At the 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings in Portland, Oregon, 47 ASA Fellows were inducted during the ASA’s President’s Address and Awards.
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Two Take Home Ellis R. Ott Scholarship
The Ellis R. Ott Scholarship Governing Committee awards two $7,500 scholarships to promising master’s and PhD candidates pursuing degrees in statistics and related disciplines. This year, the honorees are Valeria Ovalle Ocampo and Luke Hagar.
ASA Giving Day 2024: Empower Tomorrow Through Statistics and Data Science
Giving Day is an opportunity for the statistics and data science community to unite in support of initiatives that have a profound impact on the future of the field.
JEDI CORNER: Making Data Visualizations Accessible
Making data visualizations accessible to blind and visually impaired people would help improve equity in higher education and assist them with data-driven reasoning and communication.
ICHPS 2025: Statistical Innovation to Improve Health Equity
Statisticians, health service researchers, health economists, epidemiologists, and policy analysts will gather at the 15th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics to exchange and build on ideas to improve health equity research.
Society Created to Back Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality
The Society for Privacy and Confidentiality Research was formed as a nonprofit corporation with the primary focus of placing the Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality on a sustainable path with respect to people and finances.
September Issue of Significance Focuses on Statistics, Space
The September issue turns to the heavens with a focus on statistics and space, from the Challenger disaster to safe spacesuits.
Obituaries for October 2024
Obituaries for ASA members who sadly passed away.
This Month in Statistics History: October
Learn more about important statistical events that happened in October.
Practical Significance Take II: Lifelong Learning—New Opportunities for ASA Members
Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein chat with Michael Zyphur, director of Instats, about the ASA’s partnership with the company, which is dedicated to improving research practices by offering expert-led training through its online platform.