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When you think of a laser, what comes to mind? Intergalactic space battles? James Bond in Goldfinger? A game of laser tag?
You may be surprised to learn that studying lasers at The Ohio…
Hip hop began more than 50 years ago in the neighborhoods of New York City and has since spread across America, crossed oceans, connected cultures and even inspired new genres of music. Now, hip…
After more than six decades of conflict, 137,000 people have been reported missing in Colombia. A partnership between The Ohio State University’s new Mershon Search Lab and Colombia’s Unidad de…
The College of Arts and Sciences is excited to announce the launch of the new undergraduate major in American Sign Language: Applied Communication and Community Studies. The program combines…
“Going green,” is a phrase you hear a lot these days, as people and organizations strive to create a more sustainable and thriving environment. The Department of Theatre, Film and Media Arts at…
For a few days every year in March, most of the country celebrates the luck of the Irish. All year round, PhD student Nicholas Booker celebrates culture connected to Cornwall,…
The phrase “iPad kid” has plenty of negative connotations.
Parents of young children are often working or in need of a break, but are increasingly concerned about exposing their kids to…
The study of folklore at Ohio State – ranging from tales of ghosts and goblins to stories of cultural heritage throughout the world – dates back nearly 100 years. In recent decades, developments…
Wildfires leave behind devastation. In their wake, they destroy homes, businesses and wildlife. And according to research from assistant professor Kate Hu, their impact goes…
Jon Anderegg is an extraordinarily well-traveled and accomplished scholar. He has been educated or been an educator in five states at a number of different institutions. However,…
The Underground Railroad in North America, which helped slaves from southern states flee to northern states and Canada is an important story when telling America’s history. The journey south,…
Tiffany Bourgeois, assistant professor, Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a 2025-2026 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to…
A local intergenerational workshop series is helping children in central Ohio connect with their history by writing self-published books that tell stories of their unique heritage.
The…
Undergraduate research in higher education institutions isn’t rare. However, an undergraduate student being listed as a first author on a paper cited in The New York Times is…
“If you feel it, chase it,” was the tagline for “Twisters,” a 2024 blockbuster film centered around a group of storm chasers who study tornadoes. And for students at Ohio State, the opportunity to…
In a remote Norwegian field station, Erin Murray spent a month with a research team studying the impacts of noise from a nearby offshore windfarm upon key species of the local aquatic food chain.…
Professor Highley’s project creates map overlays to provide viewers a more comprehensive view of what Shakespearean London looked like, compared to different eras in the modern city.
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This story contains references to suicide and mental health. If you are thinking of harming yourself or if you are worried about someone else and need advice about what to do, call or text the…
The students working with Margaret Newell in her historical research lab at The Ohio State University over the summer spent a lot of time looking at original documents. It was challenging for them…
Eliminate the tampon tax, free period products in schools, free period products in homeless shelters and prisons.
Those are the three primary goals of the menstrual justice movement “Period”…
Posted by The Ohio State University Airport: Patricia Pena is an air transportation major in the College of Arts and Sciences and strives to have a career as a private pilot. In…
In 2012, Ohio State alumnus Keith Monda ’68, ‘71 established the Monda International Experience Scholarship, a need-based award open to Columbus campus undergraduate students with a declared major in…
The world is in the midst of the next mass extinction. By using artificial intelligence to scan thousands of photos of animals, Tanya Berger-Wolf, a professor of evolution, ecology and organismal…
At the turn of the new year, we take a step back to evaluate the stories we told about the College of Arts and Sciences community in 2021. We are proud to present some of our top stories of the last…
Buckeye Aha Math Moments (BAMM) has continued inspiring students of all ages to learn math with fun activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Students in the College of Arts and Sciences aren't just returning to the classroom in autumn 2021. They're returning to the field. In the School of Earth Sciences, few things symbolize this renewal…
Steven Prohira is a neutrino hunter. The postdoctoral researcher at Ohio State's Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics is principal investigator on a new project, the NSF-funded Radar Echo…
Sean Downey, associate professor of anthropology and core faculty member of Ohio State's Sustainability Institute, explores how social and cultural norms among Maya farmers in Belize impact local…
Ohio State is one of 14 universities from around the globe that have been awarded $12.5 million from the National Science Foundation to launch a new Biology Integration Institute called EMERGE, which…
Between tales of world exploration, scholarly breakthroughs, cutting-edge research and investments in our future, this past year was one to remember. The College of Arts and Sciences shares some of…
Summer 2019 was packed with adventure for the hundreds of Ohio State Arts and Sciences students who broke down traditional classroom barriers to study around the world.
Ahmad Al-Jallad, M.S. Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies, is renowned as one of the world's experts on early Arabic texts. By exhaustively inspecting the hot, rocky deserts of North Arabia, he looks for…
Evolution, ecology and organismal biology doctoral student Heather Glon is studying evolution and diversity in sea anemones, which she’s trekked the northern hemisphere to find.
Associate professors Thomas Davis of English and Mary Thomas of women’s, gender and sexuality studies recently took a group of students to a field school in southern Louisiana, where they grappled…
Awarded each semester to graduate students of outstanding scholarship, the Presidential Fellowship grants fellows one year of full-time financial support in their final year of dissertation work.
For decades, Ohio State alumna Dee Boersma has been following the lives of penguins on the Galapagos Islands and on the shores of Punta Tombo, Argentina.
Forrest Schoessow, a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography, has trekked across the planet for years. He leads the Mountain Drone Team at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and studies…
The Triplehorn Insect Collection at Ohio State is enlisting citizen scientists to help them digitize thousands of Arctic butterfly specimens.
DESI project reaches important milestone with Ohio State researchers Mark Derwent, Klaus Honscheid, Paul Martini, Ashley Ross and David Weinberg.
A group of undergraduate students recently partook in a field school that examined the history of slavery and racism. Students explored the home and plantation of former U.S. President James Madison…
The College of Arts and Sciences is excited share some of this year’s high points — from saving coral reefs to tracking criminal drug markets to extraordinary alumni achievements.
When Catherine Mendel was young, she would flip through her parents’ encyclopedia collection to the sections on world archaeology, dreaming of one day becoming an archaeologist herself. Years later,…
The Center for Folklore Studies at Ohio State is supporting, documenting and preserving local cultures through its Ohio Field School.
The Big Ten Academic Alliance's Summer Research Opportunities Program has been dubbed a "gateway to graduate education."
Ohio State’s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center is extending beyond its excellence in polar and alpine research to support the expanding scope of climate science across the university.
Luke Fannin’s passion for research has taken him far. The fourth-year zoology and anthropology student has spent his academic career searching for answers in labs at Ohio State,…
Mike Bettes (BS, atmospheric sciences, 1995) has been with The Weather Channel for 15 years and has covered some of the most intense weather-related events in history. His time at Ohio State, he says…
"HIV: From Microbiology to Macrohistory" is a course co-taught by associate professors Jesse Kwiek of microbiology and Thomas McDow of history. The class examines HIV's evolution at a molecular level…
The world was the classroom for Arts and Sciences students studying abroad this summer — here are a few highlights from their adventures.
Astronomy and physics students got a firsthand look at the world’s largest steerable radio telescope, which is being used to detect signs of alien life.
PhD student in the School of Earth Sciences Melisa Diaz spent her winter break in Antarctica studying how ecosystems respond to changes in climate.
ASC alumna Angela Hatke is a communications coordinator at the Cincinnati Zoo, where hanging out with Fiona the baby hippo is just another day on the job.
For the College of Arts and Sciences, 2017 was full of extraordinary accomplishments, leading-edge research, impactful philanthropy and nonstop learning. Take a moment to look back as we gear up for…
Journalism alumnus William Kosileski realized his dream job with an internship with MLB.com, writing for the Cleveland Indians during their 2017 season.