The Orange County Chapter will host the 2023 Annual Orange County Biostatistics Symposium September 29–30. The theme of the two-day symposium is “Innovative Designs in Expediting Drug and Device Development.”

The Arizona Chapter held its ASA DataFest March 24–26—its first with in-person options since COVID began—and had a record 119 students enroll.

This long-standing annual joint chapter event gives members a chance to recognize high-school students at the state level of the science fair who incorporated statistical methods into their science projects.

The goal of the program is to provide students with mentoring from chapter officers and volunteers during student-designed projects.

Representatives and officers from ASA chapters attended the Council of Chapters Governing Board workshop at JSM 2022 for presentations from longtime ASA members, as well as break-out sessions for participants to share experiences, generate ideas, and network with others.

Nearly 50 current and prospective chapter members attended the conference from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Auburn University. Eric Laber gave the keynote address.

Continuing their traditional joint chapter activity, members of the Detroit and Ann Arbor chapters and the District 3 vice chair served as a professional awards judging team at the Michigan Science and Engineering Fair.

Last December, the first ASA student chapter to be created in Africa was founded in Nigeria. The Nigeria ASA Student Chapter is headquartered at the University of Lagos but includes students from other universities throughout the country.

For the third year, the ASA’s Bay Area Chapter (SFASA) hosted its K–12 student summer project program, which brings together students to design projects under the mentorship of SFASA officers and volunteers.

This free meeting was conducted virtually and welcomed more than 140 researchers and trainees for a two-day event that addressed a variety of biostatistics and data science topics.