Cherry Blossom Prediction

  1. Cherry blossoms blooming earlier. WLFI-TV. March 22, 2024. Cherry blossoms and climate change. WUSA9. March 25, 2024.

  2. How George Mason professors are challenging students to find new ways to predict peak bloom dates. WTOP News. March 6, 2024.

  3. What day do you think cherry blossoms will bloom this year? CBC Radio On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko. March 20, 2023. Yesterday's news. Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. March 21, 2023.

  4. Early spring toys with second annual Cherry Blossom Prediction Competition. George Mason University. March 9, 2023.

  5. Citizen scientists predict peak of cherry blossom season. The Weather Network. April 2, 2022.

  6. When is the peak time for cherry blossoms in Vancouver? Scientists weigh in with an exact date. Vancouver is Awesome. March 28, 2022.

  7. Official Statistics

  8. ASA, GMU team on project to assess health of federal statistical agencies. Amstat News. April 1, 2023.

  9. Faculty member evaluates efficacy of 2020 U.S. Census. George Mason University. October 26, 2021.

  10. Data disappeared. HuffPost. October 30, 2020.

  11. Study: Ending census early will cost Florida, Montana seats. Associated Press. September 17, 2020.

  12. Urban Analytics

  13. New York is overrun by rats and feral cats. Curbed. August 21, 2023.

  14. Masks work, even for kids. But sometimes science isn't enough. Gothamist. February 14, 2022.

  15. Is it possible to build a mile-high skyscraper? Big Think. September 14, 2020.

  16. Donald Trump, Elijah Cummings, and the definition of a rodent. New Yorker. July 29, 2019.

  17. NYPD commander's text messages show how the quota system persists. The Appeal. December 12, 2018.

  18. Get ready for more and taller skyscrapers. MIT Technology Review. August 20, 2018.

  19. When it comes to 311, the customer isn’t always right. Governing. December 10, 2015.

  20. 8 Million rats for 8 million New Yorkers? Data suggest a city legend is flawed. New York Times. November 5, 2014.

  21. Let's clear this up — in New York City, there's only 1 rat for every 4 people. NPR All Things Considered with Audie Cornish. November 4, 2014.

  22. Eight million rats in New York? Not even close, a new study says. Los Angeles Times. November 3, 2014.

  23. CUNY TV with Brian Lehrer. October 9, 2014.

  24. Elections

  25. 20 years of data shows no link between mailed ballots and illegal voting. The Daily Item. March 7, 2024. The nonexistent link between mailed ballots and voter fraud. Governing. April 25, 2024.

  26. In state system with too many holes, absentee ballots can be key in low-turnout local races. Connecticut Examiner. October 19, 2023.

  27. Your teenage memories left a political imprint. Washington Post. June 13, 2023.

  28. Millennials just keep voting. New York Times. June 5, 2023.

  29. Voter fraud and ballot security. AAAS SciLine. November 2, 2022.

  30. Other Press

  31. IDIA launches inaugural cohort of Public-Private-Partnership Faculty Fellows. George Mason University. November 15, 2023.

  32. High school students share useful lessons from Covid-19 pandemic. George Mason University. November 8, 2023.

  33. Mason as a living lab. George Mason University. October 23, 2023.

  34. Announcing the recipients of the 2023 Presidential Faculty Excellence Awards. George Mason University. April 18, 2023.

  35. Jonathan Auerbach receives DOIL 2022 Inclusive Excellence Trailblazer Award. George Mason University. November 14, 2022.

  36. Q&A with statistics communicators. Amstat News. September 1, 2021.

  37. Meet Jonathan Auerbach. Amstat News. November 1, 2020.

  38. Congratulations to Jonathan Lyle Auerbach for being awarded the 2019 Howard Levene Outstanding Teaching Award. Columbia University. July 24, 2019.

  39. Congratulations to Jonathan Lyle Auerbach for being selected to be a GSAS Teaching Scholar for the 2019-20 academic year. Columbia University. April 26, 2019.

  40. Equity in many forms at Bloomberg’s fifth annual Data for Good Exchange. Bloomberg. September 18, 2018.

  41. Statistical Excellence Award for Early Career Writing 2018. Royal Statistical Society. March 20, 2018.

  42. Six stats tips for science communicators. American Geophysical Union. August 25, 2016.

  43. STATS.org-ASA first-ever Public Understanding of Statistics fellow. Sense About Science USA. July 14, 2016.

  44. The winner of the Young Statisticians Writing Competition 2014 is announced. Significance. September 3, 2014.

  45. Four students talk fellowships. Amstat News. November 1, 2013.