Richard De Veaux discusses a colleague’s involvement in allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.
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Call for Proposals: JSM 2021 Late-Breaking Sessions
A late-breaking session covers one of the emerging statistical issues of the day—pressing questions of contemporary statistics and their impact.
CHANCE Highlights: Issue Looks at Black History Month, Slot Machines, and Crowd Funding
The February issue of CHANCE includes an interview with Emery Brown, as well as articles on crowd-funding, slot machines, statistics education, and misattribution.
Pfizer/ASA/UConn Distinguished Statistician Colloquium Returns
Peter Bickel of the University of California, Berkeley will present “Four Excursions in Genomics” at the colloquium.
Podcast Series Tackles Getting a Job
Richard Franzese of Certara and Glen Wright Colopy of Pod of Asclepius will host a three-part career Q&A with an episode each dedicated to undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students.
My ASA Story: Katherine Monti
Katherine Monti shares stories about her work with the ASA and offers advice for others looking to be of service to the association.
Data for Good Can Drive COVID Vaccine Confidence
David Corliss says statisticians can help address the distrust of vaccines, a large challenge of this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
FY21 Federal Budget Finalized
![Figure 1 shows the budgets of the seven mid-sized statistical agencies normalized to their FY09 levels, along with the GDP deflator to account for inflation. Budget restructuring for ERS in FY15 and ORES in FY19 are accounted for in the graph to allow for comparison over this time period. One-time moving costs in FY16 for BEA are also omitted. [Key: BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis; BJS, Bureau of Justice Statistics; BTS, Bureau of Transportation Statistics; ERS, USDA Economic Research Service; NCSES, NSF National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics; ORES, Social Security Administration Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics; SOI, IRS Statistics of Income Division]](https://magazine.amstat.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FY_Figure1_-150x150.jpg)
The NIH, NSF, and several federal statistical agencies received increases, but many are facing fiscal challenges after years of purchasing power loss.
Five Win CSP Student Awards
The winners of the John J. Bartko, Lester R. Curtin, and Lingzi Lu Memorial Awards will receive financial support to attend CSP 2021.
A Story of Resilience in Troubling Times
Everyone has a personal reservoir of resilience and current times require using those reservoirs to navigate the day-to-day challenges and help others whose wells have run low.