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Putting deliberative democracy to work during COVID-19
Michael Neblo and his colleagues are working to make our democracy more deliberative and representative — to the benefit of constituents and lawmakers alike. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Office of Research awards COVID-19 funding to Arts and Sciences studies
The Office of Research recently announced its third and final round of funding as part of its COVID-19 Seed Funding Program aimed at addressing critical health and community problems related to…
Building bridges between Ohio State and the state health department
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Every night when Elisabeth Root comes home, her daughter asks what she did that day.
“I’ll say, ‘Well, I told the governor this,’ or, ‘I got to…
Three arts and sciences students receive 2020 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships
Three Arts and Sciences students, juniors Emily Osborne, Eitan Rothberg and Sarthak Shah, have been named 2020 Goldwater Scholars, the most prestigious national award for…
Astronomy postdoc and alumnus receive NASA Hubble Fellowships
Department of Astronomy Visiting Scholar David Martin and 2017 PhD graduate Tom Holoien have been selected as fellows for the 2020 NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP), which enables outstanding…
Science Sundays goes online
Science Sundays, one of the premier outreach events of Ohio State’s College of Arts and Sciences, is bringing cutting-edge research presented by outstanding speakers into people’s homes. …
EEOB professor’s research to tackle problems measuring biodiversity change
We’ve all heard about dwindling biodiversity across the planet, but it turns out scientists have a difficult time actually verifying it.
Because it’s impossible to continually count…
Chemistry grad on the front lines of COVID-19 vaccine research
Thirty years after graduating from Ohio State with a degree in chemistry, Raymond Goodrich is leading a team that is fighting the coronavirus.
As executive director of the Infectious…
Anthropology PhD student Zooms through dissertation defense
Brian Padgett, a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology, had been working toward his PhD for nearly nine years. On March 20, his journey was set to culminate with his dissertation…