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Newly Elected OSU Faculty to be Officers of The International Society for Bayesian Analysis

Congratulations to Xinyi Xu and Sally Paganin who are newly elected to be officers of The International Society for Bayesian Analysis. ISBA was founded in 1992 and fosters the…

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Andrew Shan named among 2024-2025 Presidential Fellowship recipients

The Department of Statistics congratulates Biostatistics PhD student, Andrew Shan, for being named among the 2024-2025 Presidential Fellowship recipients. The Presidential Fellowship is the most…

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Jonathan Baker celebrates Amgen STEM learning center ribbon cutting

On Oct 2, 2024, OSU staff, students, faculty, and guests joined for the opening ceremony of the Amgen STEM learning center in Ramseyer Hall. The new learning center will provide STEM students with…

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Sally Paganin elected as Program Chair for Bayesian Statistical Science with ASA

Congratulations to Sally Paganin!

Sally Paganin, Assistant Professor of Statistics, has been named Program Chair-Elect 2025 for Bayesian Statistical Science (est. 1992) SBSS with the…