The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, has elected Dr. Elizabeth Thompson as a Fellow. She was selected for her substantial contributions to the advancement of science and for her work in the area of Statistics which has had a beneficial influence on the world.

Daniela Witten's latest column for the IMS Bulletin focuses on important issues related to gender in the field of statistics in general, and within IMS in particular.

Ellen Graham, a doctoral student in biostatistics at the University of Washington has been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Replacing all of the oldest school buses in the nation could lead to 1.3 million fewer daily absences annually, according to a University of Michigan study. Adam Szpiro, associate professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington was a co-author on the study.

Two students beginning in the Master of Science Capstone Program autumn 2023 receive UW School of Public Health Master's Fellowship Awards.