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Jordan Davis and the Buckeyes behind Can't Stop Columbus

When day-to-day life first ground to a halt in the face of the coronavirus, Jordan Davis, director of Smart Columbus and co-organizer of Can’t Stop Columbus, felt like she couldn’t help enough by…

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Three arts and sciences students receive 2020 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships

Three Arts and Sciences students, juniors Emily Osborne, Eitan Rothberg and Sarthak Shah, have been named 2020 Goldwater Scholars, the most prestigious national award for…

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EEOB professor’s research to tackle problems measuring biodiversity change

We’ve all heard about dwindling biodiversity across the planet, but it turns out scientists have a difficult time actually verifying it. 

Because it’s impossible to continually count…

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11 Arts and Sciences graduate students named Presidential Fellows

Eleven graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences have received an autumn 2019 Presidential Fellowship, the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School at Ohio State.…

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Two astronomy faculty launch programs around the world to uplift STEM professionals

In 2008, Sultana Nahar, research professor in the Department of Astronomy, traveled to Egypt to give a keynote speech on atomic processes. There, she met another female professor from the…

The Department of Mathematics is spreading the word about recreational math through its outreach program, Buckeye Aha! Math Moments, which uses brainteaser puzzles to spark an interest in math among the community, especially children from underrepresented

Outreach group aims to inspire mathematical interest

The Department of Mathematics is gaining the public’s attention through its outreach program, Buckeye Aha! Math Moments (BAMM).

BAMM, created by visiting assistant professor Érika Roldán…

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NSF awards $27M to instrumentation projects led by Arts and Sciences faculty

More than $27 million from the National Science Foundation will fund two new facilities at Ohio State led by faculty in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Department of…

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Voices of Excellence celebrates one year

In an era when seemingly everyone has a podcast, it takes a unique voice and a unique set of guests to cut through the chatter.

"Voices of Excellence", an Arts and Sciences podcast, has…

Two faculty honored with Presidential Early Career Awards

Amanda Hummon, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Chuan Xue, associate professor of mathematics, were named recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and…