The Penn State Department of Statistics held the 2015 Rao Prize Conference May 14 to honor Sir David R. Cox, Nancy M. Reid, and Vijay V. Raghavan.
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Meta-Analysis Workshop Hosted by University of Southern Queensland
The school of agricultural, computational, and environmental sciences and the division of research and innovation at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) hosted a workshop titled “Statistical Meta-Analysis with Applications” in collaboration with the Statistical Society of Australia Inc. at the USQ Ipswich Campus in June.
Obituaries for August 2015
This is a listing of ASA members who have recently passed away.
Nitis Mukhopdhyay Wins 2015 Don Owen Award
The 2015 Don Owen Award, given by the ASA San Antonio Chapter, was presented to Nitis Mukhopdhyay by chapter president Jesus Cuellar Fuentes April 10 at the Conference of Texas Statisticians.
Obituaries for July 2015
This is a listing of ASA members who have recently passed away.
The Senior Statisticians Society
The Senior Statisticians Society held its bimonthly meeting at Maggiano’s Restaurant in Washington, DC, May 11.
Huerta and Bain Selected to Serve on NISS Board
Gabriel Huerta and Ray Bain were selected to serve on the board of trustees for the The National Institute of Statistical Sciences.
ASA Members Visit Ethiopia
Members of the ASA organized a weeklong visit to Ethiopia that included a conference, meetings, and seminars.
Brent Moulton Receives 2015 Julius Shiskin Award
Brent Moulton, associate director for national economic accounts of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), was selected recently to receive the 2015 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics.
Obituary: Janet Norwood’s Legacy of Objectivity
No one did more to advance the reputation for objectivity of the critical employment, price, and wage data produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) than its 10th commissioner, Janet L. Norwood, who passed away in March.