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Statistics department to host free public lecture Sept. 21
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Improving heart health by diversifying genetic data
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2022 Clogg Memorial Lecture set for Nov. 3
October 28, 2022
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Statistical association datafest competition to be held March 25-27
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Professor uses statistics to better assess California wildfire risks
November 12, 2018
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Murali Haran named head of Department of Statistics
July 09, 2018
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Fifty years of statistics at Penn State
May 04, 2018
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Slavkovic named Eberly associate dean for graduate education
January 02, 2018
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Five Penn State researchers named AAAS Fellows
December 14, 2017
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Researchers aim to eliminate malaria in Southeast Asia
April 24, 2017
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Five Penn State researchers named AAAS Fellows
November 28, 2016
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Big Data methods in biobehavioral health goal of training grant
October 09, 2014
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C.R. Rao receives 33rd honorary doctoral degree
February 18, 2011
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Lab Bench to Commercialization 2024 grant recipients announced
February 14, 2024
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Statistics department to host free public lecture Sept. 21
September 14, 2023
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Improving heart health by diversifying genetic data
February 01, 2023
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New statistical method improves genomic analyses
November 14, 2022
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2022 Clogg Memorial Lecture set for Nov. 3
October 28, 2022
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Statistical association datafest competition to be held March 25-27
February 21, 2022
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Professor uses statistics to better assess California wildfire risks
November 12, 2018
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Murali Haran named head of Department of Statistics
July 09, 2018
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Fifty years of statistics at Penn State
May 04, 2018
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Slavkovic named Eberly associate dean for graduate education
January 02, 2018
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Five Penn State researchers named AAAS Fellows
December 14, 2017
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Researchers aim to eliminate malaria in Southeast Asia
April 24, 2017
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Five Penn State researchers named AAAS Fellows
November 28, 2016
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Big Data methods in biobehavioral health goal of training grant
October 09, 2014
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C.R. Rao receives 33rd honorary doctoral degree
February 18, 2011
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