First-place winners received $300, a certificate, and grade-appropriate graphing calculators provided by Texas Instruments. Second-place winners received $200 and a certificate, third-place winners received $100 and a certificate, and honorable mentions received certificates.
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The fifth annual celebration of Florence Nightingale Day spanned six months and was started in 2018 to promote future career opportunities.
The Greek government withdrew its challenge of the European Court of Human Rights ruling in favor of Andreas Georgiou—statistician and former president of the Hellenic Statistical Authority—finding Greece violated his right to a fair trial on violation-of-duty charges.
The Office of Biostatistics Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will host a two-day workshop September 18–19 at the Natcher Conference Center on the main campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and virtually via Zoom.
Thomas (Shlomo) Paul Sternberg passed away June 19, 2023.
Three hundred twenty-one statistics educators gathered in State College, Pennsylvania, May 30–June 3 at the tenth United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) to exchange ideas and provide mutual support.
This month, David Corliss looks at all 17 United Nations’ sustainable development goals, projects, and resources and proposes ways statisticians can get involved.
Chris Barker shares the path his life has taken as a statistician, from his days in academia to his work in the pharmaceutical industry and his membership with the ASA.
The Orange County Chapter will host the 2023 Annual Orange County Biostatistics Symposium September 29–30. The theme of the two-day symposium is “Innovative Designs in Expediting Drug and Device Development.”
Celebrating 100 issues of the magazine, the June issue is a special edition featuring a look back at the origins of Significance and how its mission to make statistical stories engaging and accessible continues today.
The summer 2023 issue of the open-access Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education is online and features an editorial plus 10 articles.
In this month’s column, ASA President Dionne Price interviews Nan Laird about the ASA’s “Telling Our Stories” video project.
The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Outreach Group is sponsoring or co-sponsoring more than a dozen activities at JSM showcasing work to promote JEDI in the practice and profession of statistics.
To strengthen the connection between the statistical community and National Science Foundation, we continue the series introduced in the May 2023 issue of Amstat News that poses questions to NSF program officers and awardees.
Read about Gibson’s experience as co-founder and president of the California State University East Bay ASA Student Chapter.
The Caucus for Women in Statistics announces Societal Impact Award winner, Saleha Habibullah; JSM Travel Award winners; and International Day for Women. The caucus is also accepting applications for student travel awards.
The ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians offers a wide variety of sessions relevant for applied statisticians.
The Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship recognizes meritorious achievement and scholarship in statistical science and the significant impact of statistical methods on scientific investigations.
AIPM 2023 is for statisticians, data scientists, regulators, and other professionals to address the challenges and opportunities of AI in pharmaceutical medicine; foster collaboration among industry, academia, regulatory agencies, and professional associations; and propose recommendations for proper implementation of AI in promoting public health.
The program brings together historically underrepresented minority statisticians/data scientists at early- to mid-career levels with senior-level statisticians/data scientists and features one-on-one mentoring and professional development.
The California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, student said she has built leadership skills through her school’s Stat Club and learned about statistical consulting at JSM 2022.
The goal of the program is to provide students with mentoring from chapter officers and volunteers during student-designed projects.
Janet L. Lauritsen says the US lacks sufficient data for many types of crime of great concern to society, and this is particularly the case for crimes falling under federal jurisdiction.
Sign up as a volunteer monitor to help with short courses and you can attend one for free. Monitors help courses run smoothly and, in turn, get to follow along with course content and meet the instructor and attendees.
At its April 2023 meeting, the ASA Board recommended changes to four sections of the association’s bylaws. The board will vote in August to accept these changes.
The ASA Committee on Membership Retention and Recruitment is working to understand the current membership experience, provide networking opportunities, and reinstate a fun tradition at the Joint Statistical Meetings.
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies selected these eight Leadership Academy winners. All awards will be presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings.
Registration opens May 1 for the 30th Biopharmaceutical Applied Statistics Symposium (BASS XXX), which will be held in person October 23–25 at the Holiday Inn Savannah Historic District in Savannah, Georgia.
Vipin Arora became director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis in December of 2022. Amstat News asked him to respond to a few questions so readers can learn more about him and the agency he runs.
Meet Sabina Schlichtmann, the ASA’s new meetings coordinator.
