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Capture Attention, Provide Rich Experience with Visual Storytelling
With the popularity of video skyrocketing, there will probably come a time in your career when you are asked to tell a story visually. Video has several benefits, but the most important is its ability to combine visuals, sound, and movement to capture your viewer’s attention more effectively and give them a richer experience. If creating a video seems daunting, it doesn’t have to be. Read on for a few tips.
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Applications Wanted for Ellis R. Ott Scholarship
The ASQ Statistics Division offers $7,500 scholarships for graduate students at US or Canadian institutions. Students should apply by June 15 to support their studies in applied statistics.
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Nominations Sought for Gertrude Cox Scholarship Award
Nominate a woman enrolled in a graduate statistics or data science program for the Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship.
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Nominations Wanted for Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize
Nominate a student for the Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by May 31. The annual prize gives $1,200 to an undergraduate in Canada, Mexico, the US, or its territories for outstanding mathematics research.
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Nominations Sought for SIAM Student Paper Prize
Apply for the SIAM Student Paper Prize for outstanding papers in SIAM journals by February 15.
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Application Open for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Apply for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for outstanding early-career graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high-achieving scientists and engineers.
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Promoting Your Consulting Business (Carefully) with Email
Email is one way to find clients for a new statistical consulting business, but they should be written carefully. If your emails are too strongly worded and sent too often, you may lose your audience or have your emails marked as spam.
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Two Honored with Ellis R. Ott Scholarship
The Ellis R. Ott Scholarship Governing Committee awards two $7,500 scholarships to promising master’s and PhD candidates pursuing degrees in statistics and related disciplines. This year, the honorees are Valeria Ovalle Ocampo and Luke Hagar.
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ASA Sections Offer Student Paper Awards
Many ASA sections sponsor student paper competitions to help gifted students with the costs of attending JSM, which also offers an opportunity for students to present their work.
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Diversity Workshop and Mentoring Program to Take Place at JSM
This program brings together historically underrepresented minority statisticians and data scientists at early to mid-career levels with senior-level statisticians and data scientists from academia, government, and the private sector.