July marks the anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. We hope to encourage persons with disabilities to become statisticians and fully participate in the ASA. In July, we also celebrate the 20th anniversary of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS).

The ASA-SIAM series will raffle off an iPod Touch during this year’s JSM. Entrants do not need to be present to win.

This month’s member spotlight is on Xiaoyi Gao, a faculty member at the Washington University School of Medicine.

Keith Crank, the ASA’s research and graduate education manager, discusses the April 2010 report The Path Forward: The Future of Graduate Education in the United States from the Educational Testing Service and Council of Graduate Schools.

Michael Kisielewski discusses the nonprofit humanitarian organization StatAid, why it was created, and how it supports the advancement of human rights.