The ASA community, along with her many colleagues and friends, mourn the loss of Connie M. Borror—and we remember her life and work.
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Biopharmaceutical Section Announces 2016 Mentoring Program
The latest news from the ASA’s Biopharmaceutical Section, including information about its 2016 mentoring program.
DC DataFest: George Mason’s ASA Chapter Wins ‘Best Visualization’ Award
The multidisciplinary team of five students from the ASA’s George Mason University Student Chapter participated in the weekend-long Big Data analysis competition April 8–10.
Presidential Teaching Honoree Shares Perspective on Statistics Education
ASA member Shelby Aaberg shares some of the teaching techniques and philosophies that led him to win the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
An Interview with Steve Fienberg, 2015 NISS Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research Winner
Stephen Fienberg, Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Social Science and co-director of the Living Analytics Research Center at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses his career, interests, and work, and shares advice for new statisticians.
Obituaries for March 2016
Obituaries for Donald Ray Akin, Norman E. Breslow, Subramanian Panchapakesan, and Richard Schmidt
People News for February
News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the February issue. For a complete listing of news and information about the members of the ASA, click here.
Sellers-McCroan Award Presented to Karl Peace
Karl Peace was presented with the Sellers-McCroan Award for his lifelong commitment to improving public health through academia and laboratory advancements.
Chapter Inducts 35 into Mu Sigma Rho
The ASA’s Kansas-Western Missouri Chapter recently cooperated with area universities to induct 35 students into Mu Sigma Rho, the national honor society for statistics. Any group of statisticians at a nonacademic institution or comprising a chapter or section of a statistical society may apply to be an affiliate chapter of Mu Sigma Rho. Since most […]
Workgroup Offers Ideas for Growing Membership
What should the ASA do or offer to serve the world’s largest community of statisticians? The Membership Growth Workgroup advocates a multi-pronged approach to connecting with specific groups within the statistical community. The first set of recommendations and endorsements are aimed at young statisticians; the other sets are aimed at lapsed members, industry statisticians, and government statisticians.