With COVID-19 still fresh in our minds and the summer of cyclospora barely in the rearview, there is much Data for Good advocates can do to support a rapid and effective response to new public health threats.
AAAS
Seven Statisticians Elected AAAS Fellows
This honor acknowledges their contributions to advancing science and its applications in service to society, setting them apart from their peers and colleagues.
Scholars at Risk Fights Threats to Higher Education
Scholars at Risk was established to respond to threats to higher education around the world. Because of member institutions such as the American Statistical Association, the organization has helped thousands of scholars and documented many hundreds of attacks on higher education in more than 100 countries.
ASA/AAAS Mass Media Fellowship Applications Sought
Students and postdocs interested in journalism and gaining writing experience that advances a statistical perspective can apply for the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship and spend 10 weeks with a media outlet next summer.
Finding Your Voice in Data for Good
David Corliss uncovers how science is not enough. Data for Good needs directors just as much as data, advocates as well as algorithms, and socializing the work in addition to the science.
Stats4Good: ASA Partnerships Promote Data for Good
The ASA collaborates with a variety of scientific organizations to promote shared work, create scientific and educational resources, establish funding for scientific research, and advocate for data-driven policy.
Nancy Reid to Deliver 2022 COPSS Distinguished Lecture
Nancy Reid, a professor in the department of statistical sciences at the University of Toronto who has contributed fundamental and path-breaking work in a wide range of statistical problems, will give her lecture at the 2022 Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC. Her talk is titled “Likelihood and Its Discontents.”
Obituary: S. James (Jim) Press
ASA member S. James (Jim) Press passed away in November 2020.
Obituaries for April 2021
ASA members Jim Harner and Allan Sampson passed away recently.
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.