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Home to the second oldest actuarial program in the country, you can choose among actuarial science, data science, and statistics. Many of our students double or even triple major in their interests.

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Actuarial Science, Insurance and Risk Management Career Fair

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Statistics and Actuarial Science faculty member co-authors article in journal Science

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Assistant professor Andrew Thomas is part of a team of scientists who are using AI to better understand nanoparticles.

CLAS students participate in second annual Hawkeye Datathon hosted by statistics and actuarial science

Monday, February 10, 2025
Students participated in the week-long event, undergoing unique practical training that will prepare them for a career in data science.

Act Sci Club Board Jan 2025

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Events

Rafal Kulik - Colloquium Speaker

Thursday, May 1, 2025 3:15pm to 4:30pm
Virtual
The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science Spring Colloquium Series presents:Rafal Kulik, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa"Extremes for non-stationary time series"Abstract: Extreme value theory for heavy-tailed, stationary time series is relatively well-understood. The probabilistic aspects as well as the corresponding statistical theory have been summarized in the recent monographs by Kulik and Soulier (2020) as well as Mikosch and Wintenberger...
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Data & IT Alumni Panel

Thursday, May 1, 2025 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Virtual
Our panelists vary from different sectors within the Data & Information Technology Career Community and will share their experiences they had in college and their journeys post-graduation!Register here.
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