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YouTube video by Amstat Videos Statistical Moments with Ron - A Tour of the JSM Shipping Hub at ASA

Ever wonder what it takes to pull off the largest stats event in North America? Watch ASA’s Ron Wasserstein give a behind-the-scenes tour of JSM 2025 prep at headquarters! By the way, it’s not too late to join us in Nashville, Aug. 2–7: tinyurl.com/3y8b3avj youtu.be/M0BihsRx4_4

Shane Reese stands behind a lectern in a conference center, with an image him greeting the new BYU basketball coach, Kevin Young, to his right.

From AI ethics to analytics-driven basketball, #SDSS2025 showed how statisticians and data scientists are leading change across disciplines. Recap + photos: magazine.amstat.org/...

#DataScience #AI #Statistics #SDSS2025

On "Stats + Stories," ‪cohosts @johnbailer.bsky.social and ‪@rompenni.bsky.social‬ talk with award-winning journalists Jeff Mervis and andrewvandam.bsky.social‬, recipients of ASA’s 2025 Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award. https://statsandstories.net/media1/excellence-in-statistics-reporting

\sarcasm{And nobody saw this coming}. You better hope your taxes go down because out of pocket is going up.

Americans are mainly paying for tariffs - Business Insider

By defunding basic research the US is ceding growth innovation leadership to the rest of the world, and the growth opportunities that go with it.

Want Safer Neighborhoods? Invest in Libraries When library funding goes up, crime tends to go down

A recent study published in the Journal of Cultural Economics examined what happened when a new library branch opened in Kansas City, Missouri.

bit.ly/4o1YHQc Follow ‪@everylibrary.bsky.social‬ for more!

So you’re telling me a degree in Economics from Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania is worth less than toilet paper?

BREAKING: New York's Columbia University announces exciting new courses in the following faculties:

- Economics: Tariffs Are Really Great
- Law: How to Ditch Due Process
- History: Slavery Wasn't So Bad
- Political Science: Underrated Dictatorships
- Philosophy: The Ethics of Paying Protection.

Education accounts for 45% of global economic growth
Education accounts for 60% of pretax income growth among world poorest 20% 1980-2019
New paper by Gethin in @qjeharvard.bsky.social t.co/FMGTL8sm9t

Local libraries grappling with cuts to federal funding “We’re just trying to keep what we have."

In Greene County, Ohio, the public library director wants to retain the services and programs that patrons depend on. But cuts to federal funding put those programs at risk: www.whio.com/news/local/l...

Take action, tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries #ForOurLibraries

It isn’t even within the realm of reality anymore. It is not a fiscal cliff it is a Fiscal Cult of Cthulu. How you even mention fiscal discipline and add more than 3 trillion to the debt is one I cannot fathom.

JSM Nashville, Tennesee August 2-7, 2025 Statistics, Data Science, and AI Enriching Society

The Quality and Productivity Section is sponsoring exciting sessions at JSM 2025, featuring cutting-edge research from accelerated life testing to autonomous driving analytics! magazine.amstat.org/blog/2025/07...
#JSM2025 #QualityAndProductivity #Statistics

The ASA is proud to announce the 2025 Founders Award recipients! These five incredible members have gone above and beyond in service to the ASA: Kate Calder (UT Austin); Mark Glickman (Harvard); Rob Gould (UCLA); Barry Graubard (NCI); and Jeff Witmer (Oberlin College).

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DATAtab is an online tool designed to simplify data analysis for students and professionals. As AI technology advances, the tool has evolved to provide a more user-friendly interface and automated explanations. #DataAnalysis #AI #EdTech stattrak.amstat.org/2025/04/01/d...

MS literacy gains offer blueprint for education reform, experts say Mississippi's decade-long focus on early literacy has transformed the state. According to the Mississippi Department of Education, the state's fourth graders are making the nation's largest gains on ...

Great to be cited in:
Mississippi literacy gains offer blueprint for education reform experts say

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The rigorous work of PSC alum @christinajcross.bsky.social has demonstrated that the two-parent family isn't the solution to inequality that many policymakers imagine it to be. The book is out in September!

During Statistical Moments with Ron, ASA executive director Ron Wasserstein stresses the vital need for continued science research funding. Also, check out his webpage, which features responses to recent policy decisions affecting the statistical community. tinyurl.com/3cn4p6h6

In today's #DemographyMinute: Yasamin Kusunoki et al collected weekly data to understand relationship dynamics and predictors of intimate partner violence. She predicts that with increasing instability and restrictions on abortion, we may see an increase in intimate partner violence. #PAA2025

The headline about considering tax increases for those over $1 million smells like an attempt to find a leak to me.

Niharika Singh, Notre Dame University April 7 Gender Dynamics in Entry into Competitive Careers: Evidence from Indian Civil Services Join us live or on Zoom ISR (Thompson St.) Room 1430 | Mondays at noon

Placement in the Indian civil service hinges on a highly competitive exam. At the next @um-psc.bsky.social brown bag, Niharika Singh provides evidence that marriage market pressures and lower household support significantly diminish women’s success. Join us 4/7: buff.ly/79GAgtL 🇮🇳 #EconSky

2025 ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop The ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop is sponsored by the ASA Biopharmaceutical Section in cooperation with the FDA Statistical Association.

A friendly reminder: Time is running out to submit your RISW 2025 poster proposal. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with the best in the biopharmaceutical arena. The deadline is April 8, so submit today! ww2.amstat.org/meetings/ris...

'Hardwired for Folktales': An Evolution of Storytelling in Ireland The perseverance of the Irish people in maintaining their language, history and values created a world of oral tradition filled with both mythical adventures and practical wisdom

🧚✨ “How pompous it is that humans believe science has given us all the answers! The internet is all new and flashy but I still see the same old tales being told again and again.”
- @kellyfitzgerald.bsky.social, UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies & Folklore
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At PAA 2025: Session: Earnings Inequality, Jobs, and Unions Judiciary Square Saturday April 12th, 11:00AM - 12:15PM Junchao Tang Pablo Mitnik Men’s Earnings Inequality in the United States, 1970–2018: An Analysis Based on Dagum Regressions

🌸 Junchao Tang and Pablo Mitnik investigate the evolution of men's earnings inequality in the US, using a new class of Dagum regression models for the analysis of income years 1970-2018. Join us at #PAA2025: myumi.ch/A1dXJ @umichstonecid.bsky.social #ISRNextGeneration

A clear jar sits on a stack of notebooks with a pencil beside it. The jar is full of silver coins and has a mortarboard with a gold tassel on top.

Math and stats educators, don't miss out! NCTM offers grants from $1,500 to $24,000 for K–12 teachers, prospective teachers, and researchers—apply by May 1 and bring your ideas to life! stattrak.amstat.org/2025/04/01/n... #MathEducation #StatsEducation #TeacherGrants #NCTM

Francesca Truffa presenting at the Institute for Social Research

At the @um-psc.bsky.social brownbag this week, @francescatruffa.bsky.social presented research on female representation in the sciences (1950-2000), with implications for how diversity and exposure to diversity can impact research. 🧪 #EconSky

I will be a panelist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’ Regional Economic Conditions Conference on January 15. Free and open to the public.

Addressing Practice Effects in Population-Based Studies of Trends in Late-Life Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Practice effects, defined by the American Psychological Association as “any change or improvement that results from practice or repetition of task items or

There is disagreement on how to address practice effects-- improvements from the repetition of tasks-- in studying national trends in dementia and cognitive function. @vafreedman.bsky.social offers insights for population-based studies: academic.oup.com/biomedgeront...

Ask Me Almost Anything: Population Science Edition. Drop in Zoom Office Hours Hosted by Rotating Mentors, Wednesdays at 1. Hosted by the Population Dynamics and Health Program at the University of Michigan Population Studies Center.

📌 Population scientists: Mark your 2025 calendar for the new "Ask Me (almost) Anything" drop-in Zoom office hours. Hosted by rotating mentors: Free and open to all. Weds at 1 ET starting Jan. 15 with @erinware.bsky.social and @helenmeier.bsky.social. #Demography pdhp.isr.umich.edu/resources/

It is finally here!!

The Dorothy S. Thomas Award is presented annually for the best graduate student paper on the interrelationships among social, economic and demographic variables. Nominations for this and other @popassocamerica.bsky.social awards are due by Jan. 31 2025! #PAA2025 ow.ly/l10X50U2wgH