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Ness Mayker with her two children: 13-year-old Draylen and 21/2-year-old Amelia.

Mother of two, astronomy and physics student set to graduate after unique educational journey

Ness Mayker had to let go of one passion to make room for another.

Life for the astronomy and physics double major is, admittedly, a little hectic. Between balancing preparations to…

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2018 High Points

The College of Arts and Sciences is home to extraordinary artists, scholars, scientists and spaces. We are excited to share some of this year’s high points as we look forward to another year…

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Funding furthers research on connection between music, health

Hannah Bachman, a fourth-year student pursuing a dual degree in music theory and neuroscience, and Daniel Shanahan, assistant professor of music theory, discuss their work surrounding…

College of Arts and Sciences announces 5 new majors

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The College of Arts and Sciences has launched five new undergraduate majors, all of which incorporate emerging trends and issues into carefully…

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Raising awareness for the linguistic needs of heritage speakers

Taisse Torres-Lorenzo was 9 when her and her family moved from Puerto Rico to Florida.

“I was thrown into class and was told to just learn English, or I would fail,” said Torres-Lorenzo,…

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Hardie finds the human element in field work

When people ask fourth-year student Megan Hardie what she studies at Ohio State, she tells them: “I study you. I study myself. I study everyone, basically.” The St. Louis native‘s love of studying…

Cindy Tran Nguyen stars as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, the Musical

Meet the Asian American star of Legally Blonde, the Musical

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She’s not blonde, and she’s not a Gemini vegetarian. But third-year student Cindy Tran Nguyen is owning the role of Elle Woods, the California sorority…

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Undergraduate’s love of nature and history fuels research in environmental archaeology

When fourth-year anthropology student Catherine Mendel was young, she would flip through her parents’ encyclopedia collection to the sections on world archaeology. She would read the pages over…