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Clark Larsen and Anita Hopper

Clark Larsen and Anita Hopper elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Anthropology Clark Larsen and professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics Anita Hopper were elected to the American Academy of Arts and…

Venkat Goapalan

Gopalan, Weiner, Bukowski honored with student council teaching awards

The Arts and Sciences Student Council recently recognized Newman Professor of chemistry and biochemistry Venkat Gopalan, professor of comparative studies Isaac Weiner and PhD candidate of English…

Christopher Otter

Otter named 2020 Guggenheim Fellow

Associate professor of history Christopher Otter was awarded a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship. English alumna Aimee Nezhukumatathil, who is currently a professor at the University of Mississippi, also…

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EEOB professor’s research to tackle problems measuring biodiversity change

We’ve all heard about dwindling biodiversity across the planet, but it turns out scientists have a difficult time actually verifying it. This summer, Assistant Professor Marta Jarzyna is leading a…

Clark Larsen performing research at Catalhoyuk

Larsen wins Cozzarelli Prize for research into ancient city

Distinguished University Professor of anthropology Clark Larsen was awarded the 2019 Cozzarelli Prize from the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), an honor given to just…

Abraham Badu-Tawiah and Steffen Lindert

Chemistry's Badu-Tawiah and Lindert named 2020 Sloan Research Fellows

Abraham Badu-Tawiah and Steffen Lindert, assistant professors in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, have are recipients of 2020 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships.

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2019 Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award Winners

Five Arts and Humanities faculty members have been recognized due to their creative teaching and extraordinary records of engaging, motivating and inspiring students.

An artist's impression of the powerful, super-luminous supernova ASASSN-15lh, discovered by ASAS-SN in 2015, as it would appear from an exoplanet located about 10,000 light years away in the host galaxy of the supernova. (credit: Beijing Planetarium/Jin M

Kochanek and Stanek receive Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize

Professors of Astronomy Christopher Kochanek and Krzysztof Stanek have jointly received the American Astronomical Association's 2020 Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize, awarded for their innovative…

Photo credit: Kevin Grady (Radcliffe Institute)

Astronomy professor awarded 2020 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics

Professor of Astronomy and Ohio Eminent Scholar Christopher Kochanek was honored with the 2020 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics for his research into black hole formation and building a…