The Penn State Department of Statistics hosted the 2025 Rao Prize Conference on May 20 to recognize leading contributors to the statistics field. Among the honorees were Trevor Hastie, recipient of the 2025 C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize, and Martin Wainwright, the 2025 P. R. Krishnaiah Lecturer.
Stanford
Elena Tej Grewal
Elena Grewal’s journey began in New Haven, Connecticut, where the stark contrast between her public elementary school and elite private high school ignited her passion for addressing inequality. Studying ethics, politics, and economics at Yale, she sought solutions through public policy before discovering the power of data while pursuing a PhD at Stanford.
Nancy Reid
Nancy Reid initially intended to become a computer scientist because it was rumored to be the “future.” Instead, during her undergraduate years, she discovered she enjoyed statistics. She went on to pursue an MSc at the University of British Columbia, after which she expected to find a ‘real job.’ However, when she did her research thesis, she became hooked on research. In fact, the research environment was so exciting to her she has dedicated her entire career to academia. Still, Reid said she values the influence she has on her students the most.
Obituaries for April 2023
ASA members Donald Young, Jane Gentleman, and Donald Guthrie passed away recently.
People News for December 2021
See what ASA members have been up to lately in the December 2021 People News update.
People News for June 2021
Paul M. Ellner, Roderick Little, and Joseph Romano were honored recently.
Obituary: Michael Ross Chernick
Michael Ross Chernick died unexpectedly on January 1, 2021. He was 73 years old.
SDSS: Data Science and Statistics on the Pittsburgh Waterfront
Register today for the 2020 Symposium on Data Science and Statistics. There will be a speed mentoring event and organized lunch meetups. Also, new this year: Career Service.
A Conversation With Sally C. Morton: Excellence in Health Policy Statistics
The International Conference on Health Policy Statistics has played a vital role in the dissemination of statistical methods in health policy and health services research. In preparation for the next conference, we’re running a series of interviews with previous Health Policy Statistics Section award winners. This month, we feature a conversation between Sally C. Morton and Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar.
Meet Jason Brown: Associate Commissioner for the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
Brown has spent his career as an economist for the federal government—now he is part of the federal statistical community at the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics (ORES). Working for ORES consists of extracting administrative data, producing statistics and research from that data, and disseminating those research and statistics.