Emery N. Brown—statistician, computational neuroscientist, and anesthesiologist—was recently awarded an honorary Doctor of Medical Sciences degree from Yale University for his groundbreaking research on anesthesia and the brain.
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Obituary: Stephen Portnoy
Longtime ASA member and Fellow Stephen Portnoy passed away December 28, 2025.
Tamara Broderick Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Tamara Broderick was recently honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for her groundbreaking work with the Office of Naval Research.
JSM Session Set to Remember Thomas Jabine
Members of the Committee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights will revisit Jabine’s work touching on global governance, the ASA, and the intersection of statistics and human rights.
Cynthia Rudin
Cynthia Rudin became interested in machine learning because she wanted to predict the future. She is now associate professor of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and statistics at Duke University and directs the Prediction Analysis Lab. In 2015, she was named one of the “Top 40 Under 40” by Poets and Quants and one of the 12 most impressive professors at MIT by Businessinsider.com.