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Ohio State TEDx event features eight speakers from Arts and Sciences
Every spring, TEDxOhioStateUniversity hosts an event featuring a variety of the university’s students, faculty, staff and alumni who leverage their expertise to speak on a range of topics —…
Department of History honors Helen Gray Edmonds, emphasizes diversity and Black history
When history students return to campus, they’ll come back to a Dulles Hall that looks a little different.
The building will be home to the newly-dubbed Helen Gray Edmonds Seminar Room,…
New LGBTQ+ studies minor explores non-normative gender and sexuality
In autumn 2020, the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) launched a new LGBTQ+ studies minor for students who want to explore the broad array of how people embody and express…
Mansfield Microfarms craft sustainable urban agriculture model
Kip Curtis and Mansfield microfarm volunteers in 2019. Photo courtesy Kip Curtis.
Back in the ’70s, Kip Curtis’ parents embraced the back-to…
Christina Allen puts food security on the menu for Columbus residents
Christina Allen’s hunger for learning about food started when she was diagnosed with celiac disease at age 10.
“That was a pretty formative experience for me,” Allen said. “I was like, ‘…
2020 High Points
Though 2020 was challenging, there was no shortage of triumph in the College of Arts and Sciences community. We are proud to curate some of this year’s high points, and whatever 2021 brings, we…
Logan named director of inaugural NBER working group on race and economics
Trevon Logan, professor of economics and interim dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed director of the National Bureau of Economic Research…
Understanding the outcome of the 2020 election
Election Day is officially behind us, but there is still plenty to unpack as the United States grapples with its current political landscape and how matters such as COVID-19, racial…
LaserNetUS high-power laser consortium including Ohio State receives $18M from the Department of Energy
Ohio State's Scarlet Laser
In 2018, the U.S. Department of Energy established a network of facilities operating ultra-powerful lasers, LaserNetUS…