Sally Morton wound down her term as ASA president by leading the board through intense discussion of important topics during the board’s December 4–5, 2009, meeting at the ASA office in Alexandria, Virginia. Here are the highlights.

The November 2009 issue of Technometrics is a special collection of articles on statistical problems that arise in computer modeling. The stimulus for this issue was a focus year on the topic held in 2006–2007 at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute.

Volume 22, No. 4 of CHANCE magazine includes articles on a diverse set of topics. Here are the highlights.

Statistics Without Borders (SWB) has made great strides as an organization in the past several months. This ASA-affiliated group, which now includes nearly 100 volunteers, provides pro bono statistical expertise to organizations working on problems broadly related to international health issues.

A worldwide computer programming contest illustrates the importance of statistics and probability courses.