Professor Peter Hall passed away on January 9, 2016. In his passing, the statistical community lost one of its most prolific and creative researchers. We also lost a friend, colleague, and mentor. Peter inspired and mentored many young researchers. His early work in probability profoundly affected his many contributions to…

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Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lectureship The lectureship was established in perpetuity in memory of Dr. Myrto Lefkopoulou, a faculty member and graduate of Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Lefkopoulou died of cancer in 1992 at the age of 34 after a courageous two-year battle. She was deeply beloved by friends,…

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For Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Statistical Sciences The Department of Biostatistics and the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is pleased to request nominations for the Seventeenth Annual Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences. The…

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The 2018 Carver Medal is awarded to Byeong Uk Park, for his efforts and dedication in heading the local organizing committee of the inaugural Asian Pacific Rim Meeting in Seoul in 2009, and in chairing the scientific program committee of the two next meetings in 2012 and 2014, thereby establishing…

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A new issue of STATISTICAL SCIENCE has been published. You get a summary in pdf-format at: https://www.imstat.org/publications/sts/sts_33_2.pdf If you or your library has subscribed to the journal, electronic access to the full journal articles is at: http://projecteuclid.org/ or http://www.jstor.org/ For more information on journals published or supported by the Institute…

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