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Eleven business students named Spears Distinguished Seniors for 2025-26 academic year

Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business has named 11 students Spears Distinguished Seniors for the 2025-26 academic year.
Eleven business students named Spears Distinguished Seniors for 2025-26 academic year
Flying to the top: OSU Datathon winners describe process of analyzing aviation case for $8,000 scholarship prize

Tue, Mar 3, 2026

Adam Lindsey, Kendall Shields, Sandeep Maharshi Yallabandi and Seth Taylor won the fifth annual Datathon, an analytics-based case competition hosted by OSU's Data Analytics Club. After hours of preparation and presentations, the top 5 teams received

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Baldwin blazes path for MIS students to research health, human performance at OSU

Tue, Jan 27, 2026

Kyler Baldwin, an MIS graduate and MS BAnDS student at OSU, forged a unique partnership between Spears Business and HPNRI. He applies his data analytics skills to the health and human performance domain, preparing to present his research abstract at

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Spears Business announces 2026 MSIS Cloud of Honor inductees ahead of 5th annual celebration

Wed, Jan 21, 2026

Jamie Adamson, Richard Amos, Dr. Bill Hardgrave and Ayana Spriggs Talley are entering the MSIS Cloud of Honor, which celebrates distinguished graduates of Oklahoma State University's information systems programs. The fifth annual Cloud of Honor

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Spears Business announces 2026 Cumulus Award winners ahead of MSIS Cloud of Honor Celebration

Tue, Jan 20, 2026

Holt Calder, Alex Evers, Katie O'Neil and Matt Tucker will receive Cumulus Awards at Oklahoma State University's fifth annual Cloud of Honor Celebration. The Cumulus Award goes to recent MSIS graduates making a significant impact early in their

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New OSU assistant professor Baucum amplifies MSIS department’s research impact

Mon, Dec 1, 2025

Dr. Matt Baucum, a new Spears School of Business assistant professor, recently won two Best Paper awards after presenting at the INFORMS Annual Meeting. One groundbreaking paper explores the optimization of substance use treatment centers to reduce

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Starring Spears: OSU business students shine in musical while pursuing data-driven degrees

Mon, Nov 24, 2025

The lead actors in a musical typically aren't business students in data-driven fields, but Andi Reuter and Bennett Frohock are as artistic as they are analytical. These well-rounded Spears School of Business students recently starred in a community

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Spreading like wildfire: Spears Business researcher using analytics to combat misinformation

Thu, Nov 13, 2025

Online misinformation can have serious consequences, especially in an emergency situation. Now, Spears Business researcher Dr. Kayla Jiang is making sure communities have a plan to battle it.

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Seeing the future: Spears Business faculty create predictive algorithms to transform health care

Thu, Nov 13, 2025

Imagine a precise, data-informed algorithm that could assess your risk of developing a disease, helping you manage or even prevent the condition. Dr. Dursun Delen, Dr. Zhuqi Miao and Dr. William Paiva have worked within the Spears School of Business

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