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MY STORY 34 education 2021 Internships ® KEY 2021 DATES 021 CALENDARNOTABLE EVENTS 2 JUNE ASA OFFICE CLOSURES February 1 K–12 Project Competition submission deadline MARCH Black History Month 020, SAN DIEGO, January 1 New Year’s Day JANUARY 1 ASA Fellows nomination deadline Links Lecture Award deadline Martin Luther King Jr. Day March JSM 2021 topic-contributed, roundtable, and January 18 6 Edward C. 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Peace Award for Outstanding Statistical application deadline 14 WSDS 2021 regular registration opens Contributions for the Betterment of Society MEETINGS JSM 2021 contributed abstract submission opensMYCSP 2022 poster abstract submission deadline STORY nomination deadline 16 19 DAVID CORLISS Causality in Statistics Education Award BIOP: ASA Biopharmaceutical Section JSM 2021 topic-contributed, roundtable, and 2 nomination deadline Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop invited poster abstract submission deadline SEPTEMBER BIOP 2021 roundtable abstract submission Health Policy Statistics Section Achievement MY ICES VI early registration and housing open 30 15 CSP: Conference on Statistical Practice My ASA story has been filled 10 deadline Awards nomination deadline WSDS 2021 concurrent, panel, and poster Everyone loves a good story, which is why we’re thrilled to launch a 11 ICES VI: International Conference on Establishment Statisticswith collaborations with so abstract submission opens 21–23 Biopharm Workshop 2021, APRIL series featuringBethesda, Maryland ASA members who share theirs.JSM: Be Joint inspired Statistical by Meetings their 15 W. J. Dixon Award for Excellence in Statistical many wonderful, talented, and Consulting nomination deadline 1 K–12 Poster Competition submission deadline Symposium on Data Science & Statistics diverse30 JSMexperiences, 2022 continuing education meaningful course proposal connections, SDSS:and the personal and Harry V. Roberts Statistical Advocate of the Government Statistics Section Wray Jackson submission