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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…

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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Drone research to receive state funding
Two projects with collaborators from Ohio State recently received funding through the Ohio Federal Research Network (OFRN).
OFRN awarded $7.5 million in grants to six projects in…

Dai's research could help predict future Alaskan landslide
The site marked with dotted lines could be the site of a future landslide in Alaska, as research by a group of scientists including Ohio…

A physicist's 'strong interaction' with a new particle accelerator
By using the Electron-Ion Collider to slam an electron into a heavier particle such as a proton or atomic nucleus together, as depicted in…

Martini named fellow at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute
Paul Martini, professor in the Department of Astronomy and Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, has been named a 2020–2021 fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at…

Ohio State scientists part of new $3.7M project to advance nuclear physics experiments
From left: Richard Furnstahl, Ulrich Heinz and Matthew Pratola.
Three College of Arts and Sciences researchers are key members of a new, $3.…

How the arts and humanities are confronting climate change
A dancer’s performance ritual confronting the anguish and fear of a planetary emergency. A multimedia art exhibition exploring the significance of plants’ carbon sequestration during the…

Three Arts and Sciences faculty named Distinguished University Professors for 2020
Ohio State has awarded the permanent, honorific title of Distinguished University Professor to three of its faculty members. The distinction is the highest faculty honor at Ohio State and is given…