The symposium, which can be attended in person or virtually, will take place June 10–11 at the Northeastern University campus in Boston with the theme Generative AI in Medical Research and Drug Development: Hype or Reality?

Each year, the ASA recognizes all members reaching a milestone of 35, 40, 45, and 50 years of membership. All members who joined 35 years ago or more are also extended an invitation to a reception at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings.

The onset of COVID-19 had a direct and continuing impact on the educational sector, with institutions, instructors, students, and parents scrambling to adapt to a variety of online or hybrid educational models. The April issue of the open-access Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education leads with three papers that describe approaches to teaching during the pandemic.

To celebrate MSAM 2024’s theme of Looking to the Past to Predict the Future, the American Statistical Association created a poster and related infographic for teachers to use in their classrooms, hosted a Predict 5 contest, and will host its virtual K-12 science fair.

Organized by the Brazilian Chapter of the International Society of Bayesian Analysis, the 7th Latin American Meeting on Bayesian Statistics will be held at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, December 2–6. This is a joint event with the 17th Brazilian Meeting on Bayesian Statistics.

In honor of April being both National Poetry Month and Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, The University of Texas at El Paso’s Larry Lesser composed the following poems in the quirky form known as clerihew.

The Conference on Statistical Practice in February included a panel session on data-driven leadership featuring Kimberly Sellers from North Carolina State University and Talithia Williams from Harvey Mudd College, two outstanding African American female leaders in statistical science.

Managed by the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Education, GROW is intended to provide support for undergraduate students considering graduate studies in the mathematical sciences.

To strengthen the connection between the statistical community and National Science Foundation, we asked NSF program officer Samuel Scheiner about the Division of Environmental Biology. NSF also funded an initiative by Ali Rahnavard and Keith Crandall to study SARS-CoV-2’s evolution. Here, they discuss what their research will accomplish and offer advice about applying for NSF funding.

As part of its science policy work, the ASA organized a congressional briefing in January to highlight the role of statistics and research in informing criminal justice policymaking. Moderated by Greg Ridgeway, the virtual event featured Nancy La Vigne, director of the National Institute of Justice, and Kevin Scott, acting director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics.