The ASA shines the spotlight on member Shurong Fang, a PhD student at Michigan Technological University. Read on to find out how she has been working to develop efficient approaches to investigating the genetic association between human genes and complex diseases such as diabetes.

In January 2011, SIAM launched its institutional e-book program. Now, they’ve launched their e-book program for individuals. Read about how you can benefit.

In 2007, when the government of Argentina fired the staff of the National Institute of Statistics and Census division responsible for compiling consumer price indices, few organizations and fewer news outlets took notice of the politically motivated move. Here, William Seltzer and Jay Kadane discuss how the ASA became involved and how you can get involved, too.

The National Institute of Justice and National Science Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes a framework for a partnership to leverage their respective strengths and resources. Under this memorandum, the two agencies will coordinate workshops and other educational and networking opportunities for their staffs and for researchers and practitioners in the field.

The November issue of Technometrics contains an assortment of articles about design and analysis.

Every five years since 1965, a comprehensive study of U.S. undergraduate programs in the mathematical sciences has been undertaken by the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. In 2010, a stratified random sample of 600 institutions was selected from the roughly 2,500 that are either public two-year colleges or (public or private) four-year colleges and universities with undergraduate programs in mathematics or statistics. Read on to learn what the survey found.

The International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) is seeking nominations for two young researcher awards. To be eligible, candidates must be a member of IISA.

The ASA announces a new prize carrying an award of $5,000 per year, Causality in Statistics Education, aimed at encouraging the teaching of basic causal inference in introductory statistics courses.

The ASA is inviting nominations and applications for JASA, TAS, and Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research editorships.

The formation of an Orange County/Long Beach Chapter (OCLB) has been approved by the ASA Council of Chapters Governing Board.