Jerry Moreno reflects on a 58-year career dedicated to helping students move beyond memorizing formulas to developing statistical thinking skills.
STEM
Hackathon Brings Students Together for Hands-On Coding
This hands-on hackathon brought students together to solve problems, sharpen skills, and learn from one another.
Taking the Opportunities the WSS Has Given
As the Washington Statistical Society celebrates its 100th anniversary, Mark Otto reflects on how his chapter offered more opportunities than he ever imagined.
Shared Goals and Contrasting Objectives: Understanding DataFest Through Dual Perspectives
An NSF-funded research project allowed the authors to examine six DataFest sites over two years, surveying and interviewing both organizers and participants to understand their motivations, goals, and challenges.
Application Open for SBB Research Group Foundation STEM Scholarship
Students currently enrolled full time at a university within the United States are eligible to apply for the summer SBB Research Group Foundation STEM Scholarship.
Elizaveta (Liza) Levina
Growing up in St. Petersburg, Russia, Elizaveta Levina excelled in math and pursued it in college, though without a clear career plan. It wasn’t until she was assigned to teach an introductory statistics course during her master’s studies that she realized her passion for applying mathematical thinking to real-world problems.
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.
Checking In: LGBTQ+ Advocacy Committee
Learn about the committee and support it as it works toward justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in all professions.
Christophe Toukam Tchakoute
Christophe Toukam Tchakoute grew up in Cameroon during the peak of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which is how he became interested in STEM. His interest was reinforced when he attended the University of Cape Town in South Africa and became curious about the chemistry and cell biology of HIV and how the virus can hijack the immune system for its own benefit. Consequently, he interned in the HIV/AIDS department at the World Health Organization and was introduced to epidemiology and biostatistics. He now works at Genentech and leverages statistics and real-world data to inform clinical trial design for different oncology programs.
ASA, INFORMS Lead Webinar on Data Literacy
The webinar, aimed at congressional staffers, was hosted by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, known as INFORMS, and moderated by INFORMS Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer Jeff Cohen.