A one day conference aimed at encouraging undergraduate students from historically underrepresented groups to consider careers and graduate studies in Stats!
We are excited to announce that #StatFest2025 will be jointly hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University! See you all in Pittsburgh this time next year ๐ @pittbiostat@CMU_StatDS
Continuing our Hispanic Heritage Month Series, weโre excited to feature @anarina_murillo, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Brown. Sheโs an active leader in our community, serving as Vice Chair of 2024 ASA StatFest and on the ENAR DataFest committee! ๐ซ
#StatFest2024 was an amazing day of learning, networking, and connection-building! We are thankful to everyone that attended and supported StatFest this year. A special thanks to the Stats and Biostats Dept at @columbia for jointly hosting us! @kiros_berhane@tz33cu
Starting the final session of the day for #StatFest2024! Students attend the Graduate Student Experience panel while professionals attend a timely DEI-related session led by Gabby Royal.
And #StatFest2024 is officially underway! Keep an eye out for our tweets as we have an exciting day of networking, information, and connection-building!
The members of the Opportunities in Industry panel emphasized the importance of keeping up to date on analysis methods and knowing how to demonstrate the value of their results to teammates!
An appetite for learning is key ๐๐๐! #statfest2023
โPeople have a lot of shame and fear about math, but I want them to have an opportunity to grow and use data and information to benefit them!โ ๐ช๐จ๐พโ๐ป๐ง๐ปโ๐ป๐ฉโ๐ป๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ป๐ง๐ฟโ๐ป - Dr. Ray Levy @NCStateDSA
Dr. Che Smith kicking off the day at #statfest2023 at SAS with some StatFest stories leading into a talk about her career in stats and data science ๐๐๐ป!!
From assisting lab scientists at UNC, to survey data analysis at Davidson, to evaluating content performance at Netflix, (to name a few) Dr. Smith has shown how many directions a data science career can take you! ๐
@DrCheSmith provided calls to action for undergraduates, grad students, and professionals!
One binding message for everyone was โchallenge yourself to imagine the *best* case scenario when considering opportunities!โ ๐๐ญ
๐ฃ๏ธ๐ขCalling all undergrad students and faculty in Raleigh-Durham area! The registration deadline for StatFest 2023 is approaching quickly๐๏ธ
If you or your students are interested in learning more about careers in Statistics๐and Data Science๐ค, be sure to register ASAP!
Don't miss this free opportunity to meet and talk with professionals from Government, Industry, and Academia!
Registration Deadline: Sep. 12
Link: community.amstat.org/cmis/evโฆ