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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…
Arts and Sciences Faculty Named Distinguished University Professors
Clark Spencer Larsen, distinguished professor of social and behavioral sciences; professor and chair, anthropology, and David Weinberg, distinguished professor of mathematical and physical sciences;…
Students Receive Boren Scholarships to Study Critical Languages Overseas
Six Ohio State undergraduate students have been named recipients of 2017-2018 Boren Scholarships, which provide unique funding opportunities for students to study less commonly taught languages in…
Student Veteran Selected for National Veterans Leadership Conference
Gretchen Klingler, a third-year student veteran majoring in anthropology and Arabic, has been selected to attend the Student Veterans of America Leadership Institute. Klingler is president of the…