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Join us! UBC Statistics graduate student seminar (Feb 10):

🗣️Kenny Chiu, UBC PhD Student
📌Talk title: "Randomization Tests for Distributional Group Symmetry"

🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & online

Learn more: tinyurl.com/y9pn5bj8
February 3, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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UBC Statistics Seminar (Feb 24):

🗣️Nathaniel Stevens, @uwaterloo.ca - "An Economical Approach to Design Posterior Analyses"

🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & online

Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/bdew9frj
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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February is #BlackHistoryMonth. Black history and excellence should be celebrated every day, but this month offers a dedicated opportunity to reflect, recognize and elevate Black achievements and history.

Find events and resources at UBC: bit.ly/3SGImTD
February 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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🎉Exciting announcement: This March, we are launching a new Department Colloquium Series!
↪️Broad, accessible, and engaging talks!

🗓 Mar 16 – David Haziza (uOttawa)
🗓 Apr 21 – Edward Kennedy (CMU)
🗓 Jun 8 – Stephanie Hicks (Johns Hopkins)

More information coming soon!
January 28, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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Faculty members: submit your nominations for the 2025 - 2026 UBC Statistics Award in Data Science!

Know an undergrad or grad student making creative, impactful contributions to data science? Submit your nominations today!

⚠️Deadline: Feb 17, 2026

Learn more: tinyurl.com/4vrnj3je
January 23, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Please join us in welcoming Dr. Yan Song to UBC Statistics! 🎉

Starting Feb 1, 2026, she joins the department as an assistant professor. We’re thrilled to have her and look forward to the great work ahead. Welcome, Dr. Song!

🔗Read more: tinyurl.com/4c8pency
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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Are you graduating in May 2026 (or graduated in Nov 2025)? Don't forget to book your graduation photos by Mar 30! 📸

Book your appointment today - evenings and weekends fill up fast!

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January 20, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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Make Family Day unforgettable! Join Kids Take Over UBC on Feb 15, 10am–5pm for live music, dance, STEM, storytelling, galleries & more. Adventure awaits! Get tickets at: kidstakeover.ubc.ca
January 19, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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Next Tuesday (Jan 20): UBC Statistics hosts Prof. Weng Lee Wong (UCLA) for a talk on nature-inspired metaheuristics—an underused but powerful alternative to traditional optimization approaches. 🕚11 AM - 12 PM 📍ESB 4192 & Online

Details: tinyurl.com/2jc9akfh

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January 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Upcoming biostatistics seminar:

🗣️"Nature-inspired Metaheuristics as a General-Purpose Optimization Tool in Statistical Research" by Weng Kee Wong (UCLA)

📆Jan 20
🕚11 AM - 12 PM
📍ESB 4192 & online

Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/3f96pjfv
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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As we wrap up another incredible year, we wish all our students, faculty, staff, and alumni a joyful and restful holiday season! Happy holidays to all from UBC Statistics!
December 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Apply now for the 2026 VSP's Data Science Essentials: Statistics, Tools and Techniques course.

📆July 17 - Aug 17, 2026
📍UBC
📌4 weeks | 2 courses

‼️Deadline: April 17, 2026‼️

Meet peers from around the world and study at a top international research university.

Learn more ➡️ tinyurl.com/a64ycvju
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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November 20th is Trans Day of Remembrance, an opportunity to honour the memory of those lost to anti-trans violence. Learn more about this day, ways to observe it, and access resources related to trans wellbeing and inclusion: events.ubc.ca/tdor. #UBC
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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🎉Congratulations to UBC Statistics Assistant Prof. Geoff Pleiss on being awarded a 2025 Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award, which recognizes outstanding junior Bayesian research! 👏

Read more ▶️ tinyurl.com/3zx6kyu8
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Join the UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) program as they host a virtual information event on Tuesday December 2 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm PT. Attendees will learn more about the student experience in the MDS Vancouver program.

🔗Register Here: bit.ly/4hZSTEr
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Our graduate programs virtual info session is one week away! 🗓️

Discover how our MSc and PhD programs can prepare you for a career in biostatistics, AI, machine learning, and beyond!

Register today 👉 tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Join us on Nov 11 at UBC's War Memorial Gymnasium for a ceremony to commemorate Remembrance Day.

All UBC students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to attend—to honour and remember all those who served in times of war, military conflict and peace.

More info: tinyurl.com/78ypt3pp
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Zheng David Xu will give a talk titled “Asymptotically exact variational inference via measure-preserving dynamical systems” at our next graduate student seminar on Thurs, Nov 6th.

🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online

More info: tinyurl.com/28nnybsb
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Are you an undergrad unsure about life after graduation? 🎓


Join our virtual info session on Nov 18 at 9:30 AM PST to explore our MSc and PhD-track programs and find your next step!

💻 Online event. Register ➡️ tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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🚨 There's only one week left to submit your artwork of our UBC Data Science undergraduate program logo!

🔸 Win a $200 gift card
🔸 The logo must be in a hexagon shape
🔸 Deadline: Nov. 7th @ 11:59 PM

🔗 More details 👉 tinyurl.com/ywzcvpt9
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Zheng David Xu (UBC) will join us next week (Nov 6) for a talk titled “Asymptotically exact variational inference via measure-preserving dynamical system”.

🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online

More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/28nnybsb
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Don't forget to join us tomorrow as our biostatistics research group welcomes Jeff Bone for a talk titled "Practicing Biostatistics at BC Children’s Research Institute: Collaborations, Challenges and Considerations".

🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online

Full abstract 👉 tinyurl.com/jdxepppn
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Jeff Bone from BC Children's Hospital Research Institute will join us on Oct 28 for an informative talk titled "Practicing Biostatistics at BC Children’s Research Institute: Collaborations, Challenges and Considerations".

🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online

More details tinyurl.com/jdxepppn
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to Xiaoting Li, who has been awarded the Lorraine Schwartz Prize for the 2024-25 academic year. This prize is awarded annually for distinctions in the fields of statistics and probability to an undergraduate or graduate student.

Read more: tinyurl.com/ur9pkk93
October 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Join us on Oct 22 for an education leadership seminar titled by Samantha-Jo Caetano from the University of Toronto.

🗣️ Talk title: “Inclusive Approaches to Data Literacy”

🕐 1 - 2 PM
📍ESB 4192 & online

🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/msbar5z4
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM