Harvard University Statistics Department

Harvard University Statistics Department
Science Center
1 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138-2901 USA

Telephone: (617) 495-5496
Fax: (617) 496-8057
Email: statdept

stat.harvard.edu

William Cochran Centennial Symposium

This meeting will be a celebration of the achievements of one of our founding members. It will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Harvard. Please click here for more information.

Statistics Colloquia

Higher Criticism Thresholding: Optimal Feature Selection when Useful Features are Rare and Weak
Jiashun Jin, Carnegie Mellon University

4:00 PM, Monday, November 9, 2009
Science Center Rm. 309

Data Wars - The Agency Strikes Back
Jörg Drechsler, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany

4:00 PM, Thursday, November 12, 2009
Science Center Rm. 309

Joseph Blitzstein, Harvard University

4:00 PM, Monday, November 16, 2009
Science Center Rm. 309

Two Recent Persuasive Articles

For Today's Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics
New York Times, August 5, 2009
In D.C., Statisticians Flex Their Strength in Numbers
Washington Post, August 5, 2009

Welcome New Students!

Our List of Courses and Department Wiki might help you in your first days here. Also, click here if you have ever wondered what Harvard statistics grad students and professors do.