Obituaries for Donald Ray Akin, Norman E. Breslow, Subramanian Panchapakesan, and Richard Schmidt
People News
People News for February
News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the February issue. For a complete listing of news and information about the members of the ASA, click here.
10 ASA Members Selected as AAAS Fellows
In October, the American Association for the Advancement of Science council elected 347 members as fellows. Read on to discover which 10 are also ASA members.
Obituaries for January 2016
Obituaries for January 2016
Challenges and Innovations in Pharmaceutical Products Development Focus of Duke Symposium
About 250 people attended the Duke-Industry Statistics Symposium October 22–23 at the Trent Semans Center on the Duke University Campus.
Sujit Ghosh Selected for 2016 Hind Rattan Award
Sujit Ghosh of North Carolina State University was selected for the 2016 Hind Rattan Award, given by the Non-Resident Indians Welfare Society of India.
The NMSU ASA Student Chapter Leadership and Ron Wasserstein
During a special seminar series at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico, ASA Executive Director Ron Wasserstein discussed the problems inherent in p-values and how they are misunderstood, misused, and maligned.
NISS Honors Ingram Olkin
The National Institute of Statistical Sciences celebrated its 25th anniversary as an organization at a reception held during the Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle this past August. As part of the celebration, NISS Director Nell Sedransk presented Ingram Olkin, one of the founders of NISS, with a book describing the history of the organization.
Emory Celebrates World Statistics Day
The department of biostatistics and bioinformatics in the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health celebrated World Statistics Day 2015 by holding a special department meeting with snacks, beverages, and “History and Milestones of the Department (1963–2015).”
Obituaries for December 2015
This is a listing of ASA members who have recently passed away.