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Collaborative Seminar with the School of Biological Sciences

We are proud to announce that the WSU School of Biological Sciences is hosting a collaborative seminar with the department about using machine learning and AI to address real world biological questions. The seminar will be held in Todd Hall 420 on the WSU Pullman campus from 3:10-4pm PST with coffee and refreshments in Abelson […]

Department Colloquium: Dr. Raf Vandebril

We are excited to welcome Dr. Raf Vandebril who will be giving a colloquium on October 15th, 2026 in the Smith Undergraduate Education Center 318 (CUE 318). His colloquium is “Exciting Eigenvector — Couple Pendulum — Swinging Balls” and the title, Zoom details, abstract, and speaker bio can be found below. Please join us in […]

Faculty Award Spotlight: Dean Johnson

We are excited to share that Dr. Dean Johnson’s session at JSM 2026, “The Most Essential Statistical and Non-statistical Skills in 2026: How to Effectively Use LLMs in Statistical Collaboration Settings,” received the Statistical Consulting Section Best Topic Contributed Session Award. The session brought together a stellar group of statistical consultants to discuss how AI […]

K-12 Washington State Statistics Poster Competition

Since 2012, Dr. Dean Johnson has organized a statistics poster competition designed to promote statistical literacy and data-centered problem solving among K–12 students. Originally developed for elementary school students in Pullman, Washington, the competition was expanded statewide in 2024 to include K–12 students throughout Washington State. The program engages students in data collection, statistical analysis, […]

Faculty Publication Spotlight: Sergey Lapin

We are pleased to congratulate Sergey Lapin and his co-authors on the publication of their chapter, “Perceptions and Practices of Tourism Professionals in Transitional Economies Across Data Quality, Access, and Innovation.” This work has been published in the Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics book series and was presented as part of the International Conference of […]

Faculty Publication Spotlight: Hong-Ming Yin

Congratulations to our faculty, Hong-Ming Yin, on his recent publication, “On a Reaction-Diffusion System Describing Cell Interaction with a Medical Drug,” published in Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis (Volume 25). This research examines the complex interactions among chemotherapeutic drugs, tumor cells, normal cells, and immune cells through a nonlinear reaction-diffusion model. The study establishes […]

Faculty Publication Spotlight: Sergey Lapin

We are pleased to congratulate Sergey Lapin and his co-authors on the publication of their chapter, “Perceptions and Practices of Tourism Professionals in Transitional Economies Across Data Quality, Access, and Innovation.” This work has been published in the Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics book series and was presented as part of the International Conference […]

Provost’s Featured Faculty: Saranah Selmi

Congratulations to our faculty Saranah Selmi who was chosen as one of the Provost’s Featured Faculty! As part of this recognition, she will be honored at the November 14th football game against the Colorado State Rams. Please join us in congratulating Saranah! Provost’s Featured Faculty are faculty members nominated by their respective dean or chancellor […]

Kalispel students experience international conference at WSU

The eleven students from Cusick are participants in a collaborative tutoring program between the WSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Camas Learning Center (CLC), an in-school and after-school program managed by the Kalispel Tribe. They were invited to the IBS conference by Regents Professor Jan Dasgupta, department chairperson and the current president of the IBS western North American region. Dasgupta saw an opportunity to share the Pullman academic experience with both leading researchers and the students tutored by her undergraduate students.

Agreements provide collaboration opportunities with Poland’s AGH University of Krakow

As part of the partnership, AGH has established 10 Erasmus+ fellowships — five for students and five for faculty members — to WSU faculty and students. Iannelli, along with Sergey Lapin, professor of mathematics and statistics at WSU Everett and director of WSU’s data analytics program, received support to visit AGH during the first week of June. While there, the WSU professors further explored research collaboration ideas, namely in the fields of applied mathematics education and computational space flight dynamics.