ASA communications are about people. They spotlight our stories, connect our community, and make the profession accessible to a broad audience. In this episode of Practical Significance, co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein welcome ASA Communications Manager Megan Murphy and Communications Strategist Val Nirala for a behind-the-scenes look at how the ASA communications team brings […]
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Events and Opportunities
New professional development opportunities, upcoming conferences, and opportunities to share your story with the ASA community.
Write for ASA Career Connect
Considering writing for the ASA Career Connect blog. Blog posts can be specific to your academic or professional interests.
ASA/AAAS Mass Media Fellowship Applications Sought
Students and postdocs interested in journalism and gaining writing experience that advances a statistical perspective can apply for the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship and spend 10 weeks with a media outlet next summer.
SIAM Seeks Nominations for Student Paper Prize
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Student Paper Prize is awarded annually to the student author(s) of the most outstanding paper(s) accepted by SIAM journals within the three years preceding the nomination deadline.
Harvard Undergrad Awarded ASA/AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
Lucy Tu—a junior studying sociology, neuroscience, and the history of science at Harvard University—will spend 10 weeks as a science journalist with Scientific American this summer as the ASA’s 2023 AAAS Mass Media Fellow.
Significance Writing Competition Open for Entries
Learn about the 2023 Statistical Excellence Award for Early Career Writing, jointly organized by Significance and the Young Statisticians Section of the Royal Statistical Society.
Meet CHANCE Magazine’s New Editors
Wendy Martinez and Donna LaLonde are the new co-editors of the ASA’s CHANCE magazine. Here, they answer a few questions about themselves and their plans for the publication this year.
Significance Editorial Board in Need of ASA Member
Significance magazine publishes stories about statistics and data science written by experts for everyone. Currently needed is an ASA member who is an expert statistician or data scientist to join the magazine’s editorial board.
Competition Open for Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing
The editor of Significance magazine, Brian Tarran, is inviting early-career statisticians and data scientists to use data and statistics to tell the stories that matter most to them—whether those stories are about politics, health, crime, education, industry, environment, or entertainment.