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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.
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Submission Open for Undergraduate Class Project Competition
This competition is for undergraduate students who conduct class projects as part of an introductory or intermediate statistics or data science course. Submit by June 21.
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Joint Statistical Meetings a Learning Hub for Undergraduate Students
An undergraduate student’s first time attending the meetings can be intimidating, so Jana Asher offers advice for making the most of it.
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Nominations Being Accepted for 2025 Morgan Prize
Nominate an undergraduate student or students for outstanding research in mathematics by May 31.
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The Scoop on Data Journalism
Writer and journalist Naila Moreira and data scientist Ben Baumer discuss their hands-on data journalism course at Smith College that focuses on journalistic practices, using data as a source, and interpreting results in context.
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Predict 5 Creators Give Behind-the-Scenes View
Three dedicated ASA members have organized a unique contest for Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month designed to engage high-school, undergraduate, and graduate students.