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Kate Calder Named Graduate Council Chair
Professor Kate Calder was elected chair of Graduate Council, which is the principal advisory body of the Graduate School and participates in the development of rules, policies, and standards…

Florence Nightingale Day Hosted on the OSU Campus
The first annual Florence Nightingale Day will be hosted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) and Caucus for Women in Statistics (CWS) on October 27, 2018. It will be…

New Undergraduate Major in Statistics
The discipline of statistics underlies many of the biggest successes in data science and is one of the fastest growing professions in the U.S. The Department of Statistics has launched a…

Subhadeep Paul Recieves a NSF Grant
Subhadeep Paul, assistant professor of statistics, is the principal investigator of a new grant from NSF and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)’s joint program Algorithms for Threat…
Congratulations, Spring and Summer 2018 Graduates
PhD in BiostatisticsBrittney Bailey – Advisor: Abigail Shoben
Ranran Dong – Advisor: Abigail Shoben
Yihan Sui - Advisor: Grzegorz Rempala
PhD in StatisticsTayler Blake – Advisor…

Sebastian Kurtek Promoted to Associate Professor
In June 2018, The Ohio State University Board of Trustees approved Sebastian Kurtek's promotion to the rank of associate professor. In addition, he was appointed Associate Director of the…
Steve MacEachern Delivers a Keynote Address at the ISBA World Meeting
Steve MacEachern, Chair of the Department of Statistics, presented a keynote address at the World Meeting of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) World Meeting in Edinburgh, UK…

Update: Jean Scott Presented University Distinguished Staff Award
Jean Scott, Statistics Program Coordinator, was presented one of the 2018 University Distinguished Staff Awards. Her award citation notes her "consistent focus on student access to…

Abhijoy Saha Wins IISA Best Poster Award
PhD student Abhijoy Saha was award the Best Poster Prize at the 2018 International Indian Statistical Association Conference. His poster was titled "A Geometric Variational Approach to…