Daniela Witten
dorothy gilford endowed chair and prof of stat/biostat. nsf career, sloan, nih director’s award, simons investigator, etc. all views my own.
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McConnell says 'no concerns' despite visible bandages and bruises
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not answer questions about his health Thursday, only saying there were "no concerns" after reporters asked him about what appeared to be bruises and bandages on his hands in recent days.
Daniela Witten
Mitch McConnell needs a full medical work-up: a doctor should examine him, listen to his heart, confirm he doesn't have one, etc.
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Covid-19 expert Akiko Iwasaki fights a different virus: sexism in science
To know virologist Akiko Iwasaki is to know that she is passionate about combatting sexism, power imbalance, and toxic behavior in academia.
Obituary for Eric Sean Williams, MD, FACC, FHRS at Lupton Chapel, Inc.
a cardiac electrophysiologist at Mercy Clinic Heart and Vascular passed away on October 15, 2020. He was 44. Eric was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the prestigious Stuyvesant High School and then matriculated at Cornell...
Francesca Dominici of Harvard Receives Award for Betterment of Society
Dominici was honored for her high-quality, innovative, and policy-relevant science; her commitment to transparency and reproducibility in science; and her work in developing statistical methods for evaluating health effects of exposure to air...
UW jumps two spots to No. 8 in US News Best Global Universities ranking
The University of Washington moved up two spots to No. 8 on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities rankings, released Tuesday. The UW maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S....
COVID-19 Testing & The Danger of a Quick Fix Narrative
For months now, you have woken each day to a world that is both maddening and heartbreaking. You sip coffee and scroll through the day’s…
An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R by Gareth James - TextbookBasics
Note: This is a standalone book and will not include the code to access online course content such as video, audio, and homework. ISBN: 978-1461471370 Author: Gareth James , Daniela Witten , Trevor Hastie , Robert Tibshirani
Why You Should Stop Saying 'Committed Suicide'
The phrase is stigmatizing in a lot of outdated, insensitive ways.
Rina Foygel Barber Wins 2020 COPSS Presidents’ Award
The Presidents’ Award parallels the Fields Medal in mathematics and is given annually by COPSS to a young member of the statistical community in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession. The Presidents’ Award and International...
Trump Calls Harris A 'Monster,' Reviving A Pattern Of Attacking Women Of Color
In a telephone interview, Trump referred to Harris as a 'monster,' a term he has previously reserved the term "monster" for terrorists, murders and major natural disasters.
Foege Letter
Source document contributed to DocumentCloud by Brett Murphy (Brett Murphy, Independent Journalist).
May Every Woman Find Her Marty Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a beacon—but Marty should be too.
New Jersey Department of State - Division of Elections
Official State of New Jersey, Division of Elections website.
Blueprint for a pop-up SARS-CoV-2 testing lab - PubMed
Blueprint for a pop-up SARS-CoV-2 testing lab
The Assault on Colleges — and the American Dream
With state funding way down, top public colleges are replacing high-achieving lower-income students with affluent ones.