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Women in Stat Panel
Women in Statistics + Data Science panelists share career experiences and advice with students
 What does a career in statistics and data science look like, and how do you find your place in a field that continues to evolve? Those questions were at the center of the fourth annual Department of Statistics' Women in Statistics + Data Science event on Monday, October 26, at the Illini...
Kaytlin Hoey
Stat Ambassadors Blog: Study Tips, Academic Resources, and Productivity Tools
As a student, it is often overwhelming to balance multiple courses, assignments, exams, extracurriculars, social life, and taking care of yourself. I’ve found that the best way to find balance between all these is to try and break infinite tasks, such as studying, into finite, bite sized tasks in...
Lelys Bravo
Lelys Bravo de Guenni’s Global Classrooms Proposal approved for Spring 2027
 Lelys Bravo de Guenni, clinical associate professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received approval from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for a Global Classrooms initiative launching in Spring 2027.The project will connect students...
Ruoqi Yu
Ruoqi Yu receives Campus Research Board Funding and Arnold O. Beckman Award
 Ruoqi Yu, assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been selected for funding by the Campus Research Board through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation. Her project, “Design Before Analysis:...
Alexandra Chronopoulou
Alexandra Chronopoulou named Alma Project Senior Faculty Fellow
 Alexandra Chronopoulou, clinical associate professor of Statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as one of three inaugural Senior Faculty Fellows for the Alma Project, a campus initiative focused on promoting neighborliness and a sense of purpose through...

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Alumni Spotlight

Kailun Zheng (MS '18) - Senior Data Scientist, State Farm

Choosing the MS in Stats program at UIUC was one of the best decisions I made in my early career. I previously had full-time work experience in a global digital marketing company, which introduced me to the analytics world, but it was the graduate school experience at UIUC that developed me into a well-rounded professional. My career switch occurred after the MS program brought me an opportunity to work as a MAGNet (Modeling and Analytics Graduate Network) intern at the State Farm Research and Development Center located in Research Park. The summer before graduate school started, I joined...
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