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Gretchen Ritter is new executive dean and vice provost of Arts and Sciences
Gretchen Ritter, a leading expert in the history of women's constitutional rights and contemporary issues concerning democracy and citizenship in American politics, has been appointed executive…

A message from the provost welcoming the new executive dean and vice provost for the Arts and Sciences
Executive Vice President and Provost Bruce A. McPheron sent the message below to Ohio State colleagues announcing Gretchen Ritter as the next executive dean and vice provost for the College of…

Microbiology professor awarded $1.9 million NIH grant
Igor Jouline, the Rod Sharp Professor in the Department of Microbiology, has received a $1.9 million grant from the Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) program of the National…

Spring Recognition Ceremony honors distinguished teaching, mentorship
On Tuesday, April 16, the College of Arts and Sciences hosted its fourth annual Spring Recognition Ceremony, honoring the recipients of endowed college awards and college-wide awards for…

32 Arts and Sciences students receive sesquicentennial scholarship
A celebration of The Ohio State University that is 150 years in the making includes a new scholarship program designed to develop current students into future leaders.
Ohio State awarded…

Zoology alumna has spent career saving penguins
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Dee Boersma has been called the Jane Goodall of penguins.
An adorably curious, roughly 2-foot-tall Magellanic penguin she’s named Turbo greets…

Honoring Excellence ceremony recognizes service, achievement by distinguished alumni
Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences Honoring Excellence Dinner and Ceremony recognizes a distinguished few of our more than 200,000 alumni. Their accomplishments are tangible evidence of…

Geography PhD candidate travels the world to know the world
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Forrest Schoessow, a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography, stands on a glacier…

College of Arts and Sciences' Jennifer Crocker, Lonnie Thompson elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced the election of its new members for 2019, including two College of Arts and Sciences faculty members: Jennifer Crocker, professor in the…