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Jingyi Jessica Li, Ph.D. ‘13 has been named a 2025 Guggenheim fellow. Li is Professor & Program Head, Biostatistics at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center. universityofcalifornia.edu/news/11-uc-fac… #BerkeleyStats
Featuring CDSS Dean and Statistics Distinguished Professor @jenniferchayes! #BerkeleyStats
At the 2025 National Workshop for Data Science Education, @UCLA professor and social scientist Safiya Noble & CDSS Dean Jennifer Chayes shared a powerful vision: AI should uplift communities and advance equity – not deepen existing inequality. Read more: bit.ly/4kiF3fM
Associate Professor Avi Feller has been awarded the 2025 Mid-Career Award by the Social Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association for contributions to causal inference, with groundbreaking and fundamental contributions. statistics.berkeley.edu/about/news/fel… #BerkeleyStats
Professor Ryan Tibshirani has been named Chair of the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, effective July 1st, 2025. statistics.berkeley.edu/about/news/tib… #BerkeleyStats
Veridical Data Science for Biology, inspired by the principles of predictability, computability, and stability, this year’s meeting focuses on rigorous, interpretable, and biologically grounded computational methods in the biosciences. @bbiinnyyuu is the faculty sponsor.
In May, Statistics held a Special Seminar honoring the legendary Professor David Blackwell (1919-2010), featuring talks by Distinguished Professor Peter Bickel and Associate Professor Will Fithian. statistics.berkeley.edu/about/news/spe… #BerkeleyStats
Current Ph.D. student and alum Daniel Raban (B.A. Mathematics, 2018) was a finalist at the 2025 UC Berkeley Grad Slam competition. statistics.berkeley.edu/about/news/rab… #BerkeleyStats
In case you missed it, Distinguished Professor @philipbstark was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. #BerkeleyStats news.berkeley.edu/2025/04/28/six…
Nearly 1,800 students graduated from the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society! Commencement speaker and alum @andykonwinski @LaudeVentures urged grads to take bold steps to “move humanity forward” by running at hard problems. bit.ly/4kexwzm
“Don't think about your success; think about humanity... If you don't set your sights on moving humanity forward, you won’t... And if you – the brightest among us – don't, who will?” – @andykowinski, co-founder of Perplexity_AI, Databricks, and Laude Ventures
It's commencement week, and we're thrilled that Nobel Laureate Guido Imbens will address the #BerkeleyStats graduation on Wednesday. Imbens is a groundbreaking economist whose research in statistics and Econometrics has earned him international recognition!
UC Berkeley undergrads are using data to drive impact! At the 2025 CDSS Data Discovery Symposium, nearly 200 participants showcased research tackling big issues – from decoding legal decisions to advancing environmental sustainability. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4dle0Pg
It's graduation season! "At some point, noticing a number of us standing next to each other all in blue and gold, I thought we needed a picture of all the Michigan Statistics faculty in Berkeley gowns!" #BerkeleyStats alums who are faculty at @UMichStatistics
Associate Professor Will Fithian is a co-founder of the Berkeley Initiative for Free Inquiry (BIFI), one of several campus faculty groups driving discussions on a range of highly contentious issues in politics and education at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/05/05/wit… #BerkeleyStats
As part of @UCBStatistics 70th anniversary, this Friday, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Professor of the Graduate School, Peter Bickel, and Assistant Professor Will Fithian will talk at a Special Seminar Honoring legendary Professor David Blackwell. #BerkeleyStats
“I’m not interested in doing research. … I’m interested in understanding.” ✨ David Blackwell, born #OTD in 1919: 🧮 Was a celebrated statistician + mathematician 🐻 Was the 1st Black full professor at Cal 🎓 Earned 3 degrees by age 22 🏢 Is the namesake of Blackwell Hall
Professor Philip Stark has been awarded the 2025 Chancellor’s Award for Research in the Public Interest. The award honors research by faculty that addresses critical needs and issues affecting local, state, national, or global communities. statistics.berkeley.edu/about/news/sta… #BerkeleyStats
Distinguished Professor @bbiinnyyuu is co-organizing a Workshop on Veridical Data Science. Talk submissions are accepted until April 25, 2025. integreat.no/events/public-… #BerkeleyStats
Thrilled to see my digital art on the cover of @TrendsGenetics! The two binary strings represent reverse-complementary DNA sequences (00=A, 01=C, 10=G, 11=T) and the connecting rectangles represent “embeddings” learned by DNA language models. Our article: doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.…