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Scarlet laser
By James Grega

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…

University Hall

As the 2026-2027 school year begins, the College of Arts and Sciences would like to welcome its new and returning department chairs, school directors and institute directors. These college leaders…

linker histone H1 protein

A protein that’s essential to every cell’s ability to turn off unnecessary genes is well known for its key function of compacting genes and its connection to cancer when it undergoes mutation. But…

Claudia Turro in the lab

Claudia Turro was eager to start the 2026-27 school year for good reason: she was back in her laboratory full-time.

After serving as Ohio State’s department chair of…

David Nagib

David Nagib, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor and Dr. Harold "Hal" Miller and Betty J. Miller Endowed Chair in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been…

Guliya Ice Cap

Ancient ice trapped within an ice cap in Northwestern Tibet appears to preserve fragments from the last ice age, extending Earth’s glacial record by over 100,000 years and making them the oldest…

A student drys paper on a window
By Braden Moles

Inside a lab space tucked away within Hopkins Hall, students and faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences are finding community among plants, paint and other projects focused on supporting the…

spiral galaxy

New observations regarding the composition of distant galaxies reveal insights into the earliest phases of the universe that confirm decades of scientific understanding of the elements and…

Roman Launch

Faculty, students and staff from The Ohio State University were up early in both Columbus and the Kennedy Space Center to watch the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as it begins…

Quantum Physics

The Ohio State University has joined the Midwest Quantum Collaboratory (MQC), a coalition of leading research universities dedicated to advancing quantum science, technology, education and…

Manganese light

In a new study, a team of astronomers has identified wavelengths of light that could be useful for tracing the chemical evolution of the universe.

Using computational modeling to simulate…

an illustration of the telescope

A new telescope built with a field of view large enough to unravel some of the universe’s most mysterious puzzles will soon aim to brighten our understanding of dark energy and distant worlds.

…

hikers on a glacier

A new analysis of ice cores collected from the Andes in Peru has produced the first global record of historical tropical methane, filling a critical gap in our understanding of the origins of…

Big Bang NASA image

Douglass Schumacher, a professor in the Department of Physics, is part of a multi-university collaboration receiving a $4.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF…

green hydrogen molecules

Researchers have developed a process for converting carbon dioxide and industrial waste into green hydrogen, reporting in a new study that turning trash into valuable mineral products could usher…

quasar

An international team of scientists has used machine learning to identify seven rare quasar candidates, according to a new study.

Quasars, distant cores of galaxies powered by supermassive…

the Ohio State seal

The Ohio State University continues to build momentum as a national leader in artificial intelligence research and innovation. This week, two teams led by Ohio State researchers joined a $293…

test tubes containing colorful liquids

A newly developed framework for understanding the photoproperties of both natural organic matter and eumelanin, a natural pigment responsible for dark colors in organisms, may inspire…

a spiral galaxy in blues and purples

In a new study, astronomers have revealed new details about how young stars shape their galactic surroundings.

Researchers analyzed about 18,000 star-forming regions in…

Quantum Information Science image

The Ohio State University is strengthening its growing prominence in quantum science, technology, and education with a $4 million, two‑year Phase II design award from the U.S. National Science…

Laura Kissell

Laura Kissel ’83 shaped Ohio State’s Byrd Center archives, ending her career with a Thompson Library exhibition.

a large RNA molecule

While scientists have known for over two decades that all cells use a strategy called RNA interference to regulate gene expression, a new study is the first to describe how a specific protein…

Ryan Pereira on the Oval during his graduate studies

From graduate school grit to supporting global educational exchange, Ryan Pereira '02 PhD reflects on the mentors, memories and lessons that shaped his Ohio State experience—and the career that…

a glacial crevasse, with a very small human shape in the background

Glaciers can reveal vast archives of information about Earth’s environmental past, but deciphering the origins of the matter within them can be a challenge.

Now, using a…

Garden of Constants, teal blue sculptures of numbers
By Christina Dierkes

Marilynn Brewer, professor emerita and Ohio Eminent Scholar in the Department of Psychology, and Christopher Kochanek, professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in the…

students walk past Mendenhall Lab, a yellow stone building

Four students from The Ohio State University have been recognized by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program for their commitment to scientific research. Awardees…

Venkat Gopalan enthusiastically teaching students about the scientific method
By Christina Dierkes

As the world’s population continues to grow, farmers across the globe are working hard to feed more than 8 billion humans. Agriculture at that scale requires interventions, including herbicides…

Scarlet and Gray Associate Professors

Elizabeth Dillenburg in the Department of History and Alexander Sokolov in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry were recently chosen to participate in the…

red tulips in spring

The Ohio State University’s Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching is one of the university’s most prestigious teaching awards. Ten faculty members, including six Arts and Sciences faculty…

Star trails over the Mayall Telescope that houses DESI

In pursuit of understanding the role dark energy plays in complex physics, researchers have marked completion of a major milestone: successfully surveying the entire target area in the…

red tulips in spring

Six faculty members, including lecturers in the Department of English and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, were recently announced as 2026 Provost’s Award for Distinguished Teaching…

Faculty-to-Faculty Mentorship Awards

Six faculty members, including three from the College of Arts and Sciences, were recently announced as the inaugural Faculty-to-Faculty Mentorship Award recipients.

This new university‑wide…

Christopher Jaroniec

Christopher Jaroniec, PhD, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor and associate dean for research and creative inquiry in the College of Arts and Sciences, has earned The Ohio State University…

Turro

Claudia Turro has changed how researchers understand and use the photoreactivity of metal complexes, shifting the paradigm of inorganic photochemistry. Her discoveries have also…

superconductors

Researchers have discovered evidence that superconductivity can be controlled by influencing the surrounding environment, a finding that may lead to more efficient electronics down the…

High mountains with glaciers

Glaciers in High Mountain Asia — a region encompassing the Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding mountain ranges — are shrinking rapidly, endangering water resources for millions of people…

Outdoor architecture, design and branding details of The University Seal on The Oval.

The College of Arts and Sciences maintains a strong national academic profile, with audiology ranked in the top 10 (6th among publics) and speech & hearing in the top 20 (16th among publics)…

An advertisement for a lecture by Sir George Hubert Wilkins

Before she retires later this year, Laura Kissel, polar archivist for the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program (or Polar Archives) at The Ohio State University, wanted to…

flowering trees on the Oval, with University Hall in the background
By Christina Dierkes

The 2025 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) includes four investigators from The Ohio State University, all affiliated with the College of Arts and…

pink flowering trees on the Oval in spring

Congratulations to the 15 graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences who are recipients of the 2025-26 Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA) from Ohio State's Graduate School. The…

Students at the Denman Awards

A number of College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate researchers received awards at the 2026 Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. 31 students from 15…

jet simulator

Students at The Ohio State University are now taking off into virtual skies flying a B737 Max jet. The life-sized simulator is the Center for Aviation Studies’ latest addition to the Flight…

flowering trees on the Oval, with University Hall in the background

Research and creative activity are often impossible without the right equipment, and the College of Arts and Sciences continues to step up to help faculty members replace outdated instrumentation,…

SciDome Planetarium

During autumn semester, students at Ohio State Newark put on their first planetarium show, "Under the Stars." Hosted at the SciDome planetarium, the show aimed to teach the…

2025 Top Stories

A lot happened in the College of Arts and Sciences in 2025. Let's take a look back at some of our top stories from the past 12 months as we get ready to share another year of excellence,…

University Hall, a brick building with a tall clocktower, on a clear winter day

Ohio State researchers, including faculty in the Department of Physics and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, recently were awarded nearly $9 million through the Ohio Federal Research…

Dehua Pei

Dehua Pei, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This award recognizes “exceptional…

Winter trees at dusk, in front of University Hall, a brick building with a tall tower

Several programs in the College of Arts and Sciences earned strong international recognition in the 2025 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS).

GRAS evaluates world…

Beaker and vial with green liquid inside

In a new study, chemists have developed a novel framework for determining how effectively carbon monoxide sticks to the surface of a catalyst during conversion from carbon dioxide.

…

Inside the Super-Kamiokande detector

In a new analysis, physicists provide the most precise picture yet of how neutrinos change ‘flavor’ as they travel through the cosmos.

Neutrinos are fundamental…

BuckAI ribbon cutting
By Christina Dierkes

To capitalize on the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence (AI) and The Ohio State University’s focus on becoming a national leader in the field, the College of Arts and Sciences has…

flowering trees on the Oval, with University Hall in the background

As the 2025-2026 school year begins, the College of Arts and Sciences would like to welcome its new and returning department chairs, school directors and institute directors. These college leaders…

Kotaro Nakanishi

Biogen is investing up to $1 billion in a new research collaboration with City Therapeutics, a biotechnology company founded on discoveries made at The Ohio State University. The agreement…

bleached coral under water

As coral reefs decline at unprecedented rates, new research has revealed that some coral species may be more resilient to warming temperatures than others.

By studying…

stellar eclipse

Stars die and vanish from sight all the time, but astronomers were puzzled when one that had been stable for more than a decade almost disappeared for eight months.

Coral Reef

Coral restoration efforts could be dramatically improved with technologies that support the survival and growth of baby corals, suggests a new study.

Findings showed…

flasks full of colorful liquids arranged in a stripe pattern

Chemists have developed a novel way to generate a variety of highly useful chemical building blocks by harnessing metal carbenes, suggests new research.

Typically used…

CBEC building exterior

In August, the inaugural class of The Ohio State University’s Engaged Scholars Academy will begin with 16 tenure-track faculty members from eight different colleges.

The participants will…

pink flowering trees on the Oval in spring

Ohio State Energy Partners (OSEP), the university’s comprehensive energy management partnership, has announced its 2025-2026 grant recipients. Awardees include Nicole Karn in the Department of…

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a red blood cell infected with malaria parasites

Devices made with cheap strips of paper have outperformed two other testing methods in detecting malaria infection in asymptomatic people in Ghana – a diagnostic advance that could accelerate…

Melisa Diaz

Melisa Diaz, an associate professor in earth sciences and the principal investigator of the Polar and Environmental Geochemistry Lab at The Ohio State University, has been named a 2025–2027 CIFAR…

a research ship on the open ocean, below a rainbow

Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain understudied clues into Earth’s environmental future, according…

downed power lines on a residential street

What started as a research project in a campus lab is now helping utility companies across the country keep the power on when it matters most.

StormImpact, a weather analytics company…

Magnetar illustration

Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.

Zachary Schultz

Zac Shultz, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a 2025-2026 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Chile to research “Raman…

Brendan Crowell

Brendan W. Crowell, assistant professor, School of Earth Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded a 2025-2026 Fulbright U.S. Specialist grant to the Escuela Politécnica Nacional…

people climbing a snowy mountain

Scientists are working to shed new light on an enduring climate mystery – one that, if solved, could help them make more accurate predictions about the planet’s future.

In a new study, data…

From left to right, photo of Provost Ravi V. Bellamkonda, Dean Susan Olesik, Dean David Horn, Amanda Miller, and Luiza Newlin-lukowicz
By Shantay Piazza

Today, The Ohio State University announced it will build a student-centered and technology-rich space designed to facilitate and promote STEM learning. Thanks to $700,000 in grants from Meta’s New…

Super-Earths are a class of strange alien worlds that researchers are quickly learning more about.

Using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), an international team of researchers has discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common across the universe than…

Tomaz Neves-Garcia

Tomaz Neves-Garcia’s scientific journey has taken him from São Paulo to Ohio, with stops in the United Kingdom and Spain along the way. During his undergraduate studies at the University of São…

Michael Lisa

Michael Lisa, a College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics, has been named a 2025 Distinguished University Professor, the highest faculty honor at The Ohio State University…

A headshot of Caprice Phillips
By Braden Moles

Caprice Phillips, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Astronomy at Ohio State, has always aimed for the stars through her research and outreach. Now, she will have the…

flowering trees on the Oval, with University Hall in the background

Four students from The Ohio State University have been recognized by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. The group includes neuroscience major Majd Al-Marrawi,…

Dehua Pei Distinguished Scholar Award


Dehua Pei, PhD, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has earned The Ohio State University 2025 Distinguished Scholar Award. Senior…

University Hall, a brick building with a tall clocktower, on a clear winter day
By Christina Dierkes

Research and creative activity are often impossible without the right equipment, and the College of Arts and Sciences is stepping up to help faculty members replace outdated instrumentation,…

Chemistry flask

Researchers have uncovered a more efficient way to turn carbon dioxide into methanol, a type of alcohol that can serve as a cleaner alternative fuel.

In the lab,…

2024 AAAS Fellows
By Christina Dierkes

The 2024 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) includes eight investigators from The Ohio State University, with six scientists coming from the College…

Outside of Derby Hall
By Braden Moles

“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…

DESI results

Researchers see hints that dark energy, widely thought to be a “cosmological constant,” might be evolving over time in unexpected ways.

New results from the Dark Energy…

Students at the Denman Awards

A number of College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate researchers received awards at the 2025 Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. 25 students from 12…

a dark shot of the planet Jupiter

A fresh look at past data reveals that exoplanets with masses similar to Jupiter formed much sooner than previously thought, according to new research.

The Ohio State…

Josh Yurman

“There comes a point – a moment, literally a moment – in every single trip I have, where I’m sitting at a roadside cafe, looking at something in a museum…I’m in Tokyo, I’m in Barcelona, and I’m in…

Dean Horn poses with Asia Society alumni at dinner

The Asia Society Hong Kong Center hosted David Horn, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University, for a conversation about “Why the Liberal Arts Matter” on February 7…

a large pink coral frond, backlit by sunshine from the water's surface

Scientists have developed a novel tool designed to protect and conserve coral reefs by providing them with an abundance of feeding opportunities.

The device, dubbed the…

glacier crevasses from above

A new study published this week in Nature Geoscience reveals that in response to climate change, the Greenland Ice Sheet is developing significantly more surface crevasses in key regions …

radio telescope

Adam Leroy, a professor of astronomy at The Ohio State University, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Henry Draper Medal.

The oldest medal awarded by the National…

2024 Top Stories

A lot happened in the College of Arts and Sciences in 2024. Let's take a look back at some of our top stories from the past 12 months as we get ready to share another year of excellence,…

Pierre Agostini

Three professors at The Ohio State University, including 2023 Nobel Prize winner Pierre Agostini in the Department of Physics, have been elected as members of the National Academy…

rendering of a supernova in shades of cool blues

An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed.

This rare supernova,…

filling up a car's gas tank

Chemists have developed a novel way to capture and convert carbon dioxide into methane, suggesting that future gas emissions could be converted into an alternative fuel using electricity…

glacier with runoff

Human activities have led to the pollution of some of the remotest places in the world, a new study shows.

By examining ice cores taken from the Guliya ice cap in…

a dinosaur skeleton in the lobby of Orton Hall

This year, Orton Geological Museum celebrates 150 years of firsts and rocks, minerals and fossils that make both the curious and scientifically minded go “ooh!” Museum Director and Professor Loren…

Amgen ribbon cutting

Faculty, staff and students from The Ohio State University and distinguished guests joined Amgen representatives for the official opening celebration of the Amgen STEM Learning Center at Ramseyer…

boreal forest on a wide hillside

Rapid warming has impacted the northern ecosystem so significantly that scientists are concerned the region’s vegetation is losing the ability to recover from climate shocks, suggests a…

Headshot of Ralf Bundschuh
By Braden Moles

Ralf Bundschuh, a professor in the Department of Physics, has been appointed chair of the department beginning July 1, 2024.

Bundschuh’s research, supported by the National…

melting glacier and floating ice blocks

Natural climate patterns such as El Niño are causing tropical glaciers to lose their ice at an alarming rate, a new study has found.

A phenomenon that typically occurs…

a handful of black plastic pellets

Researchers have developed a way to make one type of plastic material more durable and less likely to shed dangerous microplastics.

The study identified a secure way to…

chalkboard with writing

David Nagib, an organic chemist and a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The Ohio State University, has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for…

bleached coral under water

Coral reefs will continue to experience severe heat stress as rising temperatures cause the oceans to become unbearably hot – but a new study shows that altering their feeding habits could allow…

large binocular telescope

Researchers at The Ohio State University are helping lead the development of an instrument that will transform how astronomers hunt for exoplanets.

Designed to detect…

Ann Cook

Ann Cook uses petrophysics, geophysics, sediment core and mathematical models to understand subseafloor natural gas hydrate systems. She is particularly interested in how to…

students and faculty look at a physics experiment
By Christina Dierkes

The Center for Emergent Materials (CEM) at The Ohio State University’s College of Arts and Sciences is partnering with California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) on a program to expand…

A headshot of professor Todd Thompson
By Braden Moles

Todd Thompson, a professor in the Department of Astronomy, has been appointed chair of the department beginning July 1, 2024.

Thompson is a theoretical astrophysicist whose…

students walk past Mendenhall Lab, a yellow stone building
By James Grega

Moving to a new place can be difficult for incoming Ohio State students. Acclimating to an entirely new university on top of that can seem even more daunting. A new program aims to alleviate some…

NeXUS facility

A team of chemistry and physics researchers at The Ohio State University have received a $12M award from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the operation, maintenance and…

a planet in front of a sun

In a new study, astronomers report novel evidence regarding the limits of planet formation, finding that after a certain point, planets larger than Earth have difficulty forming near low…

scientists working at a lab bench

The invention of a tool capable of unlocking previously impossible organic chemical reactions has opened new pathways in the pharmaceutical industry to create effective drugs more…

a lake in front of snowy mountains and glaciers

Ancient viruses preserved in glacial ice hold valuable information about changes in Earth’s climate, a new study suggests.

For decades, the Guliya Glacier, located above…

light beams radiate from a central point

An international team of scientists is the first to report incredibly small time delays in a molecule’s electron activity when the particles are exposed to X-rays.

To…

Shang Zhai

Shang Zhai, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with a joint appointment in the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University, is spearheading…

a view from a glacier, overlooking an ice field with a small plane

The rising earth beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet will likely become a major factor in future sea level rise, a new study suggests.

Despite feeling like a stationary mass…

Now at Ohio State logo

There has been a large influx of mental health issues in our agricultural communities, but there are those out there looking to turn back that tide. In this episode, we talk to Aaron Wilson, a…

clear test tubes and flasks holding blue and green liquids

Chemists have been working to synthesize high-value materials from waste molecules for years. Now, an international collaboration of scientists is exploring ways to use electricity to…

tornado over fields

Cosmic rays could offer scientists another way to track and study violent tornadoes and other severe weather phenomena, a new study suggests.

By combining local weather…

Now at Ohio State logo

Tornadoes — a phenomenon both fascinating and terrifying. In this episode, we delve into the mesmerizing science of these storms and the bravery of those who study and respond to them. Discover…

red tulips in spring

Ohio State Energy Partners (OSEP), the university’s comprehensive energy management partnership, has announced 2024-2025 grants for projects that support international experiential learning,…

A tour of Orton Museum views the dinosaur skeleton

Dozens of Columbus City Schools teachers started a recent warm summer morning on the campus of The Ohio State University, walking into historic Orton Hall and past the skeleton of the giant…

Engaged Scholars is a series from the Office of Outreach and Engagement, highlighting Ohio State faculty who have made an impact in our communities through their community-engaged research and…

a chalkboard showing calculus formulas

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 between…

Louis DiMauro and Pierre Agostini

Professors Lou DiMauro and Pierre Agostini, a 2023 Nobel laureate, are developing the next generation of big thinkers.

Nobel medal

Pierre Agostini is the first sitting Ohio State professor to be named a Nobel Prize winner, and these professors and alumni also were honored.

three people smile at the camera

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…

computer chip illustration

Systems controlled by next-generation computing algorithms could give rise to better and more efficient machine learning products, a new study suggests.

Using machine…

image from the DESI instrument

Researchers at The Ohio State University played a major role in analyzing the first year of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument’s survey into the history of the universe.…

Garden of Constants, teal blue sculptures of numbers
By Christina Dierkes

The 2023 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) includes eight investigators from The Ohio State University, with five scientists coming from the…

coral reef specimens in a glass case

People may be surprised to learn that, despite being in the heart of the Midwest, Ohio is home to spectacular coral reef fossils. Why? Because millions of years ago, the state did not look like it…

red tulips in spring

Ohio State's University Outreach and Engagement Awards honor faculty, staff, students and community partners for outstanding achievement in producing engaged scholarship and community impact…

pink flowering trees on the Oval in spring

Eight faculty members and lecturers in the College of Arts and Sciences have received teaching and service awards from The Ohio State University. They were surprised with the recognitions during…

Pierre Agostini talks to students

Pierre Agostini, 2023 Nobel Laureate and emeritus professor of physics at The Ohio State University, is often a man of few words. During his visit to the Columbus campus this…

solar eclipse

On April 8, a total solar eclipse will be crossing the United States, and Ohio has a front row seat to the celestial show. In this episode, we talk with two experts about the upcoming eclipse and…

a giant ground sloth skeleton

When the skeletal remains of a giant ground sloth were first unearthed in 1796, the discovery marked one of the earliest paleontological finds in American history.

The…

Agostini signs t-shirts for students

On a breezy spring day, Pierre Agostini, emeritus professor of physics at The Ohio State University and 2023 Nobel Laureate, was welcomed back to Columbus with a crowd of more…

solar eclipse

On April 8, millions of observers in Ohio will witness a total solar eclipse, a rare celestial event that promises to be an otherworldly experience. Wayne Schlingman, director of the…

CLEclipse: A Buckeye Countdown to the Solar Eclipse

On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross a large portion of North America (including a large swath of Ohio) with a path ranging between 108 and 122 miles in width, according to NASA. …

Exterior view of University Hall

Buckeyes Give: Top impact stories from 2023-24

Each spring, the College of Arts and Sciences’ Alumni Awards ceremony recognizes a distinguished few of our more than 215,000…

Students at the Denman Awards

The College of Arts and Sciences congratulates the undergraduate researchers who received awards at the 2024 Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. 27…

a black cow drinking water

In a new study, scientists have discovered that viruses that infect microbes contribute to climate change by playing a key role in cycling methane, a potent greenhouse gas, through the environment…

Loren Babcock

Until recently, Orthacanthus gracilis could have been considered the “John Smith” of prehistoric shark names, given how common it was.

Three different species of sharks from the…

Scott Gaudi
By Christina Dierkes

Scott Gaudi, Thomas Jefferson Professor for Discovery and Space Exploration and a Distinguished Scholar in the Department of Astronomy at The Ohio State University, has been named…

Earth

The next generation of advanced telescopes could sharpen the hunt for potential extraterrestrial life by closely scrutinizing the atmospheres of nearby exoplanets, new research suggests…

Todd Thompson

Todd Thompson is the Allan H. Markowitz Endowed Chair in Astronomy, Professor of Astronomy with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Physics, and a Distinguished University Scholar. His…

a galaxy

For the first time, high-resolution images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope are offering powerful insights into the complex dust patterns of nearby star-forming galaxies.

2023 Top Stories

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

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

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

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

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…

celebrating before the ceremony

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

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.

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

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

These…

WAVES AGAINST A CLIFF FACE

Scientists have calculated a way to determine the speed of past underwater landslides, a new study has found.

Researchers from The Ohio State University studied the…

a small robot

Could robots, whose forms can be adapted to achieve almost any real-world task, soon be able to lend a hand in understanding the paleoecology tracing of extinct organisms?

Lead Research Scientist Alexandar Hansen looks on as the massive NMR spectrometer is lowered in the CCIC.
By Z. Daniel Barnett

In September 2023, the Campus Chemical Instrument Center (CCIC) and Gateway National Ultrahigh Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility welcomed the delivery of a state-of-the-art, 1.2…

Ann Marie Hulver

While faculty at The Ohio State University spend much of their time in classrooms on campus, some have also been able to reach students around the country. Through the Skype a Scientist initiative…

Scientists have breathed new life into the study of a protein with an outsized link to human cancers because of its dangerous mutations, using advanced research techniques to detect its hidden…

Satellite dish and satellite in front of a sunset

In a new breakthrough, researchers have used a novel technique to confirm a previously undetected physics phenomenon that could be used to improve data storage in the next generation of…

Wayne Schlingman

Community Connectors is a monthly series highlighting Ohio State staff members who have shown leadership in partnering with our communities to make an impact.

…

beam line end station

Pierre Agostini, professor emeritus of physics at The Ohio State University, has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics with two of his colleagues.

Exterior view of University Hall

Congratulations to the three Arts and Sciences faculty members who were named 2023-2024 Provost’s Early Career Scholars! The group includes Clementine Bordeaux in the Department of Women's, Gender…

illustration of a lava planet

Lava worlds, massive exoplanets home to sparkling skies and roiling volcanic seas called magma oceans, are distinctly unlike the planets in our solar system.

To date, nearly 50% of all…

Lonnie Thompson mountain climbing

Lonnie Thompson has perhaps spent more time at the top of the world than anyone else on the planet.

Thompson, a distinguished university professor of earth sciences at The Ohio State…

Ohio State Oval at dawn

Ohio State Energy Partners (OSEP), the university’s comprehensive energy management partnership, has announced 2023-24 grants for projects that advance access to STEM education for people with…

an illustration of the telescope
By Christina Dierkes

Faculty, staff and students in the Departments of Astronomy and Physics will play a large part in NASA’s next large astrophysics mission, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman), expected to…

Oval seal

The Ohio State University has selected nine proposals, including six from the College of Arts and Sciences, for Good-to-Great Grant Program support. Sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs …

Quantum bits inside of a quantum computer
By Christina Dierkes

An interdisciplinary team at The Ohio State University has received $3M from the National Science Foundation to support the launch of a new graduate program in quantum information science and…

Vaishnavi Sidharthan and Rachel Lew
By Christina Dierkes

Two graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded 2023 Pelotonia Graduate Scholarships, a two-year research award that supports graduate students who focus on cancer…

Supernova

In a new study, researchers have taken an important step toward understanding how exploding stars can help reveal how neutrinos, mysterious subatomic particles, secretly interact with…

Daniel Brandenburg
By James Grega

Daniel Brandenburg, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, has been selected as one of 93 scientists across the country to receive funding from the U.S. Department…

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StormImpact, a startup originating from The Ohio State University and co-founded by Stephen Quiring in the Department of Geography, has the capability to decrease the consequences…

an observatory under the night sky

As the next generation of giant, high-powered observatories begin to come online, a new study suggests that their instruments may offer scientists an unparalleled opportunity to discern what…