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M.S. Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies finds clues to unknown Arabic history
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…
PhD student dives into sea anemone research
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.
Climate change, humanities converge in Louisiana field school
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…
14 Arts and Sciences graduate students named Presidential Fellows
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.
Zoology alumna has spent career saving penguins
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.
Geography PhD candidate travels the world to know the world
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…
Triplehorn Insect Collection asks public to help label Arctic butterflies
The Triplehorn Insect Collection at Ohio State is enlisting citizen scientists to help them digitize thousands of Arctic butterfly specimens.
Ohio State helps dark energy instrument's lenses see the night sky for the first time
DESI project reaches important milestone with Ohio State researchers Mark Derwent, Klaus Honscheid, Paul Martini, Ashley Ross and David Weinberg.
Field school sheds light on history of slavery and its modern manifestations
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…