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Our graduate programs virtual info session is one week away! 🗓️
Discover how our MSc and PhD programs can prepare you for a career in biostatistics, AI, machine learning, and beyond!
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Discover how our MSc and PhD programs can prepare you for a career in biostatistics, AI, machine learning, and beyond!
Register today 👉 tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Our graduate programs virtual info session is one week away! 🗓️
Discover how our MSc and PhD programs can prepare you for a career in biostatistics, AI, machine learning, and beyond!
Register today 👉 tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
Discover how our MSc and PhD programs can prepare you for a career in biostatistics, AI, machine learning, and beyond!
Register today 👉 tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
Join us on Nov 11 at UBC's War Memorial Gymnasium for a ceremony to commemorate Remembrance Day.
All UBC students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to attend—to honour and remember all those who served in times of war, military conflict and peace.
More info: tinyurl.com/78ypt3pp
All UBC students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to attend—to honour and remember all those who served in times of war, military conflict and peace.
More info: tinyurl.com/78ypt3pp
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Join us on Nov 11 at UBC's War Memorial Gymnasium for a ceremony to commemorate Remembrance Day.
All UBC students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to attend—to honour and remember all those who served in times of war, military conflict and peace.
More info: tinyurl.com/78ypt3pp
All UBC students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to attend—to honour and remember all those who served in times of war, military conflict and peace.
More info: tinyurl.com/78ypt3pp
Zheng David Xu will give a talk titled “Asymptotically exact variational inference via measure-preserving dynamical systems” at our next graduate student seminar on Thurs, Nov 6th.
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More info: tinyurl.com/28nnybsb
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More info: tinyurl.com/28nnybsb
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Zheng David Xu will give a talk titled “Asymptotically exact variational inference via measure-preserving dynamical systems” at our next graduate student seminar on Thurs, Nov 6th.
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More info: tinyurl.com/28nnybsb
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More info: tinyurl.com/28nnybsb
Are you an undergrad unsure about life after graduation? 🎓
Join our virtual info session on Nov 18 at 9:30 AM PST to explore our MSc and PhD-track programs and find your next step!
💻 Online event. Register ➡️ tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
Join our virtual info session on Nov 18 at 9:30 AM PST to explore our MSc and PhD-track programs and find your next step!
💻 Online event. Register ➡️ tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Are you an undergrad unsure about life after graduation? 🎓
Join our virtual info session on Nov 18 at 9:30 AM PST to explore our MSc and PhD-track programs and find your next step!
💻 Online event. Register ➡️ tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
Join our virtual info session on Nov 18 at 9:30 AM PST to explore our MSc and PhD-track programs and find your next step!
💻 Online event. Register ➡️ tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
🚨 There's only one week left to submit your artwork of our UBC Data Science undergraduate program logo!
🔸 Win a $200 gift card
🔸 The logo must be in a hexagon shape
🔸 Deadline: Nov. 7th @ 11:59 PM
🔗 More details 👉 tinyurl.com/ywzcvpt9
🔸 Win a $200 gift card
🔸 The logo must be in a hexagon shape
🔸 Deadline: Nov. 7th @ 11:59 PM
🔗 More details 👉 tinyurl.com/ywzcvpt9
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🚨 There's only one week left to submit your artwork of our UBC Data Science undergraduate program logo!
🔸 Win a $200 gift card
🔸 The logo must be in a hexagon shape
🔸 Deadline: Nov. 7th @ 11:59 PM
🔗 More details 👉 tinyurl.com/ywzcvpt9
🔸 Win a $200 gift card
🔸 The logo must be in a hexagon shape
🔸 Deadline: Nov. 7th @ 11:59 PM
🔗 More details 👉 tinyurl.com/ywzcvpt9
Zheng David Xu (UBC) will join us next week (Nov 6) for a talk titled “Asymptotically exact variational inference via measure-preserving dynamical system”.
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/28nnybsb
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/28nnybsb
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Zheng David Xu (UBC) will join us next week (Nov 6) for a talk titled “Asymptotically exact variational inference via measure-preserving dynamical system”.
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/28nnybsb
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/28nnybsb
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UBC Science is hiring a Digital Communications Specialist to enhance our online presence and reputation by creating inspirational web and other digital content, and support the development and operation of the Faculty’s digital communication initiatives and channels.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
UBC Science is hiring a Digital Communications Specialist to enhance our online presence and reputation by creating inspirational web and other digital content, and support the development and operation of the Faculty’s digital communication initiatives and channels.
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Don't forget to join us tomorrow as our biostatistics research group welcomes Jeff Bone for a talk titled "Practicing Biostatistics at BC Children’s Research Institute: Collaborations, Challenges and Considerations".
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
Full abstract 👉 tinyurl.com/jdxepppn
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
Full abstract 👉 tinyurl.com/jdxepppn
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Don't forget to join us tomorrow as our biostatistics research group welcomes Jeff Bone for a talk titled "Practicing Biostatistics at BC Children’s Research Institute: Collaborations, Challenges and Considerations".
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
Full abstract 👉 tinyurl.com/jdxepppn
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
Full abstract 👉 tinyurl.com/jdxepppn
Jeff Bone from BC Children's Hospital Research Institute will join us on Oct 28 for an informative talk titled "Practicing Biostatistics at BC Children’s Research Institute: Collaborations, Challenges and Considerations".
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More details tinyurl.com/jdxepppn
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More details tinyurl.com/jdxepppn
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Jeff Bone from BC Children's Hospital Research Institute will join us on Oct 28 for an informative talk titled "Practicing Biostatistics at BC Children’s Research Institute: Collaborations, Challenges and Considerations".
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More details tinyurl.com/jdxepppn
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More details tinyurl.com/jdxepppn
🎉 Congratulations to Xiaoting Li, who has been awarded the Lorraine Schwartz Prize for the 2024-25 academic year. This prize is awarded annually for distinctions in the fields of statistics and probability to an undergraduate or graduate student.
Read more: tinyurl.com/ur9pkk93
Read more: tinyurl.com/ur9pkk93
October 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Xiaoting Li, who has been awarded the Lorraine Schwartz Prize for the 2024-25 academic year. This prize is awarded annually for distinctions in the fields of statistics and probability to an undergraduate or graduate student.
Read more: tinyurl.com/ur9pkk93
Read more: tinyurl.com/ur9pkk93
Join us on Oct 22 for an education leadership seminar titled by Samantha-Jo Caetano from the University of Toronto.
🗣️ Talk title: “Inclusive Approaches to Data Literacy”
🕐 1 - 2 PM
📍ESB 4192 & online
🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/msbar5z4
🗣️ Talk title: “Inclusive Approaches to Data Literacy”
🕐 1 - 2 PM
📍ESB 4192 & online
🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/msbar5z4
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Join us on Oct 22 for an education leadership seminar titled by Samantha-Jo Caetano from the University of Toronto.
🗣️ Talk title: “Inclusive Approaches to Data Literacy”
🕐 1 - 2 PM
📍ESB 4192 & online
🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/msbar5z4
🗣️ Talk title: “Inclusive Approaches to Data Literacy”
🕐 1 - 2 PM
📍ESB 4192 & online
🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/msbar5z4
1st-gen university student studying Statistics and looking for a mentor?
Enrol in our First-Generation Mentorship Program:
✅ Find ways to study efficiently
✅ Learn how to get involved in research
✅ Maximize your potential
🔗Sign up: tinyurl.com/4e9s6bc6
Enrol in our First-Generation Mentorship Program:
✅ Find ways to study efficiently
✅ Learn how to get involved in research
✅ Maximize your potential
🔗Sign up: tinyurl.com/4e9s6bc6
October 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
1st-gen university student studying Statistics and looking for a mentor?
Enrol in our First-Generation Mentorship Program:
✅ Find ways to study efficiently
✅ Learn how to get involved in research
✅ Maximize your potential
🔗Sign up: tinyurl.com/4e9s6bc6
Enrol in our First-Generation Mentorship Program:
✅ Find ways to study efficiently
✅ Learn how to get involved in research
✅ Maximize your potential
🔗Sign up: tinyurl.com/4e9s6bc6
Call for mentors! Statistics upper-level undergrad/grad students - become a statistics mentor for 1st generation students.
✅ Paid position
✅ Gain new skills
✅ Network with other students and faculty members
Deadline: Oct 31st
Sign-up 👉 tinyurl.com/3vhwuvb6
✅ Paid position
✅ Gain new skills
✅ Network with other students and faculty members
Deadline: Oct 31st
Sign-up 👉 tinyurl.com/3vhwuvb6
October 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Call for mentors! Statistics upper-level undergrad/grad students - become a statistics mentor for 1st generation students.
✅ Paid position
✅ Gain new skills
✅ Network with other students and faculty members
Deadline: Oct 31st
Sign-up 👉 tinyurl.com/3vhwuvb6
✅ Paid position
✅ Gain new skills
✅ Network with other students and faculty members
Deadline: Oct 31st
Sign-up 👉 tinyurl.com/3vhwuvb6
@ubcmds.bsky.social is hosting a virtual info session on Tues, Oct 21 from 10 - 11 AM PT.
Register now to:
✔️ Learn about the Master of Data Science & Computational Linguistics programs at UBC
✔️ Understand admission requirements
✔️ Ask your questions!
Register 👉 tinyurl.com/nev8hv6d
Register now to:
✔️ Learn about the Master of Data Science & Computational Linguistics programs at UBC
✔️ Understand admission requirements
✔️ Ask your questions!
Register 👉 tinyurl.com/nev8hv6d
October 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
@ubcmds.bsky.social is hosting a virtual info session on Tues, Oct 21 from 10 - 11 AM PT.
Register now to:
✔️ Learn about the Master of Data Science & Computational Linguistics programs at UBC
✔️ Understand admission requirements
✔️ Ask your questions!
Register 👉 tinyurl.com/nev8hv6d
Register now to:
✔️ Learn about the Master of Data Science & Computational Linguistics programs at UBC
✔️ Understand admission requirements
✔️ Ask your questions!
Register 👉 tinyurl.com/nev8hv6d
📆 UBC Statistics PhD student, Zuheng David Xu, will join our graduate student seminar on Nov 6 at 11 AM. 📍 ESB 4192 & online.
🗣️ Talk title: "Asymptotically exact variational inference via measure-preserving dynamical systems"
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/ykawrxjf
🗣️ Talk title: "Asymptotically exact variational inference via measure-preserving dynamical systems"
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/ykawrxjf
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
📆 UBC Statistics PhD student, Zuheng David Xu, will join our graduate student seminar on Nov 6 at 11 AM. 📍 ESB 4192 & online.
🗣️ Talk title: "Asymptotically exact variational inference via measure-preserving dynamical systems"
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/ykawrxjf
🗣️ Talk title: "Asymptotically exact variational inference via measure-preserving dynamical systems"
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/ykawrxjf
REMINDER: Our “A Glimpse into the Work of a Mathematical Statistician” presentation takes place on Mon, Oct 20 at 11 AM.
If you ever wondered how mathematical statistics is used at Statistics Canada, this presentation is for you!
📍ANGU 254 (2053 Main Mall)
More info 👉 tinyurl.com/2p9nh8s6
If you ever wondered how mathematical statistics is used at Statistics Canada, this presentation is for you!
📍ANGU 254 (2053 Main Mall)
More info 👉 tinyurl.com/2p9nh8s6
October 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
REMINDER: Our “A Glimpse into the Work of a Mathematical Statistician” presentation takes place on Mon, Oct 20 at 11 AM.
If you ever wondered how mathematical statistics is used at Statistics Canada, this presentation is for you!
📍ANGU 254 (2053 Main Mall)
More info 👉 tinyurl.com/2p9nh8s6
If you ever wondered how mathematical statistics is used at Statistics Canada, this presentation is for you!
📍ANGU 254 (2053 Main Mall)
More info 👉 tinyurl.com/2p9nh8s6
The UBC Statistics seminar welcomes Puneet Velidi (University of Victoria) for a talk titled "Reassessing the Statistical Evidence in Clinical Trials with Extended Approximate Objective Bayes Factors" on Oct 21.
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More details 👉 tinyurl.com/4w68nhzz
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More details 👉 tinyurl.com/4w68nhzz
October 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The UBC Statistics seminar welcomes Puneet Velidi (University of Victoria) for a talk titled "Reassessing the Statistical Evidence in Clinical Trials with Extended Approximate Objective Bayes Factors" on Oct 21.
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More details 👉 tinyurl.com/4w68nhzz
🕚 11 AM - 12 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
More details 👉 tinyurl.com/4w68nhzz
Thinking about a Master's or PhD in Statistics? 📊 Our grad programs applications are open!
🔹 MSc Program (20 months) | Deadline: January 5, 2026.
🔹 PhD Program (4-5 years) | Deadline: December 1, 2025.
Learn more at our virtual info session on Nov 18th (9 AM PST).
Register: tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
🔹 MSc Program (20 months) | Deadline: January 5, 2026.
🔹 PhD Program (4-5 years) | Deadline: December 1, 2025.
Learn more at our virtual info session on Nov 18th (9 AM PST).
Register: tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thinking about a Master's or PhD in Statistics? 📊 Our grad programs applications are open!
🔹 MSc Program (20 months) | Deadline: January 5, 2026.
🔹 PhD Program (4-5 years) | Deadline: December 1, 2025.
Learn more at our virtual info session on Nov 18th (9 AM PST).
Register: tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
🔹 MSc Program (20 months) | Deadline: January 5, 2026.
🔹 PhD Program (4-5 years) | Deadline: December 1, 2025.
Learn more at our virtual info session on Nov 18th (9 AM PST).
Register: tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
Have you ever wondered how mathematical statistics are used at Statistics Canada? Join us on Monday, October 20th at 11 am in ANGU 254 (2053 Main Mall) for a presentation titled “A Glimpse into the Work of a Mathematical Statistician”.
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/4brwj27n
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/4brwj27n
October 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Have you ever wondered how mathematical statistics are used at Statistics Canada? Join us on Monday, October 20th at 11 am in ANGU 254 (2053 Main Mall) for a presentation titled “A Glimpse into the Work of a Mathematical Statistician”.
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/4brwj27n
Details 👉 tinyurl.com/4brwj27n
Our office will be closed on Monday, October 13th for Thanksgiving Day.
October 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Our office will be closed on Monday, October 13th for Thanksgiving Day.
We love seeing our students come together for fun team-building activities. Some of our grad students recently took a well-deserved break for a hike on the Sea to Summit trail in Squamish. Look at those incredible views! 🗻
October 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
We love seeing our students come together for fun team-building activities. Some of our grad students recently took a well-deserved break for a hike on the Sea to Summit trail in Squamish. Look at those incredible views! 🗻
Dr. Dennis K.J. Lin from Purdue University joins us for a talk titled "AI, BI & SI—Artificial, Biological and Statistical Intelligences" on Oct 16 at 11 AM. 📍 ESB 4192 & Online.
Please join us! 👉 tinyurl.com/mr3jvpj3
Please join us! 👉 tinyurl.com/mr3jvpj3
October 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Dr. Dennis K.J. Lin from Purdue University joins us for a talk titled "AI, BI & SI—Artificial, Biological and Statistical Intelligences" on Oct 16 at 11 AM. 📍 ESB 4192 & Online.
Please join us! 👉 tinyurl.com/mr3jvpj3
Please join us! 👉 tinyurl.com/mr3jvpj3
Join us on Oct 15 for an education leadership seminar featuring guest speaker Chelsea Uggenti, Assistant Prof. of teaching at the University of Waterloo.
🗣️Talk title: Discipline-Specific TA Training: A Scalable Model for Departments
🕐 1 - 2 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/ydutyeub
🗣️Talk title: Discipline-Specific TA Training: A Scalable Model for Departments
🕐 1 - 2 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/ydutyeub
October 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Join us on Oct 15 for an education leadership seminar featuring guest speaker Chelsea Uggenti, Assistant Prof. of teaching at the University of Waterloo.
🗣️Talk title: Discipline-Specific TA Training: A Scalable Model for Departments
🕐 1 - 2 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/ydutyeub
🗣️Talk title: Discipline-Specific TA Training: A Scalable Model for Departments
🕐 1 - 2 PM
📍 ESB 4192 & Online
Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/ydutyeub
🎉Congrats to Assistant Prof. Keegan Korthauer, who has been awarded a 2025 Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Award for her work developing statistical tools to leverage genomic data in cancer & child health research. 👏👏👏
Read more: tinyurl.com/3npsf8t7
Read more: tinyurl.com/3npsf8t7
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🎉Congrats to Assistant Prof. Keegan Korthauer, who has been awarded a 2025 Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Award for her work developing statistical tools to leverage genomic data in cancer & child health research. 👏👏👏
Read more: tinyurl.com/3npsf8t7
Read more: tinyurl.com/3npsf8t7
🚨Location change🚨
The Statistics Canada: A Glimpse into the Work of a Mathematical Statistician presentation on Monday, October 20th will now take place in the Henry Angus Building (ANGU), room 254 (📍2053 Main Mall).
The Statistics Canada: A Glimpse into the Work of a Mathematical Statistician presentation on Monday, October 20th will now take place in the Henry Angus Building (ANGU), room 254 (📍2053 Main Mall).
Explore a career as a mathematical statistician at Statistics Canada! 🇨🇦
Please join us on October 20th to learn how your skills in math, stats, or data science can be applied to real-world challenges. All are welcome!
🗓️ Oct 20, 2025
🕚 11 am
📍 ESB 5104
Learn more: statcan.gc.ca/MArecruitment
Please join us on October 20th to learn how your skills in math, stats, or data science can be applied to real-world challenges. All are welcome!
🗓️ Oct 20, 2025
🕚 11 am
📍 ESB 5104
Learn more: statcan.gc.ca/MArecruitment
October 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🚨Location change🚨
The Statistics Canada: A Glimpse into the Work of a Mathematical Statistician presentation on Monday, October 20th will now take place in the Henry Angus Building (ANGU), room 254 (📍2053 Main Mall).
The Statistics Canada: A Glimpse into the Work of a Mathematical Statistician presentation on Monday, October 20th will now take place in the Henry Angus Building (ANGU), room 254 (📍2053 Main Mall).