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Ohio State leads project to transform physics education
As national interest in STEM degrees rise, the number of students completing them has dwindled.
This alarming educational gap may be due in part to a mismatch…
Meet 2 craft-beer brew masters with Ohio State roots
Land-Grant Brewing founders Adam Benner and Walt Keys, an English alum, are Buckeye pals making a business brimming with college-like fun.
Sympathy for the villain? Matthew Grizzard explains
In answering alumni questions, the associate professor shares why we like some bad guys and despise others — and what that means about our culture.
The long and short of it
Professors Lou DiMauro and Pierre Agostini, a 2023 Nobel laureate, are developing the next generation of big thinkers.
5 for pride: These Buckeyes have a Nobel history, too
Pierre Agostini is the first sitting Ohio State professor to be named a Nobel Prize winner, and these professors and alumni also were honored.
Ambivalence + polarized views can promote political violence
Feeling ambivalent about a political issue might seem to be a recipe for indecision and even inaction.
But a new study suggests, surprisingly, that ambivalence can actually lead some people…
Buckeyes Give: Top impact stories from 2023-24
As the 2023-24 academic year comes to a close, it is a natural time to reflect on and appreciate what has been accomplished these past few semesters. The extraordinary breadth of what we can…
Encouraging kids to shoot for the stars
Caitlin O’Brien grew up surrounded by space. Some of her fondest childhood memories are watching Carl Sagan's Cosmos with her dad.
“He would bring me on stargazing trips. Or even if we just…
Simple headlines attract more online news readers
Online news consumers tend to click on simpler headlines that use more common words and more readable writing, a new study finds. Researchers evaluated more than 30,000 real-world field…