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Charles Emery named chair of Department of Psychology
Charles Emery, professor of psychology and internal medicine, has been named chair of the Department of Psychology, effective Oct. 1, 2018, through June 30, 2022.
Emery received his BS in…

Atmospheric sciences alum Mike Bettes describes whirlwind career after Ohio State
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On May 31, 2013, a 2.6 mile-wide tornado careened across the landscape near El Reno, Oklahoma…

Trekking beyond the classroom
It’s been a summer full of open skies and broadening horizons, especially for the hundreds of Arts and Sciences students who spent their breaks interning, conducting research and studying abroad.…

Cynthia Clopper named interim chair of Department of Linguistics
Cynthia Clopper, professor of linguistics, was named interim chair of the Department of Linguistics, effective Aug. 15, 2018, through June 30, 2019.
Clopper received her BA from Duke…

James Peck appointed interim chair of of Department of Economics
James Peck, professor in the Department of Economics, was named interim chair of the department, effective July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019.
Peck was a faculty member at…

Firsthand look at industry effects spark student's environmental studies
Kassi Burnett, a doctoral student in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, was raised by a family of coal miners and steel mill workers in St. Clairsville in rural Ohio. That…

Darla Munroe appointed interim chair of Department of Geography
Darla Munroe, professor in the Department of Geography, was named interim chair of the department, effective July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019.
Munroe specializes in human-environment…

2018 Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professors
The College of Arts and Sciences has an amazing depth of talented, dedicated and respected faculty. They are leaders in Ohio State’s research and scholarly enterprises — in discovery, in global…
Lisa Downing appointed chair of Department of Philosophy
Lisa Downing, professor in the Department of Philosophy, has been named chair of the department, effective July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2022.
Downing joined Ohio State’s faculty in 2006.…