The award recognizes the substantial contributions made by New South Wales leaders in science, art, literature, and philosophy. Cressie develops world-leading statistical methodology for analyzing spatial and spatiotemporal data and its application to the environmental sciences.
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Obituary: Donald A. S. Fraser
Donald Fraser sadly passed away in December at the age of 95.
Nicholas Jewell Receives Nathan Mantel Award
The ASA Statistics in Epidemiology Section has announced Nicholas Jewell as this year’s Nathan Mantel Award winner. The annual award recognizes contributions to the development and application of statistical science to problems and issues in epidemiology.
Sharon Lohr Receives Waksberg Award
The 2021 recipient of the Waksberg Award is Sharon Lohr, who will give the Waksberg Invited Address at the Statistics Canada 2021 Symposium and write a paper for Survey Methodology.
Postdoc Breaks New Ground in Biostatistics
The world is one step closer to an end to dengue fever and other deadly mosquito-borne diseases because of the biostatistics work of Suzanne Dufault.
Tigray War Forces Professor to Wonder if Family Still Alive
Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is at war. Mulugeta Gebregziabher’s family is there and he hasn’t spoken to them in several months.
Obituaries for April 2021
ASA members Jim Harner and Allan Sampson passed away recently.
Obituary: Michael Ross Chernick
Michael Ross Chernick died unexpectedly on January 1, 2021. He was 73 years old.
Five Win CSP Student Awards
The winners of the John J. Bartko, Lester R. Curtin, and Lingzi Lu Memorial Awards will receive financial support to attend CSP 2021.
Virginia Tech Appoints Ronald D. Fricker as Interim Dean
Fricker joined Virginia Tech in 2015 as head of the department of statistics and most recently served as the senior associate dean in the college of science.