To understand strategies of successful mentoring programs and identify potential gaps, members of the mentoring working group conducted an environmental scan that included surveys of the ASA community. Do you have areas of practice you would like to build communities around? Let the working group know.

Nominations are open through October 1 for the 2025 International Prize in Statistics, awarded for a major achievement developed over time.

The Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence, known as CSAFE, had its funding terminated May 31. CSAFE researchers are active in supporting the development of forensic standards. Without the needed advancements in statistics as applied to these forensic disciplines, the standards risk stagnating or falling behind.

In the July issue of the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, an editorial co-authored by Nicholas J. Horton and Sara Stoudt discusses the journal’s requirements for authors to share deidentified data and code that underlies their papers. Here, they provide the key take-aways.

The program’s infrastructure is managed by graduate students, while faculty members and alumni sponsor the opportunities. Graduate student directors manage the application process, pair applicants with appropriate opportunities, and plan several events throughout the summer.

Using your cell phone, we challenge you to create a selfie video and address one of 10 contest prompts.

In this issue, three statistical communicators bring you their experiences and advice for communicating statistics to broad audiences—each in their own way—with the hope they will inspire you to capture your own audiences.

Enjoy this ‘Aussie Bush Ballad’ by an Aussie statistician living in the Canadian arctic.

During the ASA Science Policy Fellowship, the fellow spends 1–2 years in Washington, DC, working to elevate the profile of statistics in policymaking and advocating on behalf of the profession.

The Telling Our Stories video features Maria Cuellar, assistant professor of criminology, statistics, and data science at the University of Pennsylvania.