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Lisa Florman names Charles O. Anderson the fourth Artist Laureate with a gold laurel crown

Ohio State Artist Laureate eager to celebrate American semiquincentennial

America’s 250th birthday is a time to take stock of the past and consider the future, said Charles O. Anderson, The Ohio State University’s newest Artist Laureate.

“It’s an…

students pose fashionably for a group photo

Art students flourish through Ohio State externship program

More than 100 undergraduate students at The Ohio State University have worked as “externs” with area arts organizations since 2023, when the university received $2 million from the Mellon…

2026 President’s Buckeye Accelerator

Six student ventures earn $50,000 each in 2026 President’s Buckeye Accelerator

Six student-led startups, including a team of neuroscience majors, were each awarded $50,000 in funding at The Ohio State University’s 2026 President’s Buckeye Accelerator (PBA) finale, led by the…

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

Novel technique drills more detail into ice core records

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

Two faculty members selected to join National Academy of Sciences

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

Ohio State students named Goldwater Scholars for 2026

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

Scientists bring crop protection research to local science classes

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…

children in a classroom

We may be born with 2 complex cognitive functions already established

A new study is the first to show that two of our most sophisticated cognitive functions, using and understanding language and being able to sense how other people feel, have distinct origins in…

Scarlet and Gray Associate Professors

2026 Scarlet and Gray Associate Professors include two Arts and Sciences faculty members

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