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.

Amstat News invited Barry D. Nussbaum, chief statistician at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to respond to a few questions so readers could learn more about him and the agency he leads.

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.