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ASA Announces Annual Awards

ASA today announced the winners of its prestigious annual awards. The winners will be honored on Tuesday evening, August 3 at the President’s Address session of ASA’s 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, BC. The list of awards and recipients is available here.

JABES Editor Named

ASA Member Montserrat Fuentes of NCSU has been appointed as editor of the Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics (JABES) effective January 1, 2011. The appointment was announced today by Dr. Kaye Basford, President of the International Biometric Society, in a news release.

ASA Supports Opposition to Changes in Canadian Census

Earlier this month, ASA president Sastry Pantula signed a letter to Canadian Minister of Industry Tony Clement urging reversal of the Canadian government’s decision to replace the mandatory long census form with a voluntary short form. The letter was initiated by the Statistical Society of Canada and was signed by SSC’s president, past president, and president elect. Since this letter was sent, the issue has heated up considerably, with daily stories and editorials in the Canadian media. Yesterday, Canada’s chief statistician resigned over the changes. The complete text of the July 9 letter can be read here. In addition, there are a number of articles on this topic in the Statisticians in the News section of the web site.

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Join the ASA Statistical Literacy Grassroots Campaign

Meet with your U.S. representative in his/her home district office

The American Statistical Association has launched a statistical literacy grassroots campaign and requests that you meet with your U.S. representative in his/her home district later this summer or early this fall about statistical literacy. With preparation under way for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (No Child Left Behind), this is a wonderful opportunity to educate our elected leaders about statistical literacy, its benefits, and the challenges toward achieving it.

For more information and to sign up, visit www.amstat.org/outreach/statliteracy/index.cfm?fuseaction=literarygrassrootscampaign. If you are going to JSM, you are invited to attend the training session at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, August 4. Contact ASA Director of Science Policy Steve Pierson for more information.

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National Academies Launch Study of Research Universities

The National Research Council today announced the creation of a 21-member panel of business and higher-education leaders who will spend the next year, at the request of Congress, compiling a list of “the top 10 actions that Congress, the federal government, state governments, research universities, and others could take to assure the ability of the American research university to maintain the excellence in research and doctoral education needed to help the United States compete, prosper, and achieve national goals for health, energy, the environment, and security in the global community of the 21st century.”

ASA and bepress to begin joint publication of JQAS

ASA and Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) have announced a new partnership to publish the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (JQAS). Both ASA and bepress bring to the publication of the JQAS their unique expertise, which will expand the journal’s readership and the breadth and depth of the content. Read the news release...

SPAIG committee needs volunteers to serve on its Advisory Boards and Review Teams for Academic Statistics Programs

As one of its initiatives, SPAIG (Statistics Partnerships among Academe, Industry, and Government) is in the process of updating its list of Advisory Boards and Review Teams for Academic Statistics Programs to be posted on its website. The purpose is to provide a list of statisticians working in government or industry that have interests in serving as advisors to academic statistics programs. This is an important function and a significant service to the statistics community. If you would like to be included in this list please send your name and contact information to Morteza Marzjarani.

Fourth Annual Workshop for Chairs of Programs in Statistics and Biostatistics

On Saturday, July 31 prior to JSM, the Caucus of Academic Reps will hold the fourth annual workshop for Chairs of Programs in Statistics and Biostatistics. This half-day workshop is designed to provide information and discussion for leaders of statistics and biostatistics groups and departments. In particular, it will try to stimulate discussion between new and experienced chairs on a range of topics from increasing diversity to promotion and tenure. View the workshop agenda and register.