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Professor Offers Advice for Students Interested in Statistics, Data Science
Statistics students, are you juggling too much or worried about the future? Here, Mine Dogucu provides advice for effective time management, choosing a career path, and improving your social connections. This article has it all.
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What Would You Tell Your Grad School Self?
Members of the ASA’s Committee on Career Development think back to their graduate school days and answer the question, “What would you tell your grad school self?”
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Three Win Travel Awards to Conference on Statistical Practice
Learn more about the winners of the John J. Bartko Award, the Lester R. Curtin Award, and the Lingzi Lu Memorial Award, who will attend CSP 2023.
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ASA Pride Scholarship Nominations Open
The ASA Pride Scholarship was established to raise awareness for and support the success of LGBTQ+ statisticians and data scientists and allies.
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Following a Graduate Student’s Path: Getting to Know Robert Tumasian III
A fourth-year PhD candidate in biostatistics at Columbia University, Robert Tumasian III has a full plate. Be inspired by this candid Q&A with him and gain some insight into the life of a grad student.
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Bryant Scholarship Applications Accepted Until March 1
One scholarship recipient is selected annually and receives a certificate and cash prize of $2,500.
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SAMSI to Offer Optimization Program Summer School
The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute is offering a summer school program that will introduce graduate students and early-career researchers in the mathematical and statistical sciences to the mathematical and statistical approaches in pptimization and their applications.
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The Collaborating Statistician: Publishing in a Peer-Reviewed Journal
Research professor Alexandra Hanlon provides a flexible, step-by-step guide for statisticians who are collaborating in crafting a manuscript for a peer-reviewed clinical journal.
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Advice for Those Applying to Graduate School
What does it take to get into graduate school, especially a graduate program in statistics? We asked David Banks and Mark Daniel Ward, both professors in statistics, to give their best advice to those determined to move their academic career forward.
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Learning for a Living
When considering graduate programs in statistics, there is much to take into consideration—including learning.