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New mathematics course connects students with Columbus’ own Hidden Figures
John Johnson Jr. and Ranthony Edmonds share a desire to understand access to mathematics for groups historically underrepresented in STEM. Edmonds, Ross Assistant…
Network of global coral researchers converges at Ohio State
Coral reefs, dynamic underwater ecosystems made up of thousands of corals and other marine species, play an essential role within and above the sea.
They are vital to a quarter of marine…
Two faculty honored with Presidential Early Career Awards
Amanda Hummon, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Chuan Xue, associate professor of mathematics, were named recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and…
PhD student dives into sea anemone research
PhD student Heather Glon has trouble keeping her head above water — mainly because her research requires her to travel around the world diving for sea anemones.
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14 Arts and Sciences graduate students named Presidential Fellows
Fourteen graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences have received a Spring 2019 Presidential Fellowship, the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School at Ohio State. Awarded…
Mathematics outreach program teaches youth about the joys of math
Érika Roldán Roa remembers being introduced to the joy of mathematics through a book when she was younger.
The book, Mathematics and the Imagination by Edward Kasner and James Newman,…
Zoology alumna has spent career saving penguins
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Dee Boersma has been called the Jane Goodall of penguins.
An adorably curious, roughly 2-foot-tall Magellanic penguin she’s named Turbo greets…
Triplehorn Insect Collection asks public to help label Arctic butterflies
Butterflies are among the many species vulnerable to climate change, with even slight shifts in environment affecting the distribution and flight patterns of certain populations.
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Outreach program brings middle school girls to ACCAD
Maria Palazzi remembers teaching a class that had no women in it.
“It was striking to me,” she recalled, “that this thing I love so much — computer animation — that there were no women…