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Next Tuesday (Jan 20): UBC Statistics hosts Prof. Weng Lee Wong (UCLA) for a talk on nature-inspired metaheuristics—an underused but powerful alternative to traditional optimization approaches. 🕚11 AM - 12 PM 📍ESB 4192 & Online

Details: tinyurl.com/2jc9akfh

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January 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Join Women In Data Science (WiDS) x Lululemon: Solidarity in Practice—Launching Your Data Science Career!

Connect with women in tech, enjoy mindful movement, IDEA exercises, a fireside chat & win Lululemon swag.

📍KAIS 2020/2030
📆 Jan 15
🕞3:30–5 PM

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WiDS x Lululemon Event
Thank you for your interest in the WiDS x Lululemon Collaboration event - "Solidarity in Practice: Launching Your Data Science Career!" This event invites women to connect with industry professionals ...
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January 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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Upcoming biostatistics seminar:

🗣️"Nature-inspired Metaheuristics as a General-Purpose Optimization Tool in Statistical Research" by Weng Kee Wong (UCLA)

📆Jan 20
🕚11 AM - 12 PM
📍ESB 4192 & online

Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/3f96pjfv
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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As we wrap up another incredible year, we wish all our students, faculty, staff, and alumni a joyful and restful holiday season! Happy holidays to all from UBC Statistics!
December 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Apply now for the 2026 VSP's Data Science Essentials: Statistics, Tools and Techniques course.

📆July 17 - Aug 17, 2026
📍UBC
📌4 weeks | 2 courses

‼️Deadline: April 17, 2026‼️

Meet peers from around the world and study at a top international research university.

Learn more ➡️ tinyurl.com/a64ycvju
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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📣Applications for the 2026 Data Science for Social Good Program now open! If you are passionate about leveraging data to create meaningful social impact and meet the eligibility criteria, we encourage you to apply✨ dsi.ubc.ca/data-science... @stat.ubc.ca @science.ubc.ca @arts.ubc.ca
Data Science for Social Good
The Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Program at the University of British Columbia is an interdisciplinary summer research program that brings together data providers and domain experts to work wit...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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November 20th is Trans Day of Remembrance, an opportunity to honour the memory of those lost to anti-trans violence. Learn more about this day, ways to observe it, and access resources related to trans wellbeing and inclusion: events.ubc.ca/tdor. #UBC
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Join the UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) program as they host a virtual information event on Tuesday December 2 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm PT. Attendees will learn more about the student experience in the MDS Vancouver program.

🔗Register Here: bit.ly/4hZSTEr
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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🎉Congratulations to UBC Statistics Assistant Prof. Geoff Pleiss on being awarded a 2025 Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award, which recognizes outstanding junior Bayesian research! 👏

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November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Join the UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) program as they host a virtual information event on Tuesday December 2 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm PT. Attendees will learn more about the student experience in the MDS Vancouver program.

🔗Register Here: bit.ly/4hZSTEr
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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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!

Register today 👉 tinyurl.com/47y4dc49
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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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.

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November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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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
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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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
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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🚨 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
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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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
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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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
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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
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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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

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October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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🎉 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
October 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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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
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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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
October 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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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

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October 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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@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
October 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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📆 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
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM