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Dee Boersma, image courtesy Center for Ecosystem Sentinels

Zoology alumna has spent career saving penguins

For decades, Ohio State alumna Dee Boersma has been following the lives of penguins on the Galapagos Islands and on the shores of Punta Tombo, Argentina.

Honoring Excellence honorees | Photo by AJ Zanyk

Honoring Excellence ceremony recognizes service, achievement by distinguished alumni

This year's Honoring Excellence ceremony recognized notable achievements by distinguished Arts and Sciences alumni.

Forrest Schoessow, a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography, at Great Basin National Park in Nevada.

Geography PhD candidate travels the world to know the world

Forrest Schoessow, a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography, has trekked across the planet for years. He leads the Mountain Drone Team at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and studies…

Jennifer Crocker and Lonnie Thompson

College of Arts and Sciences' Jennifer Crocker, Lonnie Thompson elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Department of Psychology's Jennifer Crocker and School of Earth Sciences' Lonnie Thompson elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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.

First light picture of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

Ohio State helps dark energy instrument's lenses see the night sky for the first time

DESI project reaches important milestone with Ohio State researchers Mark Derwent, Klaus Honscheid, Paul Martini, Ashley Ross and David Weinberg.

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

David Nagib named 2019 Sloan Research Fellow

David Nagib, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been named a 2019 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.

"Island Universe" created by Josiah McElheny hangs at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid.

An artwork with the power of multiple universes

The cosmology-inspired art installation “Island Universe” was created by Josiah McElheny in collaboration with David Weinberg, chair of the Department of Astronomy at Ohio State.

Strouse family

Local family’s passion for Orton Museum contributes to successful crowdfunding campaign

When local mom Erin Strouse was looking for a fun, affordable place to take her preschool-aged sons, a family friend recommended Ohio State University’s Orton Geological Museum.