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Logan named director of inaugural NBER working group on race and economics
Trevon Logan, professor in the Department of Economics and interim dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed director of the National Bureau of…
Understanding the outcome of the 2020 election
"Election 2020: Understanding the Outcome," brings together five experts from the College of Arts and Sciences to discuss the impacts of the recent presidential election, as well as issues concerning…
FRIT offers new major: French and Francophone Studies
The Department of French and Italian has added another interdisciplinary major: French and Francophone Studies. The new major gives students interested in French and Francophone cultures more…
Forest sustainability: How Maya social norms affect ecology
Sean Downey, associate professor of anthropology and core faculty member of Ohio State's Sustainability Institute, explores how social and cultural norms among Maya farmers in Belize impact local…
What election polls actually tell us about the 2020 presidential race
As President Donald Trump’s 2016 victory revealed, any prediction can still be turned upside down once the votes are counted. How trustworthy are polls in reality?
Suchland examines links between abolition and modern day slavery
Jennifer Suchland, a 2020 Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Scholars and Society Fellow, is researching the links between historical and modern-day slavery in collaboration with the…
Slavery and its legacies: Remembering 1619 and Beyond
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of slavery’s introduction to the U.S., the Department of History launched a lecture series last year called “1619 and Beyond: Explorations in Atlantic Slavery and…
Putting 'Education for Citizenship' into action this election
In the weeks leading up to an unprecedented election, Gretchen Ritter, executive dean and vice provost of the College of Arts and Sciences, has a message for the Arts and Sciences community.
Ohio State-led QuSTEAM initiative to transform U.S. quantum education
QuSTEAM, an initiative funded by the National Science Foundation, is a multi-institutional program led by Ohio State that works together with industry and national laboratories to revamp…