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All news articles, press releases, and other news-related information posted by NISS.

Welcome to the new NISS blog!

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Welcome to the debut of NISS' new blog! We think this new feature will be a new and exciting way to start a conversation with you. It will have first-hand accounts from some of the workshops, profiles of people in the statistics field and highlights from some of our events What can I expect to... more

NISS Announces Two New Members to its Board of Trustees

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), a non-profit institution that conducts statistical science research, announced that Gabriel Huerta and Ray Bain have been selected to serve on the organization's Board of Trustees. The new Board members will begin their terms July 1, 2015 and... more

Former NISS Board member Janet Norwood Passes Away

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Former NISS Board of Trustee member Janet Norwood passed away March 27. She was 91. Norwood led the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 1979 - 1991 and was a trailblazer for many female statisticians. Read about her amazing career in the New York Times obituary.Norwood served on the NISS Board of... more

Using Faulty Forensic Science Courts Fail the Innocent (Op-Ed)

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NISS Board member, Karen Kafadar, who is one of the SAMSI program leaders for the Forensics program next year, and professor of statistics at the University of Virginia, along Anne-Marie Mazza, National Academy of Sciences, wrote an op-ed piece in Live Science. The focus of the piece was talking... more

Board of Trustees Member Susan Ellenberg Featured in The Economist

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Susan Ellenberg, a NISS Board of Trustees member and Professor of Biostatistics, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Associate Dean for Clinical Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine was featured in The Economist article, "Brain Scan: Medicine by numbers"She... more

Toronto Sun - Burger, with a side of skepticism

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The Toronto Sun writes, "In diet science, as with the global warming scare, many of the strongest claims came from highly respected institutions, such as Harvard's school of public health. But in 2011, the National Institute of Statistical Sciences in the U.S. determined most of Harvard’s claims... more

New York Times - Full Circle on What's Best to Eat

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Research conducted at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences is quoted in a recent article in the New York Times entitled, "Full Circle on What's Best to Eat." Read the article here.

At the End of the Year, Consider Giving to NISS

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This is an exciting phase for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) as we embark upon celebrating our 25th anniversary this coming year and welcome our new director. At the end of the year, we hope you will consider making a generous contribution to NISS. Any amount is... more

Former NISS Postdoc Featured in Chance Magazine

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Former NISS postdoc, Xia Wang, who is currently assistant professor in the department of mathematical sciences at the University of Cincinnati, recently spoke at the first Women in Statistics Conference in Cary, NC. She talked about her experience at NISS and encouraged others to look at NISS and... more

Know Your Power: A Panel Discussion by Past and Future ASA Presidents

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NISS Board of Trustees member Jessica Utts is interviewed along with other well known women in statistics, during a panel discussion at the Women in Statistics conference that was held last summer in Cary, NC. Jessica will be the next American Statistical Association president. The interview was... more

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