Award! Nathan received the award for his paper on "Chiseling: Powerful and Valid...
Nathan Cheng and Xiaodong Yang

Statistics Students Receive Banga Social Innovation Thesis Award
Congratulations to Amy Dong, Saman de Silva, and Leo Vanciu on receiving this year’s Banga Social Innovation Thesis Award ! Now in its second year, this Award recognizes Harvard College seniors whose outstanding theses or capstone projects demonstrate the...

Pragya Sur Receives 2026 Noether Early Career Scholar Award
We are thrilled to report that Assistant Professor Pragya Sur has received the 2026 American Statistical Association (ASA) Noether Early Career Scholar Award due to her exceptional work. Prof. Sur will receive her award and give a talk, Modern Machine...
Pragya Sur

Alex Luedtke Receives 2026 COPSS Emerging Leader Award
The Department of Statistics is pleased to share that Alex Luedtke, Professor in the Department of Healthcare Policy at Harvard Medical School and an Affiliate Faculty in Statistics, received a 2026 COPSS (Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies)...
Alex Luedtke

Pragya Sur Is a 2026 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
The Department of Statistics would like to congratulate Assistant Professor Pragya Sur on being named a 2026 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow . This is an enormous achievement, as the fellowship was awarded to 126 individuals across seven disciplines. Only...
Pragya Sur