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Gift from alumnus creates interdisciplinary endowed seminar series , articleTriple Hokie alumnus Douglas C. Montgomery will provide the College of Science and College of Engineering with a gift to establish a new interdisciplinary lecture series on current topics in industrial statistics and statistical engineering.
Date: Jan 27, 2021 -
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Biostatistics expert: Don't let thousands of daily COVID-19 deaths become ‘new normal' , articleIn light of a new report noting COVID-19 is once again the leading cause of death in the U.S., disease surveillance expert Ron Fricker says "we must redouble our efforts" to keep deaths from rising even higher than they are now.
Date: Dec 17, 2020 -
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Ron Fricker named interim dean of the College of Science , articleFricker’s appointment as interim dean follows the announcement that current Dean Sally C. Morton has accepted the position as executive vice president of the Knowledge Enterprise at Arizona State University effective at the end of the year.
Date: Nov 23, 2020 -
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Ron Fricker joins National Academies' Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics , article
The senior associate dean in the Virginia Tech College of Science and a professor in the Department of Statistics, Fricker focuses his research on the performance of various statistical methods for use in disease surveillance and statistical process control methodologies more generally.
Date: Nov 13, 2020 -
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Experts: Avoid large gatherings —especially those outside households — during holiday season , article“To me, all this says that traditional Thanksgiving celebrations with extended families coming together have the potential to cause substantial harm," says Virginia Tech biostatistician Ron Fricker.
Date: Nov 13, 2020 -
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Deans’ forum to place COVID-19 in fuller context , articleTwo Virginia Tech deans will host a trio of virtual events aimed at illustrating how a range of fields in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities can contribute to an understanding of the coronavirus pandemic.
Date: Oct 28, 2020 -
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New JAMA reports highlight 'striking' number of deaths from COVID-19, says biostatistics expert , article"In spite of some of the rhetoric, the United States has lagged behind most of the rest of the world in effectively combating the pandemic," said disease surveillance expert Ron Fricker.
Date: Oct 12, 2020 -
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College of Science debuts annual magazine , articleWhen COVID-19 shook the world at the start of 2020, eventually killing more than 900,000 people worldwide and shuttering economies, the Virginia Tech College of Science took action. The 2020 Virginia Tech College of Science Magazine covers these actions from across every department and program.
Date: Sep 21, 2020 -
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Researchers co-locate to Steger Hall at the Fralin Life Sciences Institute to tackle infectious diseases and rapid environmental change , articleThe Fralin Life Sciences Institute is co-locating researchers from across three colleges at Virginia Tech to Steger Hall to make an impact at the interface of infectious disease and the environment.
Date: Aug 27, 2020 -
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College of Science launches Academy of Data Science to help meet demand for data scientists , articleTom Woteki has been named founding director of the Academy of Data Science, a new program within the College of Science.
Date: Jul 15, 2020 -
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Department of Statistics’ Robert Gramacy named Fellow by American Statistical Association , articleGramacy focuses his research on real-data analysis where current solutions are inefficient and thus skimp on fidelity.
Date: Jun 15, 2020 -
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In memoriam: Ray Myers, emeritus professor with the Department of Statistics , articleDuring his 44-year long career at Virginia Tech, Myers received numerous teaching and research awards, authored more than six textbooks (one in several languages), directly advised 42 doctoral students, and mentored many more, including his own children, Billy and Julie.
Date: Apr 30, 2020 -
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Statistician co-authors new book on tracking, monitoring disease outbreaks, including COVID-19 , articleRon Fricker of the Department of Statistics has co-authored a timely new book that touches on the recent novel coronavirus outbreak known as COVID-19 that has rattled many nations, particularly China.
Date: Feb 26, 2020 -
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Department of Statistics’ William Woodall honored with emeritus status , articleA two-time alumnus of Virginia Tech and a member of the faculty since 2000, Woodall made significant contributions to the field of industrial statistics.
Date: Dec 09, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech faculty receive top honors from the American Association for the Advancement of Science , articleElected by their peers and representing a broad range of AAAS “sections,” including statistics, neuroscience, engineering, psychology, and geology/geography, the Virginia Tech professors are among 443 newly elected scholars.
Date: Nov 26, 2019 -
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Srijan Sengupta awarded NIH grant to study unstructured data that can improve patient safety , articleSengupta, assistant professor of statistics in the College of Science and a faculty member at the Discovery Analytics Center, received a Research Project Grant to develop methods to analyze detailed information that spans multiple categories and can be more valuable in identifying an event than just checking off a category.
Date: Nov 12, 2019 -
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Meet the Hokie using data to revolutionize college hoops statistics , articleKen Pomeroy has gone from running a bracket challenge in his dorm room to becoming a pioneer of charting all of basketball’s 353 Division I men’s teams with advanced statistics. Just prior to the new season tipping off, he visited Blacksburg to share insights from his work and journey.
Date: Nov 11, 2019 -
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Alexandra Hanlon will lead Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science in College of Science , articleLaunched earlier this year, the program is based at the Virginia Tech Carilion Health Sciences Campus in Roanoke. As director, Hanlon and her team will collaborate with researchers from across Virginia Tech and the region who are studying health-related issues.
Date: Oct 21, 2019 -
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Six College of Science faculty receive fellowships from Board of Visitors to support research , articleEach of the three-year fellowships is dedicated to recognizing faculty for extraordinary research and teaching as well as recruiting scholars with exceptional records of achievement.
Date: Sep 19, 2019 -
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Researchers receive NSF grant to create Ecological Forecasting Research Coordination Network , articleA group of researchers, led by Quinn Thomas, associate professor in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech, received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to tackle environmental challenges with the creation of a new network.
Date: Aug 12, 2019
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