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First-year phenom hits the books and the slopes
Going 50 miles per hour down a snowy incline, Akina Kizuka isn’t just balancing her snowboard. She spent her freshman year balancing a professional snowboarding career with her academics as a…
How NFL draft position overpromises player potential
A new analysis suggests there is no correlation between athlete performance and the way the NFL values draft positions, challenging long-held beliefs about how professional football…
Erase the Space mural unveiled in Whitehall
Fourth-grade students from Bexley’s Cassingham Elementary School and Columbus’ Shady Lane Elementary School met recently at John Bishop Park in Whitehall to celebrate the unveiling of a mural they…
Wall lizards in Ohio reproduced their way out of a genetic bottleneck
Non-native wall lizards living in Cincinnati, Ohio, have thrived against the odds thanks to an ability to expand their population more quickly than any inbreeding-amplified harmful genes could…
Beth Josephsen '06 forges path, creates opportunities in theatre
Head down to German Village in Columbus from Memorial Day through Labor Day and you’ll find the works of William Shakespeare and Agatha Christie brought to life at a classical yet vibrant…
Costa-Giomi awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Brazil
Music education professor Eugenia Costa-Giomi has been awarded a 2026-2027 Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Brazil to research “Growing up musical: The cultural context of infants’…
Anthropology researchers co-author Nature paper on tooth evolution
Four researchers in the Department of Anthropology are co-authors on a new Nature paper discussing dental microstructure and tooth evolution. "Enamel nanocrystal misorientation increased…
For some Americans, their accent isn’t just related to where they live
For people living in some parts of the United States, their accent might not just indicate where they live – but also who they think they are.
In a small study in rural northwestern Ohio,…
When Support Meets Opportunity
Sometimes, big change starts with something small. For design student Phillip Biondo '26, it started with showing up to a Zoom call. For alumnus Tom Yurkin '85,…