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Artist's rendering of laser pulses interacting with impulsively aligned CO2 molecules from a gas jet.

NeXUS workshop demonstrates ultrafast laser's interdisciplinary potential

It’s almost absurd how small an amount of time an attosecond is.

It’s one quintillionth of a second. Or 1x10-18 of a second. Or 0.000000000000000001 seconds. In other words, …

Virginia Rich in the field

Ohio State leads 13 universities to understand climate change and ecosystems

The Ohio State University is one of 14 universities from around the globe that have collectively been awarded $12.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch a new Biology…

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Arts and Sciences faculty members receive awards for teaching and mentoring

Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences recognizes the recipients of endowed college awards and college-wide awards for teaching and mentoring in the Arts and Sciences. This year, we're proud…

Twinkle satellite with Earth backdrop. Courtesy Blue Skies Space Ltd.

Ohio State-Vanderbilt collaboration, 'Twinkle,' to find potentially habitable worlds

Astronomers are preparing to further study the atmospheres of planets discovered through NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission to identify the most promising exoplanets —…

Ohio State trustees approve new endowed faculty positions, support funds for Arts and Sciences

Last month, The Ohio State University Board of Trustees approved the naming of the Timashev Family Music Building, in recognition of the largest gift by an individual or foundation in the college’…

P. Chris Hammel, Ohio Eminent Scholar, physics professor and director of the Center for Emergent Materials

Ohio State’s Center for Emergent Materials awarded $18 million NSF grant

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM) at Ohio State has been awarded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) funding for…

O-H-I-O at spring 2020 commencement

Looking back on spring 2020

Spring 2020 introduced the Arts and Sciences community to unprecedented challenges. But with the help of each other, students, faculty and staff were able to adapt and create a semester that…

Chemistry earns Bridge Site status from American Chemical Society

Cementing and strengthening a relationship that began last year, the American Chemical Society (ACS) has named Ohio State’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry a Bridge Site beginning in 2020…

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New Arts and Sciences chairs and directors for 2020

Eight College of Arts and Sciences faculty have been appointed as new department chairs or school directors of their units for the coming academic year.

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