The Melvin W. Carter Professorship is an award to a faculty member for their exemplary research, teaching, mentorship, and citizenship in statistics. We recognize Dr. William F. Christensen for his nearly 20-year BYU career with the 2020 Melvin W. Carter Professorship.
Candidacy for Continuing Faculty Status
Congratulations Dr. Warr on advancing to candidacy for continuing faculty status (he passed his 3rd-year review). We are grateful for his contribution to the department and expect future excellence in his research, teaching, and citizenship.
The 2020 Young Scholar Faculty Fellowship is awarded to Dr. White. To read more about this award and his work to achieve it, follow the link to the article. Congratulations Dr. White!
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Dr. William Christensen was interviewed on the BYU radio show, Top of Mind, by host Julie Rose. Click here to listen to their full discussion on the debate of statistical significance.
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The Mitchell Prize is awarded in recognition of an outstanding paper that describes how a Bayesian analysis has solved an important applied problem. This year it was awarded to a former BYU Statistics student, Devin Francom. Congratulations!
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