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[Significance @signmagazine]

Plans to dismantle Puerto Rico’s @EstadisticasPR have been altered at the 11th hour, meaning the agency will continue as an independently controlled, government funded entity – at least for the time being https://t.co/PD9So2vyN2

[AAAS @aaas]

Thanks to the hard work of legislators like @trschatz51, @JohnnyMndez36, and others, the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics (@EstadisticasPR) will not be dismantled in Puerto Rico's forthcoming government reorganization. #FactsMatterPR #CuentasClarasPR https://t.co/SxfMnRXsl4

[International Statistical Institute @Int_Statistical]

80 Former Chief Statisticians Condemn Prosecution of #AndreasGeorgiou @IAOS_Stat https://t.co/sc9qKpJ6JU

[Significance @signmagazine]

This year marks the 175th anniversary of an agricultural research institute, where figures including Ronald Fisher laid the foundations of modern statistics. @iamrobertbain steps inside the past, present and future of @Rothamsted Research https://t.co/gYpOjEWGMv

[Significance @signmagazine]

For the next four weeks, national soccer teams will compete to win the #WorldCup. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, analysts will be crunching data to pursue an advantage. @LukeBornn, @dcervone0 and @JaviOnData explore the evolution of soccer analytics https://t.co/13KLAhYTWc

[ASA Science Policy @ASA_SciPol]

Former head of Greek statistical agency #AndreasGeorgiou faces prison for revealing accurate economic data. https://t.co/X30UDgPirF
#JusticeForGeorgiou

[ASA Science Policy @ASA_SciPol]

See #AndreasGeorgiou's public communication of his irreversible conviction for violation of duty https://t.co/LHXDDoMQ37
Also linked from a blog post tracking developments along with other news clips: https://t.co/EuuoQRwwT0
#JusticeForGeorgiou

[ASA Science Policy @ASA_SciPol]

80 Former Chief Statisticians condemn prosecution of #AndreasGeorgiou
https://t.co/DVd8za5Rjm
"this is a gross abuse of their human rights… The relentless prosecution of Greek official statisticians…cannot but have a very damaging effect on the capacity…" #JusticeForGeorgiou

[ASA Science Policy @ASA_SciPol]

Congrats to @KerrieMengersen for election to Australian Academy of Science!! https://t.co/qZOKGWiZCi
For "methodological contributions at the frontier of Bayesian theory, methodology & computation, & applied contributions to substantive problems in health, environment & industry"

[ASA Science Policy @ASA_SciPol]

Congrats to Noel Cressie for election to Australian Academy of Science!! https://t.co/4lYvlGb7HI
"His fundamental contributions changed the basic paradigm for analysing observations in space & space-time." Impacts on pollution monitoring, climate prediction, oceans, soil, glacier

[International Statistical Institute @Int_Statistical]

Andreas Georgiou’s acquittal annulled for the second time! The International Statistical Institute #ISI calls upon the Greek State to stop the injustice against #AndreasGeorgiou
https://t.co/NMceN7tZ5S

[Significance @signmagazine]

Our June 2018 issue is out now. Discover the 175-year history of the research station that changed statistics, how soccer is increasingly stats-driven, and what data scientists think about the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal. Full contents online at https://t.co/MWIKLpCGzN

[ASA Science Policy @ASA_SciPol]

The crowdfunding effort to help #AndreasGeorgiou w his legal costs is 90% of the way to $40K thanks to the 350 who have contributed thus far https://t.co/ZrlGW3jjU5
Please help w last 10% to help Georgiou defend against unjust charges from his time as chief statistician of Greece

[Association for Computing Machinery @TheOfficialACM]

@GenderGapSTEM has launched a global survey of mathematical, computing, and natural scientists aimed at how to measure and reduce the gender gap in all science fields. Find out more about this project and take the survey: https://t.co/GGbp27eVne

[SCGES @_SCGES_]

We aim at reaching 45k #scientists for our Global Survey. Please help spread the word!
@mismpg @EMSnewsletter @JointMath @amermathsoc @dmv_mathematik @womeninmaths @OxUniMaths @uiowabiomed @LettersBiomaths @WomenBiology

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[International Statistical Institute @Int_Statistical]

If you haven’t done so already, please consider contributing to this effort to help #AndreasGeorgiou - still 12 days to go!
https://t.co/jLq4xehvEY via @GoGetFunding

[ASA Science Policy @ASA_SciPol]

Thank you to the 190 individuals who have contributed to the crowdfunding effort to get us to $25K to help #AndreasGeorgiou with his legal costs to defend against the unjust charges he faces from his time as chief statistician of Greece. https://t.co/ZrlGW3jjU5

[ASA Science Policy @ASA_SciPol]

Puerto Rico Governor @ricardorossello's reorganization eliminating PR's statistical agency could jeopardize reliable, independent data about the island
https://t.co/1o2hvJNpVQ #FactsMatterPR #CuentasClarasPR

[World of Statistics @ASTATWORLD]

Statistics students, submit your entry for the 2018 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing! Winner gets published in @signmagazine https://t.co/yGG6MmmTTc Check out past winner's articles

[CountOnStats @CountOnStats]

Today, we launched #CountOnStats to raise awareness about the importance of federal #data. Thanks to our partners @AmstatNews @business_econ @ASAnews @BPC_Bipartisan @copafsK @APDUorg @AERA_EdResearch @AAPOR @InsightsMRX https://t.co/k0s78otL4z