Awards, honors, and other news about ASA members for February 2019.
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Four Win CSP Student Travel Awards
Four students will receive registration and travel support to attend the 2019 Conference on Statistical Practice.
Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award
The ASA is seeking nominations for its annual Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award, which recognizes members of the communications media who have best displayed an informed interest in the science of statistics and its role in public life.
Ellis R. Ott Scholarship Awarded for 2018-2019
The Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) awarded two Ellis R. Ott Scholarships for Applied Statistics and Quality Management for the 2018–2019 academic year.
Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Communications Award
The JPBM Communications Award is given each year to reward and encourage communicators who, on a sustained basis, bring mathematical ideas and information to nonmathematical audiences.
Jerome Sacks Award Nominations Sought
The prize recognizes sustained, high-quality, cross-disciplinary research involving the statistical sciences.
Gerald J. Hahn Q&P Achievement Award
Nominate a colleague for the Hahn Q&P Achievement Award. Deadline for nominations is February 28, 2019.
Six Statistical Organizations Issue Commendation for Andreas Georgiou
The ASA and five other statistical organizations joined to commend Andreas Georgiou for upholding the highest professional standards in his public service in the pursuit of integrity of statistical systems.
Larry Hedges Awarded 2018 Yidan Prize for Education Research
Northwestern University professor Larry Hedges, a pre-eminent scholar and global heavyweight in education research, was awarded the 2018 Yidan Prize for Education Research, the world’s largest prize in education research.
Karl E. Peace Award Recognizes Work of Patrick Ball
The American Statistical Association’s 2018 Karl E. Peace Award for Outstanding Statistical Contributions for the Betterment of Society recognized the work of leading human rights mathematician Patrick Ball of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group.