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UPCOMING EVENTS

04/21/2026 6-9PM EST SAVE-the-DATE Our annual spring gathering will take place in Villanova Inn. Stay tuned for more details coming soon!

02/26/2026 11AM EST Webinar Evidence-Based Practice for microRNA-seq Data Harmonization: Contextual Evaluation and Robust Benchmarkingby Dr. Li-Xuan Qin, Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, UK. Contact us for more info and registration.

02/05/2026 11AM EST Webinar Multiple-use prediction and calibration for all future values: simultaneous or pointwise tolerance bands, or something else? by Dr. Yang Han, Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, UK. 

OTHER CHAPTER-SPONSORED EVENT

04/01/2026 Delaware Valley Science Fairs (DVSF) will take place at the Greather Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA. We will need volunteer judges to select three special awards for posters by Grades 6 to 12 students that demonostrate the best use of statistics.  Please contact us if you are interested in serving as judges. 

DataFest Philly 2026 will take place on April 10-12, 2026 at Villanova University. Current undergraduate students may register in teams of 2-5 or sign up individually to be matched with a team. Please contact Dr. Michael Posner if you are interested in serving as consultants or judges. 

OTHER EVENTS IN THE AREA

Let us know if your organization has any statistical-related events you would like us to post!

CHAPTER AWARDS

These annual awards recognize outstanding statisticians in the greater Philadelphia area for excellence in research,  practice, and teaching. Two student awards are also established for exceptional undergraduate and graduate students. Nominations for 2025-2026 Awards is now closed. Please stay tuned for the 2026-2027 award nomination season, usually open around mid October. Email us if you have any questions about the awards and the nomination process. See award criteria, the past award recipients, and recipient highlights.

CHAPTER OFFICERS ELECTION

Chapter officers are elected annually with the new term starts August 1. Nonimation for candidates opens around mid May. Please email us if you have any questions about the chapter officers election. 

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHAPTER MEMBERS

• ASA Philadelphia Chapter won the 2024 ASA Chapter Challenge on Giving Day for region 2!! 

  Congratulations to our Chapter and Chapter members and a BIG THANK YOU to those who contributed. 

• Newly elected ASA fellows for 2025! 
  • Chenguang Wang – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
• Outstanding Chapter Service Award
  Congratulations to Bill Huber!!! Bill is recognized by ASA for this award at 2025 JSM!!!  We thank Bill for his contributions to the Chapter over multiple years in various positions including vice president and treasurer, as well his continuded efforts advising the current chapter officers.
• Prior Service Award recipients include Bill Pikounis, Alexandra Hanlon, Cindy Gargano, Debra Panebianco, Paul Johansen, Devan Mehrotra, Albert Getson, Boris Iglewicz, Jason Martin, Scott McClintock, and Zoe Zhang. 

• Weijie Su of the University of Pennsylvania was elected as a 2025 Fellow for the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS).
• Nandita Mitra of the University of Pennsylvania received 2025 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching by Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation.

           We would like to share your accomplishments, please let us know!!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

We are often looking for Chapter members to assist with webinar presentation, workshop for K-12 educators, local science fairs or DataFest judging, and writing for Chapter News for the AmStatNews magazine, etc. Contact us by email if you are interested. 

Contact Us for Questions or Comments!

ASA CHAPTER CHATTERS 

Check out the Summer 2024 issue of the newsletter for the last year's events and news by our Chapter!