THON, the return of Café Laura theme dinners and a performance by "The Four Phantoms in Concert" at Penn State York are among the cultural highlights across Penn State this weekend and next week.
18 May 2021
Two faculty members from the Penn State Department of Statistics have been named Fellows of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
Nicole Lazar, professor of statistics, and
Aleksandra (Seša) Slavković, professor of statistics and associate dean for graduate education for the Eberly College of Science, have been recognized for their distinction in research and leadership in the field.
Created in 1935, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) is a member organization that fosters the development and dissemination of the theory and applications of statistics and probability. The IMS has 3,500 active members throughout the world, and approximately 15% of its current membership has earned the status of fellowship. In 2021, 41 members were selected for IMA Fellowship by a committee of their peers.