Madhumita (Bonnie) Ghosh-Dastidar, a senior statistician at the nonprofit RAND Corporation and head of the RAND Statistics Group, was elected the 119th president of the American Statistical Association. She will be the first Asian-American female president and second Asian-American president.
scholarships
Applications Wanted for Bryant Scholarship
Applications are being accepted for the Edward C. Bryant Scholarship for an Outstanding Graduate Student in Survey Statistics until March 1.
Education Advocacy: Bending the ‘Moral Arc of the Universe’ with Data for Good
Education advocacy has a special place in Data for Good, partly for addressing such an important issue and also for how it builds the future.
$7,500 Scholarships Available
The Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality is accepting applications for $7,500 scholarships to support students who are enrolled in, or are accepted into enrollment in, a master’s degree or higher program with a concentration in applied statistics and/or quality management.
WSDS 2020 Student and Early-Career Scholarships Available
The Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference offers scholarships to support participation and offset the cost of conference registration.
Quality & Productivity Section News for February
The 2017 Quality and Productivity Research Conference will be hosted by the University of Connecticut (UConn) and held in Storrs June 13–15.
Awards and Deadlines for December 2016
News and information about awards and deadlines highlighted in the December issue of Amstat News.
Quality and Productivity Section News
News from the Quality and Productivity section of the ASA in the November issue of Amstat News.
Benefits of ASA Section Membership
With such a broad and diverse field as statistics is, each ASA section provides a “home” for statisticians to grow, network, and get involved—and every section is different!
Ellis R. Ott Scholarship
The Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality is offering $7,500 scholarships to support students enrolled in or accepted into a master’s degree or higher program with a concentration in applied statistics and/or quality management.