Here are the highlights of the March 2012 ASA Board meeting that took place at the ASA office in Alexandria, Virginia.

Mathematica Laboratories for Mathematical Statistics: Emphasizing Simulation and Computer Intensive Methods, by Jenny A. Baglivo, provides a model for incorporating technology and modern statistical methods into mathematical statistics courses. Although the print book was originally published in 2005, the electronic material accompanying the text (previously provided on CD-ROM) were recently updated for use with current versions of Mathematica and are available online.

The American Statistical Association would like to thank its longtime members by continuing its tradition of honoring those members who joined the association 35 or more years ago.

The ASA and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics recently recognized the needed synergy between mathematics and statistics to address major challenges at the interface of computer modeling of complex processes and data by embarking on a joint effort to create the Journal on Uncertainty Quantification.

The National Science Foundation and U.S. Census Bureau have awarded interdisciplinary research grants aimed at finding new ways to interpret social, behavioral, and economic data and new ways to use and disseminate the resulting statistics.