Announcing Harvard Statistics Newsletter 2024-2025

The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce the publication of our annual newsletter, "Stats News 2024-2025."  The purpose of this newsletter is to help alums and current students, postdocs, faculty, and staff stay connected at Harvard and beyond.

Please take a look at some of the stories in our newsletter, including the following:

  • Letter from Chair Sam Kou
  • Student Perspectives from 2024 Award Recipients
  • Statistics Community Outreach: Harvard Statistics participates in public school outreach through Data Adventure Day and Project Teach.
  • Professor Susan Murphy and Dr. Ziping Xu's research and Dr. Biyonka Liang's ('25 PhD graduate) research combine statistics, machine learning, and public health.
  • Welcoming G1 PhD Students who entered in fall 2024
  • Awards, Appointments & Honors
  • Celebrating 2024 and 2025 Graduates

To explore past issues, please see our "Stats News Winter 2023-2024" and "Stats News 2022" newsletter.

Concentrators who graduated in 2025 posing on steps of the Science Center
Master's students who graduated in 2025 posing on steps of the Science Center
PhD students who graduated in 2025 posing on steps of the Science Center with faculty
PhD students who graduated in 2025 posing on steps of the Science Center throwing their hats