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2024
January 24, 2024
In Memoriam: 1992 ASA President Katherine Wallman
2023
May 15, 2023
American Statistical Association Elects 2025 President
February 15, 2023
ASA Praises Bipartisan Introduction of Data Science and Literacy Education Bill
January 3, 2023
Halt the Persecution of Andreas Georgiou
2022
October 19, 2022
Marino, Mukherjee, Pollard, and Quackenbush Elected Members of National Academy of Medicine
May 25, 2022
Presidents' Letter Regarding Racist Murders in Buffalo
May 9, 2022
Claire Bowen, Ron Prevost Named to Census Scientific Advisory Committee
May 5, 2022
Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar Elected 2024 ASA President
May 2, 2022
Congratulations to the 2022 ASA Fellows
May 2, 2022
ASA Commends OMB on Appointment of New Chief Statistician
February 9, 2022
Statement from ASA and RSS on the Dismissal of Turkish Statistics Chair
January 21, 2022
ASA Applauds DHS Designation of Data Science as STEM Field Eligible for Student Visa Extension Program
2021
December 10, 2021
ASA Awarded $1.5M NSF Grant to Boost Underrepresented Students
November 22, 2021
Advocacy Update: Greek Supreme Court Sets 2023 Hearing for Georgiou Slander Case
November 8, 2021
Modern Statistics and the Modern Newsroom
November 4, 2021
Santos Confirmed as US Census Bureau Director
September 14, 2021
ASA Releases Task Force Report on 2020 Census Analysis and Replicability Report
February 4, 2021
Updates on the 2020 Census Quality Indicators
March 19, 2021
Greek Statistician Found Liable for Slander, Continues to Face Persecution
March 19, 2021
ASA Presidents Condemn Anti-Asian Racism
August 10, 2021
Advocacy Update: ASA Board Reissues Calls for Georgiou Persecution to End, Exoneration
April 19, 2021
ASA President Robert Santos Tapped to Lead US Census Bureau
May 19, 2021
Dionne Price Elected President of American Statistical Association
June 10, 2021
Katherine J. Thompson Appointed Statistics Editor of JSSAM
June 22, 2021
ASA Task Force on Statistical Significance and Replicability Report
2020
January 6, 2020
ASA Members Host ‘Ask Me Anything’ Sessions on Reddit
January 13, 2020
Statisticians in the News: Andreas Georgiou
February 21, 2020
President’s Budget Request Has Increases for Economic Statistical Agencies, Cuts for NIH and NSF
March 4, 2020
Co-Chairs Share Insights Gleaned from 2020 Census Data Products Workshop
July 16, 2020
ASA Reacts to New COVID-19 Reporting Guidelines
October 13, 2020
ASA Board Releases 2020 Census Quality Indicators
March 6, 2020
Appeal Hearing Delayed for Greece’s Andreas Georgiou
April 1, 2020
Census 2020: It’s Not Just the Government’s Job to Ensure We’re All Counted
April 15, 2020
ASA Applauds Census Bureau Request for Data Delivery Extension
May 11, 2020
Katherine Ensor Elected 2022 ASA President
May 28, 2020
American Statistical Association Releases Statement on Government Data Experts
July 6, 2020
ASA Reissues Georgiou Statement on Mitsotakis’s One-Year Anniversary
July 8, 2020
ASA Reacts to Administration Decision Affecting International Students
July 31, 2020
Newsworthy Research Highlights from JSM 2020
September 8, 2020
ASA Announces New Anti-Racism Task Force
October 2, 2020
ASA President-Elect Santos Makes Statement on Another Political Appointment to Census
October 14, 2020
President-Elect Santos: Ending Census Count Early Hurts Nation
2019
January 2, 2019
Bill to Implement Evidence-Based Policymaking Recommendations Becomes Law
January 4, 2019
Steven Dillingham Confirmed as Director of the Census
January 9, 2019
ASA Endorses Post-Election Audits Principles
January 10, 2019
ASA Issues Guidance on Statistical Statements for Forensic Evidence
January 31, 2019
Federal Judge Rules Against Inclusion of Citizenship Question on 2020 Census
February 7, 2019
ASA Applauds Appropriators’ Statements About ERS Move
March 8, 2019
Two-Year College Data Science Curriculum Report Released, Webinar Planned
March 11, 2019
Tentative Justice Won for Greece’s Georgiou
March 18, 2019
ASA Speaks Up for Integrity of 2020 Census, Scientific Process
March 20, 2019
Campaign to Protect USDA Research and Statistics Continues in New Congress
March 22, 2019
Editorial Calls Time on ‘Statistically Significant’ in Research
April 2, 2019
ASA Leads Amicus Brief on Census Citizenship Question
April 9, 2019
President’s FY20 Budget Proposal Follows Past Proposals with Few Exceptions
April 11, 2019
ASA Recognizes NPR Reporter Hansi Lo Wang for Outstanding Extensive Coverage of Decennial Census
May 10, 2019
ASA Members Elect Robert Santos, Dionne Price to Association Leadership
May 10, 2019
Kathryn Roeder Elected Member of National Academy of Sciences
May 21, 2019
Count on Stats Campaign Launches LinkedIn Group to Support Federal Statistical Agencies
May 22, 2019
Diana Cai Awarded ASA/AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
May 31, 2019
Data Tripper: Distinguishing Authorship of Beatles Songs Through Data Science
June 14, 2019
With USDA’s Decision to Move Research Units to Kansas City Region, ASA Continues to Advocate for Integrity of USDA Science and Evidence-Based Policymaking
June 28, 2019
ASA Welcomes Supreme Court Decision—Albeit Complicated—to Continue Blocking Census Citizenship Question
July 15, 2019
ASA Continues Advocacy for Evidence-Based Policymaking, Scientific Integrity at USDA
July 15, 2019
ASA Lauds Decision to Leave Citizenship Question Off 2020 Census
July 23, 2019
ASA Welcomes Regina Nuzzo as Senior Advisor for Statistics Communication and Media Innovation
September 9, 2019
Partnership with New York Times Learning Network Enters Third Year
September 13, 2019
Kafadar Testifies Before Congress on Forensic Science Reform
September 25, 2019
Iowa State Stats Professor Elected to National Academy of Medicine
September 25, 2019
ASA P-Value Statement Viewed > 150,000 Times
September 26, 2019
Eight Years of Government Persecution of Greek Statistician
October 24, 2019
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships Begin
November 15, 2019
‘Statistics at a Crossroads’ Recommendations Are Released
October 10, 2019
ASA Issues New Statement of Support for Greek Statistician Andreas Georgiou
2018
January 5, 2018
CHANCE Explores Role of Statistics in Climate Research
January 12, 2018
Hundreds Sign Onto Statement to Halt Legal Proceedings Against Georgiou, Colleagues
January 24, 2018
ASA, AMS Issue Joint Statement Regarding Drawing of Voting Districts, Partisan Gerrymandering
January 24, 2018
ASA Convenes Task Force on Sexual Harassment and Assault
February 1, 2018
Puerto Rico Government Considers Eliminating Statistical Agency
February 16, 2018
ASA Statement, Prominent Individuals Urge Greek Authorities to Halt Prosecutions of Andreas Georgiou, His Colleagues
February 16, 2018
ASA Launches Campaign to Rebuild Public Trust in Federal Statistics
February 20, 2018
ASA Committee for Funded Research Issues Call for Volunteers
February 22, 2018
President’s FY2019 Budget Request Includes 2.3B Increase for 2020 Census, Slashed Economic Research
February 26, 2018
Efforts to Dismantle Puerto Rico Statistics Agency Paused, Challenges Remain
February 28, 2018
It’s On: Second Annual Statsketball Tournament for Students
March 8, 2018
Efforts to Dismantle Puerto Rico Statistics Agency Resume
March 14, 2018
CHANCE Explores Role of Statistics in Human Rights
March 22, 2018
FY18 Omnibus Has Good News, Bad News
March 27, 2018
ASA Releases Statement on Census Citizenship Question
March 27, 2018
Princeton Graduate Student Awarded ASA/AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
April 10, 2018
ASA President Addresses Forensic Science Concerns
April 16, 2018
A Strategic Plan for Biomedical Research— Without Statistics?
April 25, 2018
16 Statistics Students Awarded Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
May 8, 2018
Bureau of Labor Statistics' Wendy Martinez Elected ASA President
May 8, 2018
47 Scientific Organizations Urge Puerto Rico to Preserve Independent Statistical Institute
May 18, 2018
ASA Board Decries Second Annulment of Former Greece Chief Statistician’s Acquittal
May 29, 2018
Two ASA Fellows Elected to National Academy of Sciences
June 7, 2018
ASA Speaks Out on Trump’s Tweet Ahead of Monthly BLS Jobs Report
June 12, 2018
ASA Denounces Greek Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Double-Jeopardy Conviction of Former Chief Statistician
June 27, 2018
Down to the Wire on Future of Puerto Rico’s Statistics Institute
July 3, 2018
Puerto Rico’s Statistics Institute Saved for Now
July 6, 2018
Tour Through Probability’s Mysteries Promised During Free Public Lecture
July 16, 2018
Cressie, Mengersen Elected to Australian Academy of Science
July 23, 2018
Biostatistician to Head University of Michigan School of Public Health
August 22, 2018
New ThisIsStatistics Video Features Survey Research as Career
August 27, 2018
ASA Urges EPA Proposed Rule Be Withdrawn or Rejected
August 27, 2018
ASA Cautions Against Addition of Citizenship Question in 2020 Census
September 4, 2018
ASA Opposes USDA Plan Likely to Undermine Economic Research Service Work
September 12, 2018
‘What’s Going On in This Graph?’ Goes Weekly
September 17, 2018
New National Academies Report Urges Paper Ballots, Recommends States Mandate Risk-Limiting Audits
September 21, 2018
Northwestern University’s Larry Hedges Named 2018 Yidan Prize Winner
September 24, 2018
Six Statistical Organizations Issue Commendation for Andreas Georgiou
September 24, 2018
USDA Deputy Secretary Joins ASA Webinar Addressing Move, Reorganization
October 10, 2018
Leaders Across Five Decades Unite to Oppose USDA Statistics and Research Plans
October 17, 2018
Francesca Dominici, Xihong Lin Elected to National Academy of Medicine
November 1, 2018
ASA Partners on Amicus Brief Challenging Citizenship Question
November 12, 2018
International Prize in Statistics Awarded to Bradley Efron
November 13, 2018
Department of Transportation Proposes Realignment of Bureau of Transportation Statistics
December 6, 2018
ASA Decries USDA Undermining of Federal Statistical Agency, Evidence-Based Policymaking
December 17, 2018
Sloan Foundation Awards Funding to Enhance Data Science Expertise in Federal Government
December 17, 2018
Independence of Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics at Risk Again
2017
January 10, 2017
ASA Sponsors DSAA‘2017, Elevates Impact of Statisticians
January 11, 2017
Nancy Potok Named Chief Statistician of the United States
January 16, 2017
ASA Committee Develops Funding Proposal Guidance Document
January 25, 2017
ASA Develops Reproducible Research Recommendations
January 25, 2017
ASA Issues Statement in Response to President’s Executive Order on Visas and Immigration
February 10, 2017
Nothing but Net: New ASA Student Contest Combines Statistics and Basketball
February 22, 2017
ASA Issues Statement on March for Science
March 22, 2017
Students Prove Statistics Key to Predicting Success in College Basketball
March 27, 2017
Cornell College Math and Stats Professor Wins National Statistics Award
March 29, 2017
ASA Expresses Support for Ousted Statistics Officials
April 7, 2017
New Report Highlights Growing Demand for Data Science, Analytics Talent
April 10, 2017
UMD Student Nick Thieme Awarded Inaugural ASA/AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
April 26, 2017
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Given to 12 Students for Statistics
April 28, 2017
Statistician Tops List of Best Jobs in 2017
May 10, 2017
ASA Bestows Prestigious Fellow Designation Upon 62 Statisticians
May 12, 2017
ASA Issues Statement on the Retirement of Census Bureau Head
May 23, 2017
University of Virginia’s Karen Kafadar Elected ASA President
June 6, 2017
ASA Members Named to Academy Health Methods Council
July 5, 2017
Statisticians Appointed Deans at Indiana University, Brigham Young
July 10, 2017
Google Named ASA Corporate Partner
August 2, 2017
Georgiou Convicted Again, the ASA Continues its Pledge of Support for his Work and Independent, Objective Statistical Data
August 25, 2017
Data Science White Paper Addressing Challenges, Opportunities for Statistics, Biostatistics Now Available
September 7, 2017
ASA Partners with New York Times Learning Network to Launch Monthly Statistics Feature
September 13, 2017
ASA Continues Support of Former Greek Statistician, Questions Integrity of Greek Government
September 20, 2017
ASA, Police Data Initiative Launch Challenge for Statistics Students
September 22, 2017
On the Road Again … CMU’s Greenhouse, Harvard’s Normand Lead Review Panel, Report on Federal Transportation Recommendations
September 22, 2017
ASA Joins Mathematical Societies in Encouraging Involvement in National Science Foundation’s 10 Big Ideas
October 6, 2017
Mary Gray, Deanna Haunsperger Designated AWM Fellows
October 10, 2017
ASA Receives NSF Grant for Two-Year College Data Science Summit
October 11, 2017
Stanford’s Mathematics and Statistics Chair Wins ‘Genius’ Award, Named MacArthur Fellow
October 12, 2017
Harvard Statistician Sherri Rose Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
October 25, 2017
Statisticians Chen, Durgana Named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List for Being Visionaries in Business, Academia, Advocacy
October 30, 2017
UC Berkeley Biostatistics Professor Nicholas Jewell Appointed to National Academy of Medicine
November 6, 2017
CHANCE Examines Measuring the Scourge That Is Modern Slavery
November 14, 2017
BLS Projects Rapid Growth of Statisticians in Future Jobs Report
November 28, 2017
ASA Urges Appointment of US Census Bureau Leadership That Maintains Integrity, Objectivity of Bureau, Decennial Census
November 30, 2017
ASA Circulates Statement to Halt Legal Proceedings Against Georgiou, Colleagues
November 30, 2017
ASA Endorses Report by Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
December 7, 2017
ASA Commemorates Human Rights Day on December 10
December 12, 2017
Stats-Savvy Students Help Improve Community Safety in ASA Contest Analyzing Police Emergency Call Data
December 20, 2017
ASA Bachelor’s Survey Examines Growth of Undergraduate Statistics Degrees
December 20, 2017
Berkeley Professor Leads Nation’s First Statewide Risk-Limiting Election Audit
2016
April 25, 2016
Participate in a Voter ID Study
April 25, 2016
Up at Bat: Tom Tippett, Senior Analyst for the Boston Red Sox
September 25, 2016
How a Salsa-Dancing Former Monk from Argentina Is Instilling Confidence and Wonder in Her Statistics Students
September 25, 2016
Stat Savvy Students Predict Hillary Clinton will be Next U.S. President
September 29, 2016
Former UC Berkeley Stats Chair Appointed to Election Assistance Commission Board
October 10, 2016
ASA Hits One Out of the Ballpark with Sports Statistics Webinar
October 27, 2016
ASA Joins AAPOR in Statement on Use of Incentives in Survey Participation
November 7, 2016
Biometrics Section Looks to Develop Next Generation of Biostatisticians
November 14, 2016
New National Survey by SHRM Shows Employers Struggling to Meet Growing Demand for Data Analysts
December 1, 2016
ASA’s Newest Public Education Video Explores Employer Demand for Stat-Savvy Data Analysis Professionals
December 15, 2016
Stephen Fienberg, Dead at 74, Leaves Statistics Legacy
April 25, 2016
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