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Arctic (Oeneis) butterflies at the Museum of Biological Diversity

Triplehorn Insect Collection asks public to help label Arctic butterflies

The Triplehorn Insect Collection at Ohio State is enlisting citizen scientists to help them digitize thousands of Arctic butterfly specimens.

Orton Hall at dusk

15 Arts and Sciences students named Presidential Fellows

Awarded each semester to graduate students of outstanding scholarship, the Presidential Fellowship gives fellows one year of full-time financial support.

Image credit: University of Washington Institute for Protein Design

Ohio State, University of Washington scientists pave way for protein nanomachines

In a first-of-its-kind scientific breakthrough, scientists have programmed proteins to pair exactly, similar to the way DNA molecules zip together.

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Funding furthers research on connection between music, health

Meet Hannah Bachman and Daniel Shanahan, who are exploring the intersection of health and music, thanks to the generosity of college alumni, donors and friends.

College of Arts and Sciences announces 5 new majors

The College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State has launched five new undergraduate majors, all of which incorporate emerging trends and issues into carefully designed, interdisciplinary academic…

Ohio State Biological Sciences Greenhouse

Machine learning helps predict endangered plant species

A new analytics approach co-developed by Bryan Carstens, professor of evolution, ecology and organismal biology, identifies 15,000 at-risk plant species.

A group of students stand in front of a torii during their study abroad course in Japan in May 2018

Earth sciences and public health merge in study abroad course to Japan

"The Field Experience in Global Public Health: Japan" is a study abroad course that combines the disciplines of Earth sciences and public health in which students study a broad range of public health…

From left: Zachary Van Aernum, Sophie Harvey, Vicki Wysocki, Florian Busch, Benjamin Jones, Erin Panczyk

Wysocki lab making huge advances in protein characterization

A $6.8 million NIH grant has established a Resource for Native Mass Spectrometry Guided Structural Biology at Ohio State under the direction of chemistry and biochemistry professor Vicki Wysocki.

From left: Kendra Weinrich, Andre Santiago, Craig Stevens

Pursuing a passion for anthropology through the Summer Research Opportunities Program

The Big Ten Academic Alliance's Summer Research Opportunities Program has been dubbed a "gateway to graduate education."