Rena Malai

With support from Mason's Department of Statistics, two high school students conducted statistical research and wrote an op-ed on lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic.

As one of the newest and youngest professors to join the Department of Statistics, Nicholas Rios brings a passion for teaching and learning as much from his students as they learn from him.

PhD student Zhenyi Huang will embark on his COVES Fellowship this summer, applying his statistics expertise to help foster relationships between engineering and the Virginia state government.

A biostatistics graduate student spearheaded a weather station installation, to monitor the cherry trees at Mason Pond and study climate change.

Last year, students at George Mason University joined contestants from around the world to predict the peak bloom date of cherry trees at  four global locations. The international Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition was a huge success and is gaining traction during its second annual run. 

Participants will be able to submit their predictions for cherry blossom peak bloom dates in four locations around the world – Washington, DC; Kyoto, Japan; Leistal-Weideli, Switzerland; and Vancouver, BC, Canada.

The award is presented to faculty, staff, students, and educational partners that have supported diversity and equity inclusion efforts within the College of Engineering and Computing.