The 2026 Stats4Good Challenge List highlights key areas such as pandemic preparedness, deforestation, local data rescue, displaced scientists, and conflict zone analysis for impactful data projects.
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Data for Good: The Year in Review and 2025 Challenge Winners
David Corliss reflects on the challenges data scientists and statisticians faced this year and celebrates the remarkable efforts of those who met these challenges head-on.
Climate.us Seeks to Fill Gap in Climate Data
The federal website Climate.gov, once an important source of data and analysis, has been closed. In response, an independent coalition of researchers and other supporters have created a new website, Climate.us, to address the need for data and other resources to support climate research.
Apertus: An LLM Designed for Data for Good
Apertus is an open-source large language model created to advance transparency and accessibility while supporting research, education, and projects that benefit society.
DataFest: Solving Big Problems with Big Data
David Corliss shares how ASA DataFest empowers students to use data for good, tackling issues from public health to pro bono legal aid to prescription drug misuse.
Intelligent Systems in Biostatistics Make Impact on Life
David Corliss shares highlights from the ASA Symposium on Data Science & Statistics, where open-source LLMs and retrieval-augmented generation systems are reshaping how we use health data for good.
ASA Committee Protects Rights, Freedom of Scientists Around the World
The ASA’s Committee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights supports, directs, and organizes the defense of scientists through a variety of channels and actions.
Earth Day Offers Opportunities for Environmental Advocacy
David Corliss highlights various Data for Good initiatives addressing environmental challenges, including marine microplastics tracking, frog population monitoring, pollinator studies, and community garden research, while encouraging collaboration through local ASA chapters.
Maintaining the Mission of Data for Good in Trying Times
David Corliss details how the American Statistical Association will continue its work to shape the future of the statistical profession and its members, guided by its mission to “promote the practice and profession of statistics” and vision of “a world that relies on data and statistical thinking to drive discovery and inform decisions.”
Increasing Resiliency of Critically Important Data Sets: A D4G Imperative
Shifting political agendas can lead to funding changes, resulting in the reduction or even elimination of staff supporting critical data. Learn about data resiliency in this month’s Stats4Good column.