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Susan Murphy Receives 3 NIH Grants for Developing AI Methods in mHealth

October 19, 2026

The Department of Statistics is thrilled to share that Professor Susan Murphy , as part of a multi-PI, multi-institution team, recently secured three major NIH grant awards. These grants support cutting-edge research and include support for an mHealth...

Tracy Ke is Promoted to Professor

October 06, 2026

We are delighted to announce the promotion of Tracy Ke to Professor in the Department of Statistics! Professor Ke is a leading statistician in high-dimensional statistics and text and network analysis. Through her work, she demonstrates a unique ability...

Interview Welcoming Senior Lecturer on Statistics Mine Doğucu

September 16, 2026

The Harvard Department of Statistics is thrilled to share that we have a new faculty member in the Department: Senior Lecturer Mine Doğucu. Prof. Doğucu is a teacher-scholar of statistics and data science. Before arriving at Harvard, she was an Associate...

Statistics Concentrator Minjae Kim Receives Data Challenge Honorable Mention at STAI-X 2026

September 01, 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

August 31, 2026

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...

Herman Chernoff Obituary

August 18, 2026

The Harvard Department of Statistics is saddened to share that Professor Emeritus Herman Chernoff, age 103, of Boston, MA, passed away peacefully on July 6, 2026. Professor Chernoff will be deeply missed by his former colleagues, mentees, friends, and...

Yongkai Chen Receives 2026 STAI-X Outstanding Paper Award

July 06, 2026

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)...

Arthur Pentland Dempster (1929–2026): Extended Obituary and Tribute

June 16, 2026

Arthur Pentland Dempster, Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Statistics at Harvard University and a founding member of its Department of Statistics, died on January 30, 2026, at the age of 96. Over nearly seven decades of scholarship, Professor Dempster...

Announcing the Carl N. Morris Visiting Day Presentation Prize

June 05, 2026

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...

Xiaodong Yang Receives 2026 Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship

June 03, 2026

The Statistics Department is delighted to announce that Xiaodong Yang, a 4th-year Statistics PhD Student advised by Associate Professor Subhabrata Sen and Professor Emeritus Jun Liu, was awarded a 2026 Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship . This...

Mark Sellke is Featured in Wall Street Journal and Nature

June 03, 2026

The Department of Statistics is thrilled to share that Assistant Professor Mark Sellke was recently featured in The Wall Street Journal article, " A Famous Math Problem Stumped Humans for 80 Years. AI Just Cracked It ," as well as in the Nature article, "...

Subhabrata Sen is Promoted to Associate Professor

June 03, 2026

The Department of Statistics is thrilled to share that Subhabrata Sen has been promoted to Associate Professor. As a leading theoretical statistician, Sen has developed a clear and distinctive program that connects probability, statistics, and machine...