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Chuan Xue's NSF CAREER Award Supports Work on Processes Related to Neurodegenerative Diseases
Chuan Xue, assistant professor, mathematics, has received NSF's top award for junior researchers. Xue's new, five-year $408,628 NSF CAREER Award funds her work and that of her graduate students to…
Adriana Dawes' NSF CAREER Award Supports Cell Biology Research
Her new, five-year, $447,447 NSF CAREER Award funds Adriana Dawes, assistant professor of mathematics and molecular genetics', work on critically important cell processes, such as wound healing and…
Ohio State Researchers Play Major Role in Developing NASA WFIRST Mission
Ohio State researchers Scott Gaudi, Chris Hirata and David Weinberg have played major roles in developing the current design of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), and over the coming…
The Underground Astronaut
When alumna Hannah Morris answered an ad on Facebook in 2013, asking for archaeologists with excavation experience, little did she know that she would help uncover what could possibly be a new…
Poindexter Village Brought Back to Life with Virtual Reality Technology
A virtual village is being created at Ohio State. The project, a collaboration headed by Ken Rinaldo, professor, Department of Art, and David Staley, professor, Department of History, aims to…
In Search of the First Americans
Mark Hubbe, associate professor, anthropology, is part of a multinational team of researchers, including Brazilians, Argentinians, Germans and North Americans, dedicated to reconstructing the initial…
Addiction and Social Justice: Global and Local
Jennifer Syvertsen, assistant professor, anthropology, is currently developing complimentary global and domestic lines of research that address drug addiction, social inequalities and related health…
Astronomers May Have Discovered the Most Powerful Supernova
An international team of astronomers including Ohio State Astronomy Professors Krzysztof Stanek, Christopher Kochanek and Todd Thompson, may have discovered the largest supernova ever seen from…
Teaching the Science of Language
Students in the course "Training in Science Education Outreach" spend most of their class time at COSI (Center of Science and Industry) performing science demos with museum visitors and working in a…