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Undergraduate’s love of nature and history fuels research in environmental archaeology
When fourth-year anthropology student Catherine Mendel was young, she would flip through her parents’ encyclopedia collection to the sections on world archaeology. She would read the pages over…

The Ohio Field School: Student research on-site in Scioto County
Folklore isn’t all old wives tales and urban legends — it’s about documenting cultures and communities here and now. That’s why the Center for Folklore Studies (CFS) at Ohio State has been…

Pursuing a passion for anthropology through the Summer Research Opportunities Program
Nearly 35 years ago, the Big Ten Academic Alliance founded the Summer Research Opportunities Program to connect underrepresented students from across the nation with valuable research experience…

Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center expands research scope
Ohio State’s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center is building upon nearly 60 years of excellence in polar and alpine research to support the expanding scope of climate science across the…

Undergrad searches for answers in the Amazon
Luke Fannin’s passion for research has taken him far. The fourth-year zoology and anthropology student has spent his academic career searching for answers in labs at Ohio State, museums in major…

Atmospheric sciences alum Mike Bettes describes whirlwind career after Ohio State
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On May 31, 2013, a 2.6 mile-wide tornado careened across the landscape near El Reno, Oklahoma…

History and microbiology professors co-teach course examining HIV
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It’s best to view a topic as expansive and nuanced as HIV through multiple lenses.
The course HIV: From Microbiology to Macrohistory does just…

Trekking beyond the classroom
It’s been a summer full of open skies and broadening horizons, especially for the hundreds of Arts and Sciences students who spent their breaks interning, conducting research and studying abroad.…

Astronomy and physics students visit Green Bank Telescope
A group of astronomy and physics students recently got a firsthand look at the Green Bank Telescope, the world’s largest steerable radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia.
Located away…