The ASA Board of Directors met during JSM 2025 to approve key actions, receive financial and program updates, and discuss initiatives ranging from future JSM sites to strengthening community engagement and mentoring.
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Mass Media Fellow Finds Love for Science Journalism
Niamh Ordner spent 10 weeks at the ‘Los Angeles Times’ covering climate and health policy and cutting-edge research and inspired a love of science journalism.
USCOTS 2025 Focuses on ‘Useful Models’
The conference brought together hundreds of statistics and data science educators to explore innovative teaching strategies, keynote insights on useful models, and community recognition.
Registration Open for Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference
Registration is open for the Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference and video presentation proposal submissions are being accepted. The conference is an online event at which undergraduate statistics and data science students present their work, learn about careers in statistics and data science, and get information about applying to and succeeding in graduate school. The […]
Open Discussion: Responding to Criticism About ASA Statements
Ji-Hyun Lee reflects on the ASA’s updated process for issuing public statements, emphasizing the challenge of balancing neutrality and advocacy in a polarized climate while reaffirming the commitment to transparency and protecting the integrity of statistics.
Apertus: An LLM Designed for Data for Good
Apertus is an open-source large language model created to advance transparency and accessibility while supporting research, education, and projects that benefit society.
UCLA’s Latino Data Hub Brings Data, Analytics to Under-Served Community
The website provides accessible, high-quality data and analytics to support research, policymaking, and community advocacy for Latino communities across the United States.
Frauke Kreuter Wins Waksberg Award
Kreuter received the award for her pioneering contributions to survey methodology and training the next generation of data-savvy survey researchers
Rob Tibshirani Named Myles Hollander Distinguished Lecturer
Tibshirani, a leading statistician from Stanford University, will deliver the lecture at Florida State University on innovative methods in sparse regression.
Ruishan Lin Wins Statistical Significance Poster Competition
Ruishan Lin won for her work on detecting brain activity changes, with an honorable mention awarded to Kimberly Greco for her research on rare disease phenotyping.