Applications are due February 23 for this scholarship, which was established to encourage women to enter statistically oriented professions.
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Nominations Open for International Prize in Statistics
The International Prize in Statistics—one of the highest honors in statistics—is awarded every two years to an individual or team “for major achievements using statistics to advance science, technology, and human welfare.”
Two Chosen for Natrella Scholarship Awards
The recipients for 2021 are Minhee Kim, a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Siddhesh Kulkarni, a PhD candidate at the University of Louisville.
2021 SPAIG Award Honors Two Collaborations
The first award presented honors the collaboration between Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Duke University, International Drug Development Institute, and multiple other institutions representing academe, government, and industry that contributed to the Intermediate Clinical Endpoints of Prostate Cancer (ICECaP) initiative. The second recognizes the joint collaboration on the COVIDcast project between eight partners, spanning all three sectors and spearheaded by the Delphi research group at Carnegie Mellon University.
Pathways to Promotion Committee Offers Collaborative Statisticians Advice
The Pathways to Promotion committee held a free webinar, titled “Advice for the Promotion of Collaborative Statisticians in Research and Teaching Institutions,” in May. More than 130 people attended.
Stats4Good: Peace Award Recognizes Biostatistician, Teacher, and Mentor Michael H. Kutner
David Corliss says that, by awarding the Peace Award to Kutner, the ASA has honored a person dedicated to strengthening the statistical profession and statisticians for generations to come.
Many Honored During Virtual Conference
A special feature of the Joint Statistical Meetings is the ASA awards presentation. Here are some of this year’s awardees.
Nominations Open for 2022 COPSS Awards
Nominate a distinguished statistician for one of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies 2021 awards.
Nominations Sought for 2023 Waksberg Award
The award honors a prominent survey statistician who will give an address at the Statistics Canada Symposium in 2023.
Quality and Productivity Section Announces 2021 Hahn Achievement Award Winner
This year’s recipient, Christine Anderson-Cook, is an innovator, technical leader, and influencer in many areas of industrial statistics.