Current departmental awards available for graduate students are listed below with descriptions:
Beca Sechter Award
This excellence award will be presented to the top graduate teaching assistants working for mathematical statistics-related classes. The award comes with a certificate and a cash prize.
Best First-Year Graduate Student Award
This award is given to the top first-year student(s) in the categories of applied statistics, mathematical statistics and computational statistics. Winners receive a certificate and an extra $200 in travel funds for presenting at a conference.
Best Teaching Assistant Award
Winners receive a certificate and an extra $200 in travel funds for presenting at a conference.
Ralph A. Bradley Award
This award is presented for the best Ph.D. dissertation of the year. Winners receive a certificate and a cash prize.
Stela Verenca Award
This is a travel award for students who present talks at a foreign conference in object data analysis related sessions. The award comes with a certificate and a cash prize.
Yongyuan and Anna Li Award
This award is given to the student who gives the best presentation of the year. Winners receive a certificate and a cash prize.