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Trevon Logan

Logan named director of inaugural NBER working group on race and economics

Trevon Logan, professor of economics and interim dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed director of the National Bureau of Economic Research…

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Understanding the outcome of the 2020 election

Election Day is officially behind us, but there is still plenty to unpack as the United States grapples with its current political landscape and how matters such as COVID-19, racial…

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FRIT offers new major: French and Francophone Studies

Hagerty Hall, home to the Department of French and Italian.

The Department of French and Italian has added another interdisciplinary major to its…

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Forest sustainability: How Maya social norms affect ecology

If you were a farmer in a forest-based village in Belize, you would likely ask a neighbor to help you go planting. But in doing that, you created an obligation that you will return the favor and…

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What election polls actually tell us about the 2020 presidential race

The 2020 presidential race is in its final stretch, but as President Donald Trump’s 2016 victory revealed, any prediction can still be turned upside down once the votes are counted.

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Suchland examines links between abolition and modern day slavery

In 2010, three years ahead of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, former president Barack Obama first declared January “National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month…

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Slavery and its legacies: Remembering 1619 and Beyond


The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, pictured above, is the nation’s first memorial dedicated to the legacies of slavery. (Photo courtesy of…

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Putting 'Education for Citizenship' into action this election

On Oct. 1, Gretchen Ritter, executive dean and vice provost, sent the message below to College of Arts and Sciences students, faculty, staff and alumni.

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Ohio State-led QuSTEAM initiative to transform U.S. quantum education

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A group of scientists from five universities across the Midwest and led by Ohio State will lead an effort to redesign quantum science education, working…