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Accreditation Committee Formed

The ASA’s voluntary accreditation program is under way and the Accreditation Implementation Committee has been formed. Members of the team include the following:

Mary Batcher
Judy-Anne Chapman
Christy Chuang-Stein
Iain Johnstone (chair)
Nancy Kirkendall
Bob Mason
David Morganstein
Jeri Mulrow
Teri Utlaut
Geert Verbeke

Working from guidelines approved by the ASA Board in August of 2009, this committee will provide recommendations for launching and operating the accreditation program. These recommendations are expected to be ready for board consideration by April of 2010. Additional details about the voluntary accreditation program can be viewed here.

ASA signs letter to U.S. Senators on climate change

ASA is one of 18 scientific organizations signing on to an October 21 letter to U.S. Senators reaffirming the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring and that greenhouse gases from human activities are the primary driver. Read the full letter sent to the Senate at http://www.aaas.org/go/climate_letter.

(For press inquiries, contact Rosanne Desmone, rosanne@amstat.org, 703.302.1861; all other, contact Steve Pierson, pierson@amstat.org; 703.302.1841.

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     Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

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     Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research

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Call for Nominations for 2010 Don Owen Award

The San Antonio Chapter of the American Statistical Association presents the Don Owen Award to a statistician who embodies the three-fold accomplishments of Professor Donald B. Owen, who before his death in 1991 was Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2010 Don Owen Award from ASA chapters in North America. The nominee must be a member of the ASA, but is not required to be a member of the nominating chapter. Read the full solicitation.

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JSM 2009 Plenary Sessions Webcasts Available

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