NISS Parameters Newsletter

1. Director's Notes
2. Featured Event Series:  Essential Data Science Tutorials
3. Career Fair Focuses on Challenges Finding a Position During the Pandemic
4. Upcoming Event:  NISS-Merck Meet-up on SARS-COV2 Vaccine Development
5. Upcoming Event:  NISS Academic Affiliate Meetup: How to Present Your Research
6. Upcoming Event:  Fall 2020 Virtual Academic Career Fair: Finding a Position During the Pandemic, Part 2
7. NISS Data Visualization Competition!
8. NISS Graduate Student Network Launched!
9. NISS Writing Workshop Featured in AMSTAT News!
10. NISS Highlight:  Meet New Associate Director Brian Habing!
11. Update:  NISS Activities Provide Access to Understanding Statistical Significance
12. Update:  Ingram Olkin Forums
13. NEW!   Ingram Olkin Forum: COVID and the Schools: Modeling Openings, Closings, and Learning Loss
14. Upcoming Events

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1. Director's Notes
2. Bayesian Statistics the Focus of Popular NISS/Merck Meetup
3. NISS/ASA Co-Host COVID19 Webinar that Focuses on the Role of Modeling
4. Xihong Lin Shares Understandings from COVID-19 Data
5. Academic Career Paths Explored During NISS Career Fair
6. NISS Webinar Hosts Third Webinar on the Use of p-values for Making Decisions
7. Affiliate News: NISS Notes the Passing of an Esteemed Colleague
8. NISS Highlight: Meet NISS Senior Fellow Peter Meyer!
9. Affiliate Liaisons Become Involved in NISS Activities/Events
10. Welcome to New Members of the NISS Board of Trustees
11. NISS is Getting Ready for  the Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers!  Virtual this Time!
12. Career Fair Series - Resources Provided by NISS
13. Upcoming Events

1. Director's Notes
2. Career Paths for Statisticians Highlighted at first NISS Virtual Career Fair for NISS Affiliates
3. You Got Peanut Butter on my Chocolate! Webinar Explores the Boundaries of Data Science and Statistics
4. Digging Deeper Into p-values: NISS Webinar Follow-up with Three Authors - Nov. 19
5. NISS Webinar Provides Advice: What are the Keys to a Successful Grant?
6. R & Spark: Tools for Data Science Workflows - Nov. 25-26
7. NISS-Merck Meet-ups Regularly Explore the Latest Challenges
8. Special News of Note
   • NISS Assistant Director Receives Bernoulli Society New Researcher Award
   • Research Associate Lu Chen Gains 'Rookie of the Year' Honors!
9. Welcome the Following NISS Affiliates!
   • Columbia University, Department of Statistics
   • Cornell University, Department of Statistics and Data Science
   • University of Texas at Austin, Department of Statistics
   • University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Biostatistics
   • University of North Carolina in Greensboro, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
10. NISS Highlight: Meet Research Associate Lu Chen!
11. NISS is Hiring!  Join the NISS Research Team!
12. Upcoming events

1. Director's Notes
2. JSM 2019 Writer's Workshop for Junior Researchers
3. Inaugural Ingram Olkin S³ Forum: Gun Violence - The Statistical Issues
4. Alternatives to the Traditional p-value
5. Survey Workshop on Improving the Representativeness of Nonprobability Samples
6. Sage Advice for Statisticians Looking to Advance their Career in Academia!
7. NISS Welcomes Two New Board Members
8. New Website Features:  Meet-up Recordings
9. Follow-up NISS/Merck Meet-up on Real-World Data
10. NISS R & Spark Workshop at BLS
11. NISS Upcoming Events
12. Affiliate News of Note!