Here are the highlights of the December issue of the Journal of the American Statistical Association.

Graduate students in mathematics and statistics are exposed to real-world problems from industry and government during the Industrial Mathematical and Statistical Modeling (IMSM) workshop, July 16–24.

Here are the highlights of the February 2012 issue of Technometrics.

Faculty in the department of biostatistics at the University of Pittsburgh developed a scientific communication skills course to strengthen students’ communication skills. Here, Jeanine M. Buchanich describes the course goals and benefits.

A new course on statistical leadership, offered by the department of biostatistics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was launched last fall. Here, Lisa LaVange, William Sollecito, David Steffen, Lori Evarts, and Michael Kosorok discuss the goals and results of the course.

ASA President Robert Rodriguez explains our need for statistical leaders and offers ways to develop leaders of the future.

Lauren Bailey, a first-year biostatistics PhD student at the University of Illinois in Chicago, shares how she discovered the value statistics plays in the workplace.

Chris Barker recently visited Cuba and found that statisticians there need statistics books. Here, he explains how you can help.

Each year, the Myrto Lefkopoulou lectureship is awarded to a promising biostatistical scientist who has made contributions to either collaborative or methodologic research in the applications of statistical methods to biology or medicine and/or excellence in the teaching of biostatistics. Find out how you can submit your nomination.

The International Workshop in Applied Probability will be held in Jerusalem, Israel, from June 11–14.