The podcast, hosted by ASA executive director, Ron Wasserstein, and director of strategic initiatives and outreach, Donna LaLonde, will feature a lineup of ASA members who will share their passions, professional initiatives, and aspirations.
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NC Chapter Offers Tips for Holding a Virtual Career Fair
Due to COVID-19, the North Carolina Chapter’s 2020 career fair was reimagined in an all-virtual format. Here, the organizers offer advice based on the lessons they learned.
Virtual WSDS Maintains Connection Among Participants
More than 350 people attended the virtual WSDS. The conference themes are Share Knowledge, Build Community, and Grow Influence, which are represented in the sessions and poster presentations.
JSM 2021 Program Committee Members
Check out the members of the JSM 2021 Program Committee.
ASA, SciLine Team Up on Media Fact Sheet
The ASA recently teamed up with SciLine to create a fact sheet on polling that would be accessible to a wide audience. They also created an online media briefing on polling, which is archived for general access on SciLine’s website.
New Book in ASA-CRC Series Debunks Seven Terrorism Myths
The ninth book to be published in the ASA-CRC Series on Statistical Reasoning in Science and Society is Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics by Andre Python.
Stats4Good: Big Data Methods for Data for Good
Data for Good looks at the big data revolution and how it affects our approaches to problem-solving, as well as examples of how big data is being applied.
Meet Sylva Collins, Director of the Office of Biostatistics, US Food and Drug Administration
Sylva Collins joined the FDA’s Office of Biostatistics in 2019 and has more than 30 years of drug development experience and biostatistics leadership.
CSP 2020 Heading to West Coast in February
The Conference on Statistical Practice will take place in Sacramento, California, February 20–22 and provide opportunities for attendees to further their career development and strengthen relationships in the statistical community.
Quality and Productivity Section Sponsors JSM Course
The ASA Quality and Productivity Section will sponsor a continuing education course at JSM in Denver titled Big Data, Data Science, and Deep Learning for Statisticians.