The Survey Research Methods Section (SRMS) will repeat its successful Student Travel Award Competition in 2010. This initiative encourages students to gain exposure to opportunities in survey research methods and become familiar with the section and its work.

March 31 is the deadline to submit theses for the 2010 Zellner Thesis Award, sponsored by the Business and Economic Statistics Section.

Nominations are needed for the Distinguished Achievement Award, presented to a member of the statistics community by the Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security. Any member of the section is allowed to nominate.

The ASA Biometrics Section introduces this year’s new officers.

Ball State University will host the 33rd annual Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop (MBSW), cosponsored by the Biopharmaceutical Section, from May 24–26.
This year’s workshop theme revolves around how the role of statistics is adapting to change within the pharmaceutical industry.

This year, the ASA’s Section on Statistics and the Environment turns 20. Read about the section’s vision and activities for the upcoming year.

Robert Lussier discusses the end of his term as 2009 chair of the ASA Government Statistics Section and reports on the projects the section is putting together for 2010.

The Biopharmaceutical Section made considerable progress last year on many of its projects. Outgoing chair, Anna Nevius, discusses the section’s successess and plans for the future.

The Biometrics Section is partnering with the Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society to fund three or four applications for projects that raise awareness of the biostatistics profession among high-school and college students. Of particular interest are projects encouraging students to pursue advanced training in biostatistics.

The Section on Statistics and the Environment is seeking nominations for its Distinguished Achievement and Young Investigator awards. Both awards are given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the development of methods, issues, concepts, applications, and initiatives of environmental statistics.