ASA Founder and Fellow Linda Young was named one of West Texas A&M University’s 2026 Distinguished Alumni. Young earned her bachelor’s and master’s in mathematics at WT A&M.
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Two Given Ellis R. Ott Scholarship for 2025–2026 Academic Year
Each year, the Ellis Ott Scholarship Governing Committee awards two $7,500 scholarships to promising master’s and PhD candidates pursuing advanced degrees in statistics and related disciplines. This year’s recipients are Blessed Mbogo and Aubree Krager.
Noel Cressie Honored with Jerome Sacks Award
Distinguished professor Noel Cressie at the University of Wollongong has been awarded the 2026 Jerome Sacks Award. The Sacks award recognizes sustained, high-quality, cross-disciplinary research involving the statistical sciences.
Wu Receives the 2026 SSC Gold Medal
The award recognizes Changbao Wu’s outstanding contributions to the theory and practice of survey methodology.
Raftery Awarded the IFCS Research Medal
Adrian Raftery is recognized for his pioneering work on model-based clustering and foundational contributions to Bayesian model selection and Bayesian model averaging.
Jensen Receives Gerald J. Hahn Q&P Achievement Award
Willis Jensen has demonstrated his leadership in people analytics and business intelligence. He has also made a lasting impact through teaching and mentoring.
Agnes Herzberg: A Leader Who Built Bridges Between Statistics, Society
Agnes Herzberg passed away June 2, 2026. She made important and wide-ranging contributions as a researcher and in professional service.
Emory’s Michael H. Kutner Honored with Archived Interview
A distinguished biostatistician, teacher, mentor, and consultant, Kutner was recently honored by the Emory University Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics.
Pearl Named AI Pioneer
Judea Pearl, longtime ASA member, was recognized as a leader shaping the future of artificial intelligence.
David Swanson Receives Sheps Award for Demographic Methods
David Swanson, professor emeritus at UC Riverside, has received the award for his influential contributions to demographic methodology, including the cohort change ratio method.