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Ohio State receives $2.5M grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute to advance STEM education

The Ohio State University has been selected as one of six institutions to receive a $2.5 million Driving Change grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Established in 2019, Driving…

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Q&A faculty spotlight: Amanda Hummon

Meet Amanda Hummon, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, in the Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences.

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New technique visualizes uncommon base pairing in DNA

When it comes to the three-dimensional structure of DNA, Watson-Crick base pair formation between adenine (A) and thymine (T) and between guanine (G) and cytosine (C) has for decades been…

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Andrew Martin named associate dean for undergraduate education

Andrew Martin has been appointed the College of Arts and Sciences' associate dean for undergraduate education for a five-year term, effective July 1, after serving in an interim capacity for the…

Joseph Shields by the Large Binocular Telescope. Photo courtesy Ann Fidler

Former astronomy postdoc named director of Large Binocular Telescope

Ohio State's connection to one of the largest and most advanced optical telescopes in the world, the Large Binocular Telescope, is about to get stronger. Joseph Shields, a former postdoc in the…

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Distinguished chemistry alum working on COVID-19 medication

In the last few years, Dennis Liotta’s DRIVE lab has turned its attention to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease.

Madison Tuttle

Madison Tuttle named Ohio State’s 2022 Next Generation Innovator of the Year

Madison Tuttle, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was named Ohio State’s 2022 Next Generation Innovator of the Year.

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Bilingual monograph sets table for new discoveries in the Congo

Doug Alsdorf, professor in the School of Earth Sciences, is co-editor on a historic, 600-page monograph that provides a broad overview of the Congo River Basin. The monograph, published in English…

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Brakke, Stanek awarded 2022 Guggenheim Fellowships

David Brakke, Joe R. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity and professor in the Department of History, and Krzysztof Stanek, professor and University Distinguished Scholar in the Department of…