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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'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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…