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#BuckeyeLove in the College of Arts and Sciences
As the academic heart of the university, the College of Arts and Sciences is full of #BuckeyeLove each and every day, thanks to our students, staff and faculty.
ACCAD alumnus earns Academy Award in Technical Achievement
Matt Derksen (BFA 2001, MFA 2003) and his team at Rhythm & Hues, a visual effects and animation company, are being awarded with an Academy Award in Technical Achievement for creating a one-of-a-kind…
Computational chemist receives $1.8 million grant to discover new heart drugs
Steffen Lindert, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, was awarded a $1.8 million R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung and, Blood Institute to identify potential new drugs to treat…
2017 High Points
For the College of Arts and Sciences, 2017 was full of extraordinary accomplishments, leading-edge research, impactful philanthropy and nonstop learning. Take a moment to look back as we gear up for…
2017 Ratner Distinguished Teaching Awards announced
The Ratner Awards recognize faculty for making a difference in students' educations, lives and careers.
Astrophysicist Christopher Hirata receives an "Oscar of science"
Astronomy and physics professor Christopher Hirata is the first faculty member from Ohio State to receive a New Horizons in Physics Prize, an award given alongside the annual Breakthrough Prizes,…
Two Arts and Sciences faculty members named 2017 AAAS Fellows
James Beatty, professor of astronomy and physics, and Andrea Grottoli, professor of Earth sciences, have been elected as 2017 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)…
StatCrunch: A New Kind of Painting with Numbers
Big data is big news. It is also a useful way to tell a compelling, visual story, such as: does our addiction to fast food play a role? When an education resource company launched “StatCrunch,” a…
Nothing Says Spring like DataFest
On April 1 — no fooling — 111 undergraduates from across campus formed teams and began a weekend marathon of heavy-duty data-crunching, competing for prizes in Ohio State's 2nd annual DataFest…