The AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors program brings together 100 women from a variety of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers to serve as high-profile role models for middle-school girls.
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Teaching Statistics Trust Lecture Recording Available Online
Christine Franklin, the ASA’s K–12 statistical ambassador, presented the 2018 Teaching Statistics Trust Lecture, titled “Statistical Problem Solving: The Art and Science of Learning and Teaching from Data,” in three locations in the United Kingdom in September of 2018.
USA Science & Engineering Festival Team Expands Efforts to Cities Outside DC
The success of the annual X-STEM symposium in Washington, DC—an event featuring interactive presentations from STEM visionaries—has led the USA Science & Engineering Festival team to branch out.
1000 Girls, 1000 Futures: New York Academy of Sciences’ Mentoring Initiative
New York Academy of Sciences’ 1000 Girls, 1000 Futures encourages women ages 13–18 interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to pursue STEM careers through skill development and mentoring.
Boost Your Career in Washington
The AAAS is currently looking for statisticians to join its fellowship program. The AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) are the premier opportunity for outstanding mathematicians, statisticians, scientists, and engineers at any career stage to learn first-hand about policymaking while contributing their STEM mindset to American government.
Student Chapter Officers Gather for First Time at JSM 2017
ASA student chapter officers and faculty advisers came together for the first time at this year’s JSM to share their experiences and plan for the future.
Teaching Statistical Literacy to Non-STEM Majors: Challenges and Opportunities
Michelle Everson and Ellen Gundlach’s students are more likely to be consumers of statistical information than producers of statistics, so they developed courses designed to help students become critical consumers of statistical information.
Summertime and the Living Is …
It’s August, but despite what Nat King Cole may have thought, the days are hardly lazy for the statistics profession.
San Antonio Chapter Promotes Statistics at CORE4 STEM
The San Antonio Chapter in collaboration with the ASA Student Chapter at The University of Texas at San Antonio participated in CORE4 STEM Expo and Family Day November, an event attended by more than 10,000 students.
ASA Leaders Reminisce: David Morganstein
In the 21st installment of the Amstat News series of interviews with ASA presidents and executive directors, we feature a discussion with 2015 ASA President David Morganstein.