On October 4, 2018, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the 2018 MacArthur Fellows.  These individuals “have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction” (MacArthur).  Each Fellow has been awarded a 5-year, “no strings […]

On June 25, 2018 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) declared 140 individuals and organizations to be recipients of Presidential Awards for Excellence in teaching or mentoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  Dr. […]

On August 1, 2018, Professor Bin Yu was awarded the Elizabeth L. Scott Award at the Joint Statistical Meetings held in Vancouver, British Columbia.  The award is presented every other year in honor of Elizabeth L. Scott’s commitment to women’s career advancement in academia.  According […]

The first Graduate-level Research in Industrial Projects for Students program in Sendai, Japan (GRIPS-Sendai) concluded in August.  The projects gave the two teams, composed of students from the U.S. and Japan, a challenging problem in industrial applications of math proposed by the industry sponsors, Toyota […]