Current departmental awards available for graduate students are listed below with descriptions:
The 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.
The Best Teaching Assistant Award. Winners receive a certificate and an extra $200 in travel funds for presenting at a conference.
The 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.
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.
Newly created awards:
The 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.
The 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.