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Research
JEDI CORNER: Making Data Visualizations Accessible
Making data visualizations accessible to blind and visually impaired people would help improve equity in higher education and assist them with data-driven reasoning and communication.
JSM 2024: Regina Liu Wins 2024 Elizabeth L. Scott Award
Regina Liu received the COPSS 2024 Elizabeth L. Scott Award based on her outstanding achievements in research, education, service, and leadership and her superlative contributions to fostering opportunities for women, underrepresented groups, and junior researchers in statistics and nurturing their careers.
Benjamini, Yekutieli, Heller Awarded Second Annual Rousseeuw Prize
Tel Aviv University’s Yoav Benjamini, Daniel Yekutieli, and Ruth Heller received the Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics for their pioneering work on the false discovery rate.
ICHPS 2025: Statistical Innovation to Improve Health Equity
Statisticians, health service researchers, health economists, epidemiologists, and policy analysts will gather at the 15th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics to exchange and build on ideas to improve health equity research.
September Issue of Significance Focuses on Statistics, Space
The September issue turns to the heavens with a focus on statistics and space, from the Challenger disaster to safe spacesuits.
This Month in Statistics History: October
Learn more about important statistical events that happened in October.
Application Open for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Apply for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for outstanding early-career graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high-achieving scientists and engineers.
Diversity Workshop and Mentoring Program to Take Place at JSM 2024
This program brings together historically underrepresented minority statisticians and data scientists at early to mid-career levels with senior-level statisticians and data scientists from academia, government, and the private sector.
Registration Open for Summer Research Conference
The Southern Regional Council on Statistics Summer Research Conference will feature keynote speaker Bhramar Mukherjee and include three days of talks and a graduate student poster session.