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Ohio State's Scarlet Laser

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…

Jerald Walker and book cover

Jerald Walker's <em>How to Make a Slave and Other Essays</em> puts Mad Creek Books on the map

The Ohio State University Press Editor-in-Chief Kristen Elias Rowley has wanted to publish Jerald Walker’s writing for years. His second manuscript slipped…

Slavery exhibit

Suchland examines links between abolition and modern day slavery

In 2010, three years ahead of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, former president Barack Obama first declared January “National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month…

Natalia teaching letter "E"

Learning with Miss Natalia teaches kids diversity and inclusion

The thought of virtually educating small children for hours each day is undoubtedly daunting. But for Department of English PhD candidate Natalia Colón Alvarez, rising to that challenge is exactly…

National memorial for peace and justice

Slavery and its legacies: Remembering 1619 and Beyond


The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, pictured above, is the nation’s first memorial dedicated to the legacies of slavery. (Photo courtesy of…

Illustration of two people's profiles with brains

Melissa Beers 'leans on' racial justice through enhanced Intro to Psychology course

The Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) announced a pilot racial justice grant program this fall to support instructors incorporating diverse voices into curricula and inviting conversations around…

Book covers

Dive into Black history with these four books by Arts and Sciences faculty

The College of Arts and Sciences is home to a wide array of experts in fields from African American and African studies to political science to English who are writing about Blackness…

Trevon Logan poses with mentees of the AEA Mentoring Program.

Logan named director of American Economic Association Mentoring Program

In his new role as director of the American Economic Association (AEA) Mentoring Program, Trevon Logan isn’t necessarily looking to push the field of economics into more research on diversity and…

Jeffries presenting to his daughter's class

Teaching the "hard history" of slavery and racism in America

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Earlier this year for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, associate professor in the Department of History, found himself in front of his…