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Ohio State helps dark energy instrument's lenses see the night sky for the first time
On April 1 the dome of the Mayall Telescope near Tucson, Arizona, opened to the night sky, and starlight poured through the assembly of six large lenses that were carefully packaged and aligned…
Field school sheds light on history of slavery and its modern manifestations
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Associate Professor Hasan Jeffries and his students stand outside James Madison's…
2018 High Points
The College of Arts and Sciences is home to extraordinary artists, scholars, scientists and spaces. We are excited to share some of this year’s high points as we look forward to another year…
Undergraduate’s love of nature and history fuels research in environmental archaeology
When fourth-year anthropology student Catherine Mendel was young, she would flip through her parents’ encyclopedia collection to the sections on world archaeology. She would read the pages over…
The Ohio Field School: Student research on-site in Scioto County
Folklore isn’t all old wives tales and urban legends — it’s about documenting cultures and communities here and now. That’s why the Center for Folklore Studies (CFS) at Ohio State has been…
Pursuing a passion for anthropology through the Summer Research Opportunities Program
Nearly 35 years ago, the Big Ten Academic Alliance founded the Summer Research Opportunities Program to connect underrepresented students from across the nation with valuable research experience…
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center expands research scope
Ohio State’s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center is building upon nearly 60 years of excellence in polar and alpine research to support the expanding scope of climate science across the…
Undergrad searches for answers in the Amazon
Luke Fannin’s passion for research has taken him far. The fourth-year zoology and anthropology student has spent his academic career searching for answers in labs at Ohio State, museums in major…
Atmospheric sciences alum Mike Bettes describes whirlwind career after Ohio State
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On May 31, 2013, a 2.6 mile-wide tornado careened across the landscape near El Reno, Oklahoma…