A new statistics challenge is taking college campuses by storm and engaging students in solving real-life Big Data problems more complex than those they are able to engage with in class.

The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE) announces two workshops related to teaching introductory statistics using randomization-based approaches and emphasizing the overarching process of conducting statistical investigations.

Amstat News invited John Gawalt, director of the National Science Foundation’s National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, to respond to a few questions so readers could learn more about him and the agency he leads.

Technometrics announces a special virtual issue commemorating the scientific career of George E. P. Box, who died in March 2013.

After the success of the ASA mentoring pilot program last year, the ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians was funded to continue the mentoring program for a second year.