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On-Demand Diagnosis: Cancer Test Strip Poised to Change Lives
Abraham Badu-Tawiah, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is making news in innovative research vital to both energy and health. The question on the table is: What if testing yourself…
American Religious Sounds Project awarded $200,000 grant from Henry Luce Foundation
The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a two-year, $200,000 grant to The Ohio State University Foundation for support of the American Religious Sounds Project, a collaborative multidisciplinary…
AFOSR Award Supports Young Mathematician's Collaborative Connections
Sanjeevi Krishnan, assistant professor, math, has received a three-year, $509,998.00 Air Force Office of Science Research (AFOSR) Award. It advances his work in algebraic topology, which has…
Earth Scientist’s Work on Coastal Water Problems Is Making Waves
When Audrey Sawyer, assistant professor, Earth sciences, is presented with her field’s top award in late September, it won’t be the first — or last — time her contributions to her field are…
For Alumnus Ariel Cohen, Weather Forecasting Is a Dream Job
Ariel Cohen (BS, atmospheric sciences, 2006) is exactly where he’s always wanted to be — at NOAA’s National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma — doing exactly what he…
Gift to Center for Folklore Studies Funds Ohio Field Schools
The Center for Folklore Studies has received a $100,000 grant from the Columbus Foundation to support two Ohio Field Schools. This credit-bearing, four-to six-week opportunity will take place in May…
Dongping Zhong Awarded $2.1 Million NIH MIRA Pilot Program Grant
Biophysicist Dongping Zhong is one of an elite group of the nation's top researchers awarded a MIRA (Maximizing Investigators' Research Award) from NIH (the National Institutes of Health). The five…
Graduate Realizes Dream of Presenting Cancer Research With Alumna’s Generosity
Andrea Holderbaum (BS, biology, 2016), fell in love with research while a student at Ohio State and fulfilled her dream of presenting her cancer research with the help of a travel award from an…
School Teachers to Explore ‘Silk Road’
Scott Levi and a group of 25 middle school and high school teachers – from all over the U.S. – are exploring Central Asia’s Silk Road this summer via a three-week institute.