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A shift from the sandlot to the travel team for youth sports

Pickup basketball and neighborhood kickball are less common now than for generations past, giving way to more organized and formal youth sports intended to help kids get ahead, a new study suggests…

Kathleen Shanahan-Aughe in her Comparative Studies class

Age 60+ and curious? Ohio State has a seat for you

No grades, no tuition—just knowledge. Program 60 welcomes Ohio seniors to audit dozens of courses, a boon for everyone.

Professor Mark Bender and a group of students pose with a Tibetan dance troupe

Award-winning professor advances folklore at Ohio State

By Braden Moles

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 in…

Sister M. Xavier Schulze smiles while playing guitar in a school hallway

Called to serve

Sister M. Xavier Schulze ’11 discovered life was more than basketball while at Ohio State. Today, she lives with total commitment — faith, love and joy in full measure.

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Ohio State program gives high school students leadership, research experience

Students who have participated in The Ohio State University’s State Student Leadership Research Collaborative (SLRC) recently came together to discuss how the program has fostered personal and…

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Sounding out animal reactions to the 2024 eclipse

No natural phenomenon provides a rarer chance to study the secrets of the animal world than a total solar eclipse.  This was recently demonstrated by researchers investigating how a total solar…

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College of Arts and Sciences awards six Instrumentation and Infrastructure Grants

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without the right equipment, and the College of Arts and Sciences continues to step up to help faculty members replace outdated instrumentation,…

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Scholars gather at Ohio State for Northwest Ordinance conference

A fully booked conference – with a wait list – is a great way to kick off celebrations in Ohio for the United States’ semiquincentennial, or America 250. At “New Perspectives on the Northwest…

U.S. President Donald Trump, CIA Director John Ratcliffe (L) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio monitor U.S. military operations in Venezuela, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club on January 3, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Venezuela-focused panel discusses shift in American foreign policy

National security scholars at The Ohio State University are noticing a change in tone and rhetoric in the way the United States is conducting foreign policy following the capture of Venezuelan…