Award deadlines and information from the January issue of Amstat News
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Submissions Wanted for Student Paper Award
The Section on Statistics and the Environment is sponsoring a student paper competition on environmental statistics.
Mu Sigma Rho
Mu Sigma Rho, the national honor society for statistics, invites academic institutions to nominate their outstanding teaching faculty for the 2010 Mu Sigma Rho Statistical Education Award.
COPSS Award Nominations Sought
Nominations are being sought for the Fisher Lectureship and Award, Presidents’ Award, and Elizabeth L. Scott Award.
Section Lauds Award Winners
The Statistics in Epidemiology section congratulates the winners of the Young Investigator Award and student travel awards.
Paper Award Guidelines Announced
Student paper awards ($1,000 prize) are presented annually during the Joint Statistical Meetings Biopharmaceutical Section open business meeting. Student research papers with statistical content applicable to the biopharmaceutical arena are eligible for consideration.
Mentoring Award Winners: Kevin Cecco and Lillian Lin
On the afternoon of June 17, Kevin Cecco of the Internal Revenue Service and Lillian Lin of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were presented with the Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award in the conference center of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This year marked the first time in the award’s seven-year history that two winners were chosen, as well as the first time the ASA’s Government Statistics Section oversaw the award selection process. The audience of approximately 60 attendees comprised colleagues, family, and friends of Jeanne Griffith and both awardees, as well as the members of the award selection committee and Interagency Council on Statistical Policy.