The November issue of Technometrics contains an assortment of articles about design and analysis.

Robert Starbuck discusses what it takes to be a successful statistician.

The 2012 Statistics in Chemistry Award was presented to Scott Allen of Novomer, Inc. and Bradley Jones of SAS Institute, JMP Division, for their work developing novel catalysts used to sequester CO₂ by incorporating it into new thermoplastics that are up to 50% by weight CO₂.

Every five years since 1965, a comprehensive study of U.S. undergraduate programs in the mathematical sciences has been undertaken by the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. In 2010, a stratified random sample of 600 institutions was selected from the roughly 2,500 that are either public two-year colleges or (public or private) four-year colleges and universities with undergraduate programs in mathematics or statistics. Read on to learn what the survey found.

Award deadlines and information

The International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) is seeking nominations for two young researcher awards. To be eligible, candidates must be a member of IISA.

On September 13, 2011, 13 ASA members attended a focus group on the United Nation’s Article 15 project organized by the Science and Human Rights Coalition of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS SHRC). Read on to learn about their progress since then.

The ASA announces a new prize carrying an award of $5,000 per year, Causality in Statistics Education, aimed at encouraging the teaching of basic causal inference in introductory statistics courses.

The ASA is inviting nominations and applications for JASA, TAS, and Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research editorships.

ASA Executive Director Ron Wasserstein recently interviewed Judea Pearl about the Turing Award and Pearl’s interest in promoting the instruction of causal inference.