Leslie McClure participated in the ASA’s JSM Congressional Visits Day to advocate for data literacy and statistics education.
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Statistics Without Borders: Outstanding Leadership and Projects in Data for Good
Statistics Without Borders—an ASA outreach group—has high-impact projects, volunteer recruiting, development, support, expertly managed projects, and excellent data for good resources.
Apply for Section Student Paper Awards
Many ASA sections sponsor student paper competitions to reward gifted students and help them mitigate the costs of attending JSM, which is an opportunity for students to get involved in the profession.
My ASA Story: Robert Tumasian III, Biostatistics PhD Candidate
Robert Tumasian III studies the intersection of mathematics and biomedical science: biostatistics!
Biometrics Section Seeks Candidates for Open Positions
The Biometrics Section is seeking candidates to be voted on during the 2023 election.
Joint Computing, Graphics Section Honors Douglas Bates
The section honored Bates for contributions to statistical computing infrastructure; developments of S, R, Julia, and mixed-effects models; and their applications in statistical research and practice.
Nominate a Colleague for COPSS Award
Check out this overview of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Awards, which will be presented at JSM 2023.
‘God Bless the ASA’ by Lawrence Lesser
Inspired by JSM being in our nation’s capital for the first in-person JSM since 2019, UTEP’s Lawrence Lesser rewrote Lee Greenwood’s signature hit song, “God Bless the USA,” to give the ASA our own anthem.
2022 SPAIG Award Honors Health Care Collaboration
The Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government Award annually recognizes outstanding partnerships among academe, industry, and government organizations and aims to promote new cross-sector collaborations. This distinct ASA award emphasizes recognition of outstanding collaborations between organizations, while also recognizing key individual contributors and important advances.
Daniela Witten Wins COPSS Presidents’ Award
Daniela Witten is a professor of statistics and biostatistics at the University of Washington and the Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair in Mathematical Statistics. She develops statistical machine learning methods for high-dimensional data.