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ASA Member News July 2017

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July 2017

Google Named ASA Corporate Partner

Financial contributions help deliver important programs to ASA members like you, students, teachers, and the public. The American Statistical Association is therefore proud to recognize Google as an ASA Corporate Partner in appreciation of its generous philanthropic contributions to ASA programs and awards. Google is also a sponsor of the Caucus for Women in Statistics reception at JSM 2017 and a platinum sponsor of the 2017 Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference.

ASA Promotes K-12 Statistics Education at School Counselors Conference

In an effort to expand awareness of the value of statistics education, the ASA recently attended the American School Counselors Association annual conference in Denver, Colorado. Paul Buckley, Elizabeth Ribble, and Nels Grevstad represented the ASA at the event, where they promoted the ASA’s public education campaign, ThisIsStatistics, and shared educational resources with school counselors from across the country.

Learn more about the ASA's outreach to school counselors.

ASA to Offer Free Media Training Workshop in October

The media is always looking for experts who can explain and help others visualize quantitative data and insights, so we are excited to offer you the opportunity to participate in a free media training workshop Friday, October 13, in Bethesda, Maryland. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the 2017 ASA Symposium on Statistical Inference at the same hotel, but participation is not limited to conference attendees.

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EVENTS

JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS
Baltimore, MD
July 29–August 3

Late Registration Deadline: July 24

JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS
Baltimore, MD
July 29–August 3

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If you're attending the conference, start building your program in the official JSM app!

2017 ASA BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SECTION REGULATORY-INDUSTRY STATISTICS WORKSHOP
Washington, DC
September 25–27

Advance Registration Deadline: August 30

Symposium on statistical inference
Bethesda, MD
October 11–13, 2017

View the online program and register early!

WOMEN IN STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE
La Jolla, CA
October 19–21, 2017

View the online program and register early!

2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH POLICY STATISTICS
Charleston, SC
January 10–12

CONFERENCE ON STATISTICAL PRACTICE
Portland, OR
February 15–17, 2018

Submit an Abstract

Poster Abstract Submission Deadline: August 31

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SCIENCE POLICY

ASA President Barry Nussbaum and former ASA President Katherine Wallman pen Huffington Post column about Andreas Georgiou case: Greece’s Troubling Prosecution of Its Former Chief Statistician: Why Congress and State Should Speak Up

Statistician Prosecuted: Latest Developments in Andreas Georgiou Case

ASA President Barry Nussbaum and ASA committee chair Jerry Reiter pen op-ed for The Hill: HONEST Act Needs Honest Engagement of Scientific Community

ASA Committee on Funded Research to Host Funding Opportunities Meeting at JSM 2017

House appropriations subcommittee releases first FY18 funding bills: Agreement with administration on some proposed cuts, disagreement on others. See FY18 NIH, NSF, AHRQ, and FDA Budget Developments and FY18 Statistical Agency Budget Developments.

Administration Proposes Major Cuts to Forensic Science Research and Reform Programs

National Academies releases sixth edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency

ASA sends letter in support of FY18 budget for Energy Information Administration, organizes letter in support of Bureau for Economic Analysis budget, and signs AAAS letter to President Trump urging engagement of scientific advisers and protection of scientific data.

Read former U.S. Census Bureau Director John Thompson's farewell blog, listing 20+ recent accomplishments of the bureau.

Science Division of White House Office Left Empty as Last Staffers Depart (CBS News)

In RSS presidential address, David Spiegelhalter says, “'Exaggerations' threaten public trust in science.” (The Guardian)

With John Thompson’s retirement from U.S. Census Bureau, Ron Jarmin assumes acting director role. 5 of 13 principal federal statistical agencies have acting directors.

NSF Workshop on Robustness, Reliability, and Reproducibility produces lexicon for reproducibility.
ASA participates in Capitol Hill event showing NSF research.

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ASA NEWS

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Stats+Stories Episode 37: Epidemic Trials and Tribulations with guest Susan Ellenberg

Statisticians Appointed Deans at Indiana University, Brigham Young

The prestigious International Prize in Statistics was presented to Sir David Cox at the ISI World Statistics Congress on July 16. Learn more about the prize.

Coming back for JSM 2017? Sign up to be a docent and don the orange pin. Share your knowledge with JSM first-timers!

2017 Internship Opportunities
Does your organization have an internship available? Post your openings in our annual online listing.

Could your work or research involving statistics have a public impact? Tell us about it! Email our public relations manager, Jill Talley, at jill@amstat.org.

OTHER NEWS

Help Promote Sound Research in Developing Countries by Donating Your Used Textbooks. JSM 2017 attendees can also drop off books in Baltimore.

Registration is still open for the free Data Science for the Public Good Symposium 2017 on July 27 in Arlington, VA

Ideas for your nonstatistics colleagues: "Statistical Thinking for 21st-Century Scientists," by David Cox and Brad Efron, Science Advances

Feedback, comments, or suggestions are welcome please email asamail@amstat.org with your ideas.