Significance magazine is written by statisticians for those with an interest in analysis and data. To find out how the magazine works and where story ideas originate, we asked the editor, Brian Tarran, to answer a few questions.

Karen Kafadar, chair and commonwealth professor in the department of statistics at the University of Virginia, has been elected the ASA’s 114th president. The ASA membership also elected Katherine Monti, formerly chief statistical scientist at Rho, as ASA vice president. Both women will begin their term January 1, 2019.

On May 16, the ASA sponsored two exhibitors as part of the 23rd annual Coalition for National Science Funding Congressional Exhibition, intended to celebrate National Science Foundation grant recipients and their most recent research.

Amanda Malloy, the ASA’s director of development, talks about life on the road fundraising for the ASA.

Mary Gray discusses legal options you have if you ever think decisions made for you are the result of discrimination.