The Nash Medal in Statistics was awarded this academic year to Tiange (Ivy) Liu, who graduates with Combined Honours degree in Statistics and Mathematics. Ivy’s grades are 90% and above in fourth year Statistics courses. She worked as an undergraduate research assistant in the Statistics Department in the Summer of 2022. As a next step, Ivy will continue her studies in the fall in the Master of Science program in Statistics at the University of British Columbia.
The Nash Medal in Statistics is given each year to the most outstanding graduating student in the B.Sc. program in Statistics. The medal recognizes the great service to Statistics given by Professor Stanley Nash (1915–2001) over his more than 40 years at UBC.
The Nash Medal is supported by the Statistics Fund for Excellence.
Learn more about the Medal (https://www.stat.ubc.ca/nash-medal) and the Fund (https://science.ubc.ca/giving/projects/statistics-fund-excellence).