Thursday, July 8, 2021
The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science would like to congratulate Qiuqi Wang as being one of the four new recipients of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) Hickman Scholar for 2021-2022, and to Wenyuan Li and Yechao Meng for having their stipend renewed.
The Hickman scholar is a prestigious honour for PhD students in North America who work in fields related to Actuarial Science. According to the description from SOA, each recipient will receive a $20,000 stipend for the 2021—2022 academic year. The program provides stipends to doctoral candidates who will, through their studies and careers, address research and education needs of the actuarial profession.