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Wow! signal
Oct. 25

Did Ohio State really detect an alien signal?

Though the pursuit of aliens has largely come up empty, one strange discovery recorded by an Ohio State astronomer in 1977 continues to baffle scientists and stoke imaginations that maybe we aren't alone in the universe: the "Wow! signal."
CK Vulpeculae, an hourglass-shaped cloud that formed after a brown dwarf and a white dwarf collided in 1670. Image courtesy ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. P. S. Eyres
Oct. 15

Ohio State astronomer helps detect historical stellar merger event

R. Mark Wagner, a research scientist in the Department of Astronomy, was part of an international team that identified an hourglass-shaped cloud floating in space as remnants of a 348-year-old collision between a brown dwarf and a white dwarf. It is the first time such an event has ever been definitively recognized.
From left: Zachary Van Aernum, Sophie Harvey, Vicki Wysocki, Florian Busch, Benjamin Jones, Erin Panczyk
Oct. 9

Wysocki lab making huge advances in protein characterization

A $6.8 million NIH grant has established a Resource for Native Mass Spectrometry Guided Structural Biology at Ohio State under the direction of chemistry and biochemistry professor Vicki Wysocki.

Wave tank used by CAICE at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. Image courtesy NSF Center for Aerosol Impacts on Chemistry of the Environment at UC San Diego.
Oct. 1

$20 million NSF grant continues groundbreaking climate change research

Heather Allen, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is a researcher for the Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment (CAICE) and studies how sea-spray aerosols influence climate change. CAICE recently received a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
From left: Kendra Weinrich, Andre Santiago, Craig Stevens
Oct. 1

Pursuing a passion for anthropology through the Summer Research Opport...

The Big Ten Academic Alliance's Summer Research Opportunities Program has been dubbed a "gateway to graduate education."
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Sept. 28

Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center expands research scope

Ohio State’s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center is extending beyond its excellence in polar and alpine research to support the expanding scope of climate science across the university.
Gary and Connie Sharpe Geography Innovation Commons grand opening, Sept. 20, 2018.
Sept. 24

Sharpe Geography Innovation Commons opens in Derby Hall

Gary and Connie Sharpe wanted to foster a space at Ohio State where new ideas could not only blossom, but thrive — so they founded the new Geography Innovation Commons in Derby Hall.

A cast of the Cryolophosaurus ellioti skeleton was installed at Orton Hall on Sept. 18, 2018.
Sept. 18

A Dinosaur for Orton

Orton Geological Museum is home to many exhibits that celebrate the prehistoric. But with the recent addition of an entire dinosaur skeleton, molded from a fossil discovered by an Ohio State professor, enthusiasm and support for the museum is sure to increase exponentially.

Photo left to right: Back: Natasha Pettinger (Kohler Group), Hongtu Zhang (Thomas), Allie Curtze (Wu, Y.), John Herrington, Mike Scudder (Goldberger), Curran Rhodes (Pei) Front: Lauren Loftus (Secretary, Turro Group), Lisa Nguyen (Vice-President, Gustafso
Sept. 17

Spotlight: Chemistry and Biochemistry Joint Safety Team

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry's Joint Safety Team has increased the use of personal-protective equipment in research labs from 5 percent compliance to 99 percent compliance in the last year.
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