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Pastoralist Hamady Sow, standing with his favorite cow among the vegetation near Lake Guiers, northern Senegal.

A common misconception about deserts is that they are barren wastelands. According to Mark Moritz, professor of anthropology at The Ohio State University, this couldn’t be further from the truth.…

jet simulator

Students at The Ohio State University are now taking off into virtual skies flying a B737 Max jet. The life-sized simulator is the Center for Aviation Studies’ latest addition to the Flight…

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Partnerships with residents and community organizations are essential to carrying out The Ohio State University’s land-grant mission, researchers said during a recent panel discussion.

The…

kids playing in a residential street

Pickup basketball and neighborhood kickball are less common now than for generations past, giving way to more organized and formal youth sports intended to help kids get ahead, a new study…

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine

A fully booked conference – with a wait list – is a great way to kick off celebrations in Ohio for the United States’ semiquincentennial, or America 250.

At “New Perspectives on the…

U.S. President Donald Trump, CIA Director John Ratcliffe (L) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio monitor U.S. military operations in Venezuela, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club on January 3, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida.

National security scholars at The Ohio State University are noticing a change in tone and rhetoric in the way the United States is conducting foreign policy following the capture of Venezuelan…

2025 Top Stories

A lot happened in the College of Arts and Sciences in 2025. Let's take a look back at some of our top stories from the past 12 months as we get ready to share another year of excellence,…

grandparents video call their family

A review of more than 1,000 studies suggests that using technology to communicate with others is better than nothing – but still not as good as face-to-face interactions.

Researchers found…

A student with bright red hair smiles on a bridge in Taiwan
By Ellen Huggins

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