Congratulations to Jeffrey Rosenthal, professor at the Department of Statistical Sciences, for being one of five recipients of this year's President's Impact Award. Rosenthal was honoured for his "contributions to public discourse about the importance of quantitative reasoning, and efforts to improve a variety of societal problems through application of statistical analysis."
An internationally renowned statistician, he has brought awareness of the impact and usefulness of statistics to a wide general audience with popular publications explaining the roles of likelihood and probability in our everyday lives. His work aims to improve a variety of societal problems through application of statistical analysis.
From the university to the world: three Arts & Science scholars win President’s Impact Awards
U of T researchers are producing work that reaches far outside the walls of the university, making waves in areas ranging from public policy to popular culture to economy, health, climate and more.
It’s precisely for this reason that the President’s Impact Awards were created in 2017: to honour “individuals who take their research out of the university and have an impact on society,” said Vivek Goel, vice-president of research and innovation at U of T.
Of this year’s five recipients, three are from the Faculty of Arts & Science.
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Read more about the President’s Impact Award winners at U of T News.