News from the Arizona Chapter
The Arizona Chapter is in the planning stage of the ASA DataFest™ competition for Arizona’s public universities, including Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona. The competition is scheduled for April 5–7 and will be hybrid, with students being able to compete both online and in person based on their university location...Read more
News from the Boston Chapter
On January 31, the Boston Chapter honored Kylie Bemis with the Boston Chapter Outstanding Teaching Award during an evening reception co-sponsored by Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. The award recognizes distinguished faculty members who have made exceptional contributions to statistics and data science education...Read more
News from the Cincinnati Chapter
The Cincinnati Chapter continued its annual participation in the Southwest Ohio Science and Engineering Expo on March 9. It awarded prizes for proficiency in the application of statistical methods at both the 5–8 and 9–12 grade levels. At the college level, the chapter will recognize outstanding undergraduate and graduate students at local universities with the Comer-Reynolds Memorial Award later this spring...Read more
News from the Kansas Western-Missouri Chapter
The chapter hosted the ASA Traveling Course titled “Navigating Tough Conversations in Statistical Collaboration”—presented by Emily Griffith, Julia Sharp, and Zach Weller from Drexel University—September 29, 2023, at the Kansas University-Edwards campus. Following the course, the chapter held its meeting, during which Weller gave a presentation titled “A Bayesian Integrated Population Model for Understanding Natural Gas Emissions in Local Distribution Systems”...Read more
News from the Mid-Tennessee Chapter
The Mid-Tennessee Chapter hosted a traveling course titled "From R Markdown to Quarto," taught by Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, a professor of the practice of statistical science at Duke University and developer educator at Posit...Read more
News from the Virginia Chapter
The Virginia Chapter hosted its annual chapter meeting at the academic health campus of Virginia Commonwealth University on October 27, 2023. Although most participants were from VCU, a significant number of registrants came from the University of Virginia and Old Dominion University...Read more