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Looking back on spring 2020
Spring 2020 introduced the Arts and Sciences community to unprecedented challenges. But with the help of each other, students, faculty and staff were able to adapt and create a semester that…
Helping Arts and Sciences students find career success despite economic downturn
Thembekile Dube poses in graduation cap and stole on Ohio State's Columbus campus.
Thembekile Dube graduated in May with a Bachelor of…
Using psychology to encourage long-term COVID-19 compliance
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Outside the Ohio Statehouse, protests during Gov. Mike DeWine’s press briefings throughout the pandemic…
Declines in public transit demand show essential workers’ reliance on COTA and similar services
Starting in March, life during COVID-19 came to a standstill. There were no dinners with friends and family, no movie theater visits, no concerts…
Weinberg's research finds state response had little economic harm
Recently, nights have gotten a little longer for Bruce Weinberg.
“I feel like — if it’s getting a little bit late at night and I’m tired and teetering on the edge of turning in or putting…
What history can teach us about pandemics
Carriers at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918. Source: National Photo Company.…
Uncovering the true spread of the coronavirus in Ohio
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine started the process of re-opening Ohio's economy May 1.
As Gov. Mike DeWine starts reopening Ohio’s economy, one…
Putting deliberative democracy to work during COVID-19
Michael Neblo and his colleagues are working to make our democracy more deliberative and representative — to the benefit of constituents and lawmakers alike. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Office of Research awards COVID-19 funding to Arts and Sciences studies
The Office of Research recently announced its third and final round of funding as part of its COVID-19 Seed Funding Program aimed at addressing critical health and community problems related to…