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2023’s Top Stories in the Arts and Sciences

A lot happened in the College of Arts and Sciences in 2023. We wanted to take a look back at some of our top stories from the past 12 months, and we look forward to sharing another year of…

Andrew Heckler

NSF Awards $780K Grants to Ohio State’s Andrew Heckler for STEM Fluency App

Andrew Heckler, well-known specialist in physics education research at The Ohio State University was awarded two grants from The National Science Foundation (NFS) totaling $780,000 to enhance the…

Audrey in graduation regalia

Alumni Q&A: Audrey Zinn '23, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Name, degree(s), graduation year(s), current work/position, location

My name is Audrey Zinn. I graduated from The Ohio State University in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Astronomy and…

Pipelines in ditches

Using AI to pinpoint hidden sources of clean energy underground

As efforts to transition away from fossil fuels strengthen the hunt for new sources of low-carbon energy, scientists have developed a deep learning model to scan the Earth for surface expressions…

Fourth-year chemistry student Henry Arthur

Thank you for your incredible support! A message from fourth-year chemistry major Henry Arthur

My name is Henry Arthur and I am a fourth-year chemistry major. I toured Ohio State on the recommendation of a few of my favorite high school teachers and I realized this was the right environment…

celebrating before the ceremony

Agostini is awarded Nobel Prize, while Ohio State cheers

It may have been some 4,200 miles away from the ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, but the applause couldn’t have sounded any sweeter than it did at The Ohio State University Sunday when Pierre…

DiMauro lab

Visit the lab pushing Nobel work to the next level

Professor Lou DiMauro, who oversees the day-to-day for the research group he and laureate Pierre Agostini lead, invites you to peek inside. Watch out for the lasers. 

Ice cores from Earth’s highest tropical peak provide insight into climate variability

In the first study to examine ice cores from the summit of the highest tropical mountain in the world, new evidence provides unique insight into the climate record of the Amazon Basin…

volcanic eruption

New study reveals evidence of recurring ancient supereruption

Researchers have discovered a series of large undersea sediment deposits in a region near Italy that were likely formed by an ancient volcanic supereruption.