#  Announcing Harvard Statistics Newsletter 2024-2025 

 





June 05, 2025

 

 

The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce the publication of our annual newsletter, "[Stats News 2024-2025](/sites/g/files/omnuum10116/files/2025-06/2025NewsletterDRAFT-V7-WithGivingPageOnlineVersion.pdf "Statistics Department 2024-2025 Newsletter")." 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](https://statistics.fas.harvard.edu/file_url/1482)" and "[Stats News 2022](/file_url/1331)" newsletter.



 

 

 

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