Jenna Krall blends art and analysis, moving from dance and mathematics to public health research. Now a tenured professor at George Mason, she brings creativity, teaching, and statistics together to train future public health professionals.
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Obituary: Herbert Withers Ware II
Longtime ASA member Herbert Withers Ware II passed away in late April.
Washington Statistical Society Hosts High School Poster Competition
The event, co-hosted by WSS and the George Mason University Department of Statistics, asked high school students to submit poster entries that explored the applications of statistics on a topic of their choice.
ASA, GMU Team on Project to Assess Health of Federal Statistical Agencies
Recently, a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation funded a collaboration between the American Statistical Association and George Mason University to assess the health of the federal statistical agencies. A team made up of ASA members will begin reporting their assessment in the first quarter of 2024, with updates annually thereafter.
Mason Statistics Welcomes New Faculty
The George Mason University (GMU) department of statistics at the new school of computing welcomed eight new faculty hired during the pandemic. They will work at the new school of computing.
Strong Growth for Statistics and Biostatistics Degrees Continues Through 2019
The decade of statistics continued with robust growth in the number of statistics and biostatistics degrees awarded annually at the bachelor’s and master’s levels. According to the latest preliminary data release from the National Center for Education Statistics, bachelor’s degrees grew 13 percent from 2018 to 2019 to 4,472 (44 of which are for biostatistics) and master’s degrees increased 7 percent to 4,515 (768 for biostatistics). Doctoral degrees decreased by 4 percent to 688 (186 for biostatistics).
Meet Shawn Bucholtz
A Q&A with the Director of the Housing and Demographic Analysis Division of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research
GMU Student Chapter Members Attend DataFest
The undergraduate members of George Mason University attended this year’s DC DataFest.
Student Chapters Host Data Science Hackathon
George Mason and George Washington University ASA student chapters and The George Washington University Department of Statistics held the inaugural “Data Challenge DC” hackathon this past April.
Master’s Programs in Data Science and Analytics
More universities are starting master’s programs in data science and analytics due to the wide interest from students and employers. We reached out to the statistical community and asked a few to answer our questions about the cross-disciplinary programs.