Those interested in the work of US statistical agencies, their international counterparts, or topics related to their work might want to dive into this Stats+Stories podcast episode list.

The 12th IMPACCT Real World Evidence Summit is set to take place October 29–31 in Boston. Featured speaker Kelly H. Zou, who serves as head of global medical analytics, real world evidence, and health economics and outcomes research at Viatris, tells us a little about what participants can expect.

To strengthen the connection between the statistical community and National Science Foundation, we continue the series introduced in the May 2023 issue that poses questions to NSF program officers and awardees. This month, Wen-wen Tung answers questions about the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure and Shrijita Bhattacharya answers questions about National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource pilot program.

The ASA GivesBack team hosted its third annual GivesBack project at the 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings in Portland, Oregon. The project featured writing letters to older adults and coloring and decorating pages for an organization that distributes cheerful drawings to individuals in nursing homes and hospitals, through the Meals on Wheels program, and to service members.

ASA President Madhumita (Bonnie) Ghosh-Dastidar discusses JSM 2024, ASA’s membership in the Computer Science Accreditation Board, and ASA’s role in the evolution of safe AI.

The ASA’s Government Statistics Section recently awarded the Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award to two women from the National Institutes of Health: Nancy L. Geller, director of the Office of Biostatistics Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Clarice R. Weinberg, principal investigator in the biostatistics and computational biology branch of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Many ASA sections sponsor student paper competitions to help gifted students with the costs of attending JSM, which also offers an opportunity for students to present their work. 

The COPSS Emerging Leader Awards recognize the increasingly important role that early career statistical scientists are playing in shaping the future of the discipline.

Learn more about the winners of the 2024 Waksberg Award, Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science Societal Impact Award, and Gottfried E. Noether Distinguished Scholar Award.

In his Stats4Good column, David Corliss discusses the NSF’s 25 national artificial intelligence research institutes to create a cohesive approach to AI-related opportunities and risks.

The ASA ran a video contest and took submissions during JSM 2024. The winner won a $500 gift card in a random drawing.

At the 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings in Portland, Oregon, 47 ASA Fellows were inducted during the ASA’s President’s Address and Awards.

The Ellis R. Ott Scholarship Governing Committee awards two $7,500 scholarships to promising master’s and PhD candidates pursuing degrees in statistics and related disciplines. This year, the honorees are Valeria Ovalle Ocampo and Luke Hagar.

Making data visualizations accessible to blind and visually impaired people would help improve equity in higher education and assist them with data-driven reasoning and communication.

Tel Aviv University’s Yoav Benjamini, Daniel Yekutieli, and Ruth Heller received the Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics for their pioneering work on the false discovery rate.

Regina Liu received the COPSS 2024 Elizabeth L. Scott Award based on her outstanding achievements in research, education, service, and leadership and her superlative contributions to fostering opportunities for women, underrepresented groups, and junior researchers in statistics and nurturing their careers.

The 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings in Portland, Oregon, featured more than 20 sessions and panels about statistical data privacy and confidentiality. Read about the highlights!

Nominate a colleague for the C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize for Outstanding Research in Statistics, which recognizes outstanding and influential innovations in the theory and practice of mathematical statistics, international leadership in directing statistical research, and pioneering contributions by a recognized leader in the statistics field.

The Society for Privacy and Confidentiality Research was formed as a nonprofit corporation with the primary focus of placing the Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality on a sustainable path with respect to people and finances.

Obituaries for ASA members who sadly passed away.

The September issue turns to the heavens with a focus on statistics and space, from the Challenger disaster to safe spacesuits.

Learn more about important statistical events that happened in October.

Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein chat with Michael Zyphur, director of Instats, about the ASA’s partnership with the company, which is dedicated to improving research practices by offering expert-led training through its online platform.

The ASA Board convened in August at JSM and approved editor appointments, adopted next year’s budget, and discussed presidential initiatives.

Hadley Wickham is the winner of the 2025 ASA Statistical Computing and Graphics Award for his influence in statistical computing, visualization, graphics, and data analysis through significant contributions to R software.

Four ASA members received the Founders Award at JSM 2024 in Portland, Oregon.

The ASA’s Advisory Committee on Climate Change Policy sponsored the invited panel titled “From Data to Climate Actions” at the 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings. The climate expert panelists discussed data, information, scientific and policy communications, and climate actions.

Beginning in January 2025, we will print Amstat News eight times per year but continue to publish it online every month.

Apply for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for outstanding early-career graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high-achieving scientists and engineers.

The COPSS Presidents’ Award, which is awarded annually to a young member of the statistical community in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics. Veronika Rockova wins

COPSS selected Robert Tibshirani for the 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship, which recognizes researchers who have made exceptional contributions to statistical methods with significant impact on scientific investigations.

Submit a paper to the Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice for a special issue titled “Emerging Methods and Applications in Bio-Data Science Research.”