“Animals, like humans, can make bad decisions; they may use a habitat that is bad for them. This is especially true because we are altering their environment; a place that was good for them in the past may now be dangerous,” said @marieaugermethe.bsky.social oceans.ubc.ca/2026/07/09/w...
UBC Statistics is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Dr. Keegan Korthauer and Dr. Ben Bloem‑Reddy as Associate Professors. We are also proud to share that Dr. Joel Ostblom has been appointed Associate Professor of Teaching.
RESEARCH: A Bayesian approach to include Indigenous Knowledge and satellite telemetry data in habitat selection functions . 1st author: @rowennagryba.bsky.social Last author: Dr. @marieaugermethe.bsky.social #OPENACESS besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Bayesian approach to include Indigenous Knowledge and satellite telemetry data in habitat selection functions
Our work points to the importance of both Western science and IK data sources in models used for conservation and management decisions. We show how the models that include the IK result in more infor...
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Thank you to everyone who attended our last department colloquium of the semester, and thank you to Dr. Stephanie Hicks (Johns Hopkins University) for presenting her talk titled "Statistical methods for single-cell and spatial data science".
UBC has a new introductory course about AI! AI 100 is open to all UBC students and covers the fundamentals of what AI is and explores its ethical and social implications. Read more about the new AI 100 course and UBC’s new AI-focused curriculum: science.ubc.ca/news/2026-05...
Congratulations to Yuhan Chu on being awarded the 2026 Lorraine Schwartz Prize in recognition of her exceptional work in mathematics and probability. Read more: tinyurl.com/mr2n8zvc @stat.ubc.ca
UBC Statistics congratulates Prof. Daniel McDonald on being awarded the 2026 Lise Manchester Award. 👏 The Lise Manchester Award recognizes excellence in state-of-the-art statistical work on problems of public interest, carried out within the last five years. Read more: tinyurl.com/y8vyufx8
Join us on June 8th for the UBC Statistics department colloquium. 🗣️Speaker: Stephanie Hicks, Johns Hopkins University 📌Talk title: Statistical methods for single-cell and spatial data science. 🕒3 - 4 PM 📍ESB 5104/5106 More details: tinyurl.com/32fdp7j3
🎉We are pleased to share that Wei Lu, a UBC Statistics undergrad, has been awarded the 2025-2026 Nash Medal, recognizing his exceptional academic achievements in the BSc Statistics program. 👏🏼 👀 Read more: tinyurl.com/yfut2f7j
Attend #UBCgrad at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts this spring! Congratulations Class of 2026 — you inspire us. graduation.ubc.ca/schedule/
Join us for a public lecture by alums Drs. Peter (PhD, Zoology '64) & Rosemary Grant (Zoology, RA '60-'64). Both are distinguished for their long-term studies of Galápagos finches, and are 2026 UBC Honorary Degree Recipient May 26, 2:00 pm @zoology.ubc.ca zoology.ubc.ca/event/2026/0...
The final talk in in our department colloquium series takes place on Mon, June 8. Stephanie Hicks (Johns Hopkins University) will give a talk titled "Statistical methods for single‑cell and spatial data science." 📅 3–4 PM 📍 ESB 5104/5106 🔗 More details: tinyurl.com/2s3twh3m
The UBC Travelling Health Fair brings free health consultations to campus, May 26–28. Appointments are confidential, about 30 minutes, and open to faculty, staff, student staff and postdoctoral fellows. 🔗 Spaces are limited: hr.ubc.ca/health-and-wellbeing/physical-wellbeing/travelling-health-fair
Dr. Edward Kennedy from Carnegie Mellon University joined us today for our department colloquium series, where he gave a talk titled "Nonparametrics in causal inference: densities, heterogeneity, & beyond." Thank you to Dr. Kennedy and everyone who joined us. Our next talk takes place on June 8th.
Congrats to Dr. Geoff Pleiss & his students on being awarded the AISTATS 2026 Best Student Paper Award! 🎉 The paper is titled "We Still Don’t Understand High-Dimensional Bayesian Optimization”. Read more: tinyurl.com/3ruakupy
Congratulations to Rachel Lobay and Gian Carlo Diluvi on their 2025 Graduate Teaching Awards! This award recognizes Rachel and Gian Carlo's outstanding commitment to teaching and their meaningful impact on student learning. Congratulations to you both! 👏🏼
STAT 450 ended on a high note today - with a poster session! Students have been exploring real case studies all term, and this morning they finally got to show off their work to a semi‑public crowd. 📈 Congrats to our students and thank you to all those who attended this session.
First Nations, Inuit & Métis–identifying Math/Stats students are invited to an informal lunch on Mon, April 13, 2026. ➡️ A chance to connect over a shared meal 🥪🥗 Register by Wed, April 8th for details: tinyurl.com/yp3yu2tu
Daniel Chen, a lecturer in UBC’s Department of Statistics, was recently featured on CityNews for creating a detailed map of Vancouver’s best cherry blossom viewing spots 🌸 vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2026/0...
Meet the man mapping top Vancouver cherry blossom spots
Data scientist Daniel Chen has put together an open data portal, mapping out streets and trees across the city to find the best cherry blossom photo ops. Angelina Ravelli reports.
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🎉Congrats to UBC Statistics PhD student Rachel Lobay on receiving a 2025–26 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award! 👏 Read more: tinyurl.com/y7974nz9
🎉 Congrats to Nikola Surjanovic, winner of the 2025–2026 Marshall Prize! This prize is awarded to an outstanding M.Sc. or Ph.D. student in the Department of Statistics who has demonstrated excellence in the discipline of statistics. 🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/yk889wvc
The second talk in our department colloquium series takes place on on April 21. 🗣️Speaker: Dr. Edward Kennedy (Carnegie Mellon University) 📌Talk title: Nonparametrics in causal inference: densities, heterogeneity, & beyond 📅 April 21 🕚 11 AM - 12 PM 📍 ESB 5104/5106 Details: tinyurl.com/57z6fuxn
Join us as we welcome Dr. Aleksandra Korolova (Princeton University) to the Statistics Equity, Diversity and Inclusion seminar on Mar 26. 🗣️ Talk title: “Lessons from auditing the hidden societal impacts of ad delivery algorithms” 🕚 11 AM - 12 PM 📍Online Registration required: tinyurl.com/3tuexka7
Join us for the 2026 van Eeden Seminar with Dr. Ryan Tibshirani on Apr 2 at UBC. 📌Talk title: Online Conformal Prediction, Multi-Level Quantile Tracking, and Gradient Equilibrium 🕥10:30 am to 12 pm 📍ESB 5104 Register: tinyurl.com/cxhtsam3
“It’s not just melting sea ice: climate change is affecting everything—the predators, the prey and their habitats, effectively reshuffling a complex, intertwined system," said Dr. Katie Florko. @ubcoceans.bsky.social @stat.ubc.ca science.ubc.ca/news/2026-03...
Seals risk death by polar bear for a varied meal, UBC study finds
A UBC study shows ringed seals will brave polar bear hotspots if fish variety is high—evidence that conservation plans must account for both food and fear.
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UBC PhD candidate Margarita Kapustina is the recipient of the 2025–26 Dept. of Statistics Award in Data Science! Margarita is a PhD candidate in Neuroscience in the Cembrowski Lab at UBC, where her work sits at the intersection of neuroscience and data science. More: stat.ubc.ca/news/margari...
The UBC Statistics Department Colloquium kicks off on Mon, Mar 16. Please join us as we welcome David Haziza from uOttawa for a talk titled "A Debiased Machine Learning Single-Imputation Framework for Item Nonresponse in Surveys". 🕒3 - 4 PM 📍ESB 5104/5106 Learn more: tinyurl.com/5dca7uta
Dr. Marie Auger-Méthé has been awarded a UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship in recognition of her distinguished contributions to statistical ecology and her leadership in advancing critical habitat protection. Congrats, Dr. Auger-Méthé! 👏🏼 Read more: tinyurl.com/ddnucada
March 8 is International Women’s Day. Across research, education, university services and student life, women at #UBC are making a difference in the lives of others every day. Explore stories of achievement, events and community resources here: events.ubc.ca/internationa...
📣Women and underrepresented groups in data science: Applications are now being accepted for the Women in Mathematics of Data Science Workshop. Apply today to attend this 10-day program at UBC! 👩🏽💻🧑🏿💻 Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/yc74m9s8