Social Statistics Section (SOC)
Chair-elect New Department of
John Thompson
Program Chair-elect
Statistics Formed at
Nancy Clusen
Secretary/Treasurer
Miami University
Kirsten West
Council of Sections Representative
Robert Santos
Statistics in Sports Section (SIS)
M
iami University, a pub-
lic university of Ohio,
will host the newest
Section Charter Revision—Approved
Department of Statistics in the
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United States. The current
Dylan Small
Department of Mathematics and
Program Chair-elect
Statistics will be reorganized into
Mark Glickman
two departments, and the new
Department of Statistics will be
housed in the College of Arts and
Survey Research Methods Section (SRMS)
Science. The department will
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provide the introductory statis-
Stephen H. Cohen
tics course to more than a third
Bailer
Program Chair-elect
of the 14,500 undergraduates at
Paul Beatty
Miami. In addition, it will con- A Celebration of the Past and Look
Secretary
tinue to host the master’s in sta- to the Future,” that will be held
Emily McFarlane
tistics degree and cosponsor the November 12–13, 2009. There
bachelor’s degree in mathematics will be a pre-conference reception
Council of Sections Representative
and statistics. at The Tavern at the Miami Inn
Anthony An
The new department will the evening of November 12. On
include 12 faculty members and an November 13, the conference will
Nonparametric Section (NPAR)
active statistical consulting center. include panels of alumni describ-
Chair-elect
The chair of the new department ing their Miami experiences and
Jean Opsomer
is John Bailer, who is a professor presentations featuring alumni
and the Department of Statistics describing their work. The confer-
Program Chair-elect
Scripps Research Fellow. ence will conclude with a recep-
Steve MacEachern
The inauguration of this new tion and dinner.
Treasurer
department will be celebrated with For more information about the
Jesse Frey
a special conference, “Bicentennial new department or the conference,
Council of Sections Representative
Beginnings of Statistics at Miami: visit
www.muohio.edu/statistics. ■
Jeffrey Morris
Statistics in Defense and National Security
Section (SDNS) Master’s Degrees Studied
Chair-elect
David Marchette
Peter Schmidt from the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on May
Program Chair-elect
18, 2009, that the Council of Graduate Schools will study the comple-
John Crown
tion of master’s degrees in the United States. The project will exam-
ine completion and attrition in science, technology, engineering, and
Council of Sections Representative
mathematics. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is supporting the effort—
Calandra Tate ■
which will include focus groups and a workshop involving graduate-
school deans and a literature review—with a grant of $81,000.
Based on its initial findings, the council hopes to construct a
long-term study of trends in master’s degree completion similar to
its PhD Completion Project. For more information, view the May
18, 2009, entry from the Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog at
http://chronicle.com/news/article. ■
JULY 2009 AMSTAT NEWS 7
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