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New Buckeyes Network Abroad program connects students and international alumni
“I felt a strong connection and sense of pride in being a Buckeye,” said Debora Ghebrehiwot, a biology pre-med student who traveled to London over spring break on the new Buckeyes Network Abroad…

Mellon Foundation grant will expand women’s, gender and sexuality studies expertise at Ohio State and across Ohio
The Ohio State University Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation through its “Affirming Multivocal Humanities…

Ohio State President’s Buckeye Accelerator to launch student ventures
The third annual President’s Buckeye Accelerator has awarded $50,000 each to six teams of student entrepreneurs at The Ohio State University to further their startup business ventures. Winning…

New machine learning algorithm promises advances in computing
Systems controlled by next-generation computing algorithms could give rise to better and more efficient machine learning products, a new study suggests.
Using…

Turro elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Claudia Turro, a professor and chair in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
The NAS is committed to furthering…

First year of DESI results unveil new clues about dark energy
Researchers at The Ohio State University played a major role in analyzing the first year of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument’s survey into the history of the universe…

Protecting endangered monkeys from poachers, habitat loss
The Tai Forest Monkey Project has operated a research field station in west Africa’s Ivory Coast for 30 years, but on the one day since its opening that the site was unstaffed because of conflict…

Artist Laureate will bring community support to the state through theater
When a group of visitors stopped by Kevin McClatchy’s class earlier this month, he thought they were incoming students on a campus tour. It wasn’t until he recognized the faces of Dana Renga, dean…

A university lecture, with a dash of jumping jacks
A university professor has found a way to help students – and himself – power through long lecture classes: exercise breaks.
In a new study, a professor at The Ohio State University showed…