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New Course Offers an Interdisciplinary Approach to Climate Change
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Climate change has been called the world’s greatest threat, and…

Ohio State Researchers Play Major Role in Developing NASA WFIRST Mission
In the mid-2020s, NASA will launch a new space telescope that can map the Milky Way galaxy and the distant universe 100 times faster than the famed Hubble Space Telescope. Ohio State researchers…
ASC Students Named Churchill Scholars
Two arts and sciences senior honors students, Alexis Crockett (neuroscience and psychology) and Henry Tran (chemistry and mathematics), have been named 2016 Churchill Scholars.
The Winston…

Astronomers May Have Discovered the Most Powerful Supernova
An international team of astronomers including Professors Krzysztof Stanek, Christopher Kochanek and Todd Thompson in Ohio State's Department of Astronomy may have discovered the largest…

New Career-Prep Tool Available to ASC Students
As 2016 kicks into gear, it’s time to nail down that summer internship, start job searching, or develop career readiness more broadly. Now, Arts and Sciences students have a central platform to…

In Memoriam: Chemistry Professor Malcolm H. Chisholm
Malcolm H. Chisholm, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Distinguished University Professor, a Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry and an elected member of the National Academy of…

NSF Grant Funds Nitrogen Cycle Impacts on Tidal Freshwater Zones
Audrey Sawyer, assistant professor, Earth sciences; and Rebecca Barnes, assistant professor, environmental science, Colorado College; began work on their three-year collaboration, “Dueling hot…

Chemist Receives DOE Early Career Award: Ohio State’s First
Robert Baker, assistant professor, chemistry and biochemistry; is one of 50 outstanding young researchers from around the country — and Ohio State’s first — receiving 2015 Department of Energy…

Ohio State Physics Creates Welcoming Climate for Women
Physics postdoctoral researcher Jyoti Katoch documents the specific ways Ohio State’s Department of Physics has been working to create a welcoming, supportive atmosphere to build the numbers…