Are you a user of the Current Index to Statistics? Interested in helping shape its future? We are looking for a few members of the Current Index to Statistics Management Committee. The workload is very light, but impact can be great. If you are interested, please email IMS Executive Director,…

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Nominations are open for the first International Prize in Statistics, to be awarded at the ISI World Statistics Congress in Marrakech in July, 2017. The purpose of the Prize is to call public attention to the important role that statistics, data analysis, probability, and understanding of uncertainty have played and…

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The IMS Committee on Special Lectures is accepting nominations for IMS Named and Medallion Lectures. The following lectures are available for nomination in 2016. • 2018 Wald Lecturer • 2018 Neyman Lecturer • 2018 Rietz Lecturer​ • 2019 Medallion Lecturers The deadline for nominations is October 1, 2016. To nominate…

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Ingram Olkin (Photo by Ed Souza) Ingram Olkin, professor emeritus of statistics and education at Stanford University, died at home in Palo Alto on April 28 at the age of 91. Ingram Olkin was an eminent scholar, teacher and stalwart contributor to many civil rights causes. He is best known…

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Professor Paul A. Herzberg, a long-time faculty member in the Psychology Department at York University in Toronto, died on December 2, 2015 at age 79. Paul joined York University in 1966 and retired from the Department of Psychology in 2002. He was named a senior scholar at the University. Paul’s…

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