Latest news releases from PR.com for National Institute of Statistical Sciences. http://www.pr.com/press-releases Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:00:29 -0500 http://www.pr.com/images/logo_white.jpg http://www.pr.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides Free Press Release Distribution, & is a unique Directory of Businesses, Products, Services, & Jobs - in all industries. Find Full Company Profiles. © 2008 PR Worldwide, Inc. 60 http://www.pr.com/press-release/116198 NISS celebrated the opening of a new wing to its existing building in Research Triangle Park. The new space nearly doubles the size of the existing building, allowing NISS & SAMSI to conduct more statistical research. [PR.com - November 13, 2008] National Institute of Statistical Sciences http://www.pr.com/press-release/116198 http://www.pr.com/press-release/116204 The National Institute of Statistical Sciences Corporation Members elected three new members to three-year terms on the Board of Trustees. The new trustees include: Roger W. Hoerl from GE Corporate Research & Development, George W. Williams from Amgen, and Susan S. Ellenberg of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. [PR.com - November 13, 2008] National Institute of Statistical Sciences http://www.pr.com/press-release/116204 http://www.pr.com/press-release/99707 John Rice, Professor and Chair of the Department of Statistics at the University of California Berkeley, is the recipient of the 2008 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research. The award was presented to Rice at a NISS reception held August 4 at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Denver, Colorado. [PR.com - August 11, 2008] National Institute of Statistical Sciences http://www.pr.com/press-release/99707 http://www.pr.com/press-release/97622 The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) announced it has hired Weiwei Cui as the NAEP-ESSI Research Analyst. NISS partners with the American Institutes for Research (AIR and helps to operate the NAEP Education Statistics Services Institute (NESSI). In her new role, Cui will provide the technical and substantive review of publications associated with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), [PR.com - July 30, 2008] National Institute of Statistical Sciences http://www.pr.com/press-release/97622 http://www.pr.com/press-release/96768 The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) announced its Board of Trustees members for the Fiscal 2008-2009 year. The Board approved the new members unanimously. Members of the board serve three-year terms. Jim Landwehr of Avaya Laboratories was named the new Chairman of the Board. [PR.com - July 24, 2008] National Institute of Statistical Sciences http://www.pr.com/press-release/96768 http://www.pr.com/press-release/96505 Jamie Nunnelly is the new communications director for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and the Statistical and Applied Mathematics Sciences Institute (SAMSI), effective July 14. [PR.com - July 23, 2008] National Institute of Statistical Sciences http://www.pr.com/press-release/96505