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It's hot in the city: Understanding the urban heat island effect on Ohio State's campus
Senior researcher in the Department of Geography Jim DeGrand and colleagues across Ohio State are examining how the heat island effect impacts the university. By classifying climate zones on the…
COVID-19 research course showcases adaptability, provides opportunities for undergrads
Normally an in-person experience that teaches undergraduate students the process of conducting proper scientific research, Benderlioglu’s URL course quickly transitioned into a completely online…
Hadad and Ohio State team seek deadly chemical nerve agent antidotes
With funding from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, part of the U.S. Department of Defense, Christopher Hadad, Craig McElroy and Christopher Callam are leading an effort to discover medical…
Ohio State-Vanderbilt collaboration, 'Twinkle,' to find potentially habitable worlds
Astronomers are preparing to further study the atmospheres of planets discovered through NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission to identify the most promising exoplanets —…
Logan featured in PBS NewsHour segments on coronavirus-related racial disparities
PBS NewsHour featured Trevon Logan, professor of economics and associate dean, in a two-part segment on the racial disparities in health and economics as illuminated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Ohio State’s Center for Emergent Materials awarded $18 million NSF grant
The Center for Emergent Materials recently received $18 million in Materials Research Science and Engineering Center funding from the National Science Foundation. The support will advance the center…
Dive into Black history with these four books by Arts and Sciences faculty
Expand your understanding of how Black people have fought for equality and justice throughout the history of the United States.
Untangling international conflict with computational science
A two-year, $200,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation will fund graduate student research in Bear Braumoeller's Modeling Emergent Social Order Lab, using computational modeling to better…
Chemistry earns Bridge Site status from American Chemical Society
Cementing and strengthening a relationship that began last year, the American Chemical Society (ACS) has named Ohio State’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry a Bridge Site beginning in 2020.