Data Science Major: Inaugural Class Celebration
Have you declared the new Data Science major? If so, come enjoy dinner and socialize with the students, faculty, and staff that you will associate with over the next years!
BYU Statistics Master Students at the 2026 NFL Big Data Bowl
Connor Thompson, Grant Nielson, and Evan Miller presented their research at the NFL Big Data Bowl during the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. The BYU graduate students’ analysis of player-tracking data was recognized as one of five winning projects in the league’s annual competition.
50th Annual Summer Institute of Applied Statistics 2026
Programming With LLMs For Data Practitioners
Click to learn more and register.
Click to learn more and register.
June 17 - 18, 2026
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2025 Mu Sigma Rho Inductees
Congratulations to our new inductees!
Talmage Anderson,
Dallin Robinson,
Lotus Koteja,
Daniel Sumsion,
Gavin Hatch,
Tyler Reese,
Liz Mendoza,
Sam Balls,
Brylee Wilcox,
MaryEllen Faulconer,
Ali Nackos,
Brianne Weaver
Talmage Anderson,
Dallin Robinson,
Lotus Koteja,
Daniel Sumsion,
Gavin Hatch,
Tyler Reese,
Liz Mendoza,
Sam Balls,
Brylee Wilcox,
MaryEllen Faulconer,
Ali Nackos,
Brianne Weaver
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Full Circle: BYU Statistics Alumna Gives Back to Honor Her Roots
Rebecca Nichols – a BYU Statistics alumna and former visiting professor – jointly with her husband, Luke, made a generous donation to the BYU Department of Statistics, establishing the “Joseph L. and Shelley M. Reimann Endowed Fund,” named in honor of Rebecca’s parents. Her motivation for giving was inspired by her gratitude for the education she received, the experiences that shaped her professional and personal life, and the scholarships that allowed her to graduate from both the BS and MS programs debt-free.
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The American Statistical Association grants the prestigious Fellow Award to Dr. David Dahl
This year, at the 2025 Joint Statistical Meeting, Dr. David B. Dahl was granted the ASA Fellow Award for groundbreaking work in random partition models and Bayesian nonparametic modeling, substantive contributions to statistical computing, new statistical methods in computational biology, and service to the profession.
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Congratulations to Dr. Tolley!
The Statistics Department and the Actuarial Advisory Board would like to congratulate Dr. Dennis Tolley as the first recipient of the "Dennis Tolley Recognition Award"
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