Hello CAS Faculty and Staff,

Congratulations on wrapping up another great semester! Thank you for all of your hard work educating and supporting students. The pandemic continued to make things challenging this year to say the least, but because of you, we have a large cohort of students graduating this weekend. The CAS Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony will be held Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Graduate Commencement Ceremony is held Friday at 7 p.m. also in GIA. The students truly value seeing their professors, advisors and mentors at graduation, so please consider donning that regalia and attending.

Inside this newsletter:

CAS had 4 students awarded scholarships at the Women for OSU Symposium. Congratulations to the departments of Integrative Biology, Media and Strategic Communications, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Psychology on the accomplishments of these student scholars.

OSU celebrated undergraduate research with the long awaited inaugural undergraduate research symposium last month. The event was originally planned for April 2020, but it had to be postposed due to the pandemic. Two years later, 180 students showcased their research and discoveries.

Kayla Reed, a triple major in Psychology, Zoology and Plant Biology, was named the Orange Gown recipient, and she will lead the CAS student processional at the commencement ceremony. Communications grad assistant, Ellie Melero, sat down with her in this month’s Pokes PodCAS. Tune in below to learn about her experience at OSU.

For those of you with children between the ages of 4-7 years old, don’t miss the opportunity to help foster your child’s love for reading through the Reading Readiness Camp, offered on campus this June from the Communications Sciences and Disorders department.

We are all affected by the Big Data Revolution, and according to Dr. Ye Liang in the Department of Statistics, big data are not immune to sampling bias, measurement errors, noises or random shocks. Learn more about his research analyzing data from electronic health records.

If you have good news to share about your research, your students, your staff or your programs, please reach out so we can help spread the word and celebrate with you.

Thanks for reading and Go Pokes!

Bobbi Kay Lewis, PhD

Associate Dean

Fifteen scholarships awarded at Women for OSU Symposium

Fifteen student scholarships were presented at the annual Women for OSU Symposium at Gallagher-Iba Arena on Thursday. The recipients are from a diverse set of backgrounds, with each demonstrating a strong passion for philanthropy and service.

The symposium also recognized this year’s Partnering to Impact grant recipients. Partnering to Impact is a donor-funded program that supports the university by strengthening Women for OSU partner engagement.

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OSU symposiums showcase undergraduate students’ research

Research at OSU was on full display this month at a series of student-focused research symposiums culminating with the inaugural undergraduate research symposium. On April 19, students filled the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center throughout the day as they presented their work on poster boards.

“The symposium was a reflection of the research conducted at a comprehensive, R1 institution,” said Dr. Christine Johnson, associate vice president for research.

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Pokes PodCAS Episode 47: Three degrees, one Orange Gown, with Kayla Reed

“Mistakes are only mistakes if you don’t learn from them.”

This was just one piece of advice that the College of Arts and Sciences' Orange Gown Recipient, Kayla Reed, had to share with students as she prepares to graduate with degrees in Psychology, Zoology and Plant Biology. Tune in to this episode of the Pokes PodCAS to hear about the lessons she learned throughout her journey at OSU.

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There's still time to register for the Reading Readiness Camp!

The Reading Readiness Camp is intended to foster a love for reading among young school-going children through hands-on, fun learning activities. Campers will be engaged in small group instruction that focuses on developing their confidence for reading in a supportive environment.

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ICYMI: CAS News Highlights

Here are a few things from CAS that you may have missed over the past few weeks. If we forgot something, let us know!

•	If you know of any Cowboy-owned or Cowboy-led businesses, nominations are open for the 2023 Cowboy100, which is designed to recognize outstanding entrepreneurship throughout OSU’s alumni base while raising funds for the Riata Center’s student programs and activities.

•	Political Science Professor Matt Motta published a piece in The Conversation discussing how some physicians are contributing to vaccine skepticism in the United States.

•	Quraysh Ali Lansana, from the Department of English and the Center for Africana Studies, sat down for an interview with The Conversation to discuss his journey as a poet and professor who promotes racial understanding with lessons from history.

•	Computer Science Professor Sathyanarayanan Aakur won the Faculty Early Career Development Award, a distinguished honor given to junior faculty who balance the role of teacher and scholar through research, education and integration of the two within the mission of their university.

Faculty Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Ye Liang, Department of Statistics

With the recent rise of data science, more scientific disciplines are deeply involved in the revolution of big data and machine learning. Although nowadays information is abundant, big data are not immune to sampling bias, measurement errors, noises or random shocks, spurious correlation and other classical data issues. Statistical science remains a foundational role in the era of data science as per a statement by the American Statistical Association.

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