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CHANCE Editor Chosen

The ASA recently named Sam Behseta the next executive editor of CHANCE magazine. Behseta is an associate professor in the department of mathematics at California State University in Fullerton and teaches a variety of undergraduate- and graduate-level statistics courses. He will serve as editor from 2011-2013. Read the full announcement.

JSM 2010 Plenary Sessions Webcasts Available

If you missed the Plenary Sessions, were unable to attend JSM, or just want to learn more about the meeting, the webcasts are now available for download/viewing.

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. Contact ASA Director of Science Policy Steve Pierson for more information.

Winner of Free ASA Membership

Congratulations to Graciela Contreras, winner of the August drawing for FREE ASA membership.

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ASA nominations to the National Assessment Governing Board

ASA plans to nominate testing and measurement experts for the National Assessment Governing Board, which sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)—also known as The Nation's Report Card. Please help ASA identify experts to nominate by sending suggestions to ASA Director of Science Policy Steve Pierson: pierson@amstat.org.

Short Courses on Bayesian Inference and Bayesian Adaptive Clinical Trials Sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Area of the ASA

Bayesian Inference, Prediction and Decision-Making to be presented by Professor David Draper on October 9

Learn your Trial ABC's - Adaptive Bayesian Clinical Trials to be presented by Scott Berry on October 10

For more information and to register, visit the chapter's web site. Attendees receive a discount if registering for both courses.

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.”

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.