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Ohio State’s Center for Emergent Materials awarded $18 million NSF grant
The Center for Emergent Materials recently received $18 million in Materials Research Science and Engineering Center funding from the National Science Foundation. The support will advance the center…
Looking back on spring 2020
Take a look back at the transformations and accomplishments of students, faculty and staff in the face of unprecedented challenges during spring 2020.
Untangling international conflict with computational science
A two-year, $200,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation will fund graduate student research in Bear Braumoeller's Modeling Emergent Social Order Lab, using computational modeling to better…
New Arts and Sciences chairs and directors for 2020
Eight Arts and Sciences faculty have been appointed chairs or directors of units within the college.
A physicist's 'strong interaction' with a new particle accelerator
The Electron-Ion Collider — set to be complete in 2030 — will smash electrons and protons together to give physicists a better idea of the fundamental building blocks of our universe. Yuri Kovchegov,…
Ohio State scientists part of new $3.7M project to advance nuclear physics experiments
Physics professor Richard Furnstahl, Distinguished University Professor of Physics Ulrich Heinz, and statistics professor Matthew Pratola are members of a new, NSF-funded project, the Bayesian…
Three Arts and Sciences faculty named Distinguished University Professors for 2020
Ohio State appoints no more than three Distinguished University Professors annually. All awardees for 2020 were faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences: Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Susan Olesik and…
Declines in public transit demand show essential workers’ reliance on COTA and similar services
An analysis of public transit use across the U.S. reveals where essential workers rely more on public transportation while prompting questions about building sustainable, resilient cities in the…
Four Arts and Sciences faculty named to leadership roles
Arts and Sciences faculty were selected to college leadership roles: Susan Olesik, Dean for Natural and Mathematical Sciences; Christopher Jaroniec, Associate Dean for Research and Creative Inquiry;…