George C. Tiao, a giant of modern statistics and beloved leader of the international statistical community, passed away peacefully in his sleep in Chicago on April 25, 2026, at the age of 92.
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ASA Recognizes Academic Departments for JEDI Efforts
Learn how the University of Iowa, New York University, and Indiana University are prioritizing justice, equality, diversity, and inclusion.
More Work Needed to Increase Racial, Ethnic Diversity in Biostatistics, Epidemiology Departments
Melody Goodman, Jemar Bather, Xiangying Chu, Marcello Pagano, Christine Plepys, and Ronnie Sebro recently published a paper titled “Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Students, Graduates, and Faculty in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 2010–2020” in Public Health Reports. We had a few questions for lead author Melody Goodman, who is the associate dean for research and professor of biostatistics at New York University School of Global Public Health. Check out here answers here.
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).
New Graduate Data Science Programs, Continued
The proliferation of master’s and doctoral programs in data science and analytics continues. Given their interdisciplinary nature, we identified programs involving faculty with expertise in different disciplines—including statistics—and asked them a few questions.
Sixth Annual Thomas R. Ten Have Symposium Offers Room for Discussion
The annual Thomas R. Ten Have Symposium on Statistics in Mental Health took place May 12 at New York University.