News

Filter

Ohio State trustees approve new endowed faculty positions, support funds for Arts and Sciences

Last month, The Ohio State University Board of Trustees approved the naming of the Timashev Family Music Building, in recognition of the largest gift by an individual or foundation in the college’…

Exterior of new School of Music building

$17M gift supports Ohio State’s College of Arts and Sciences, largest by an individual in college’s history

Gift will support several Ohio State initiatives, including new music building to be named after alumnus Ratmir Timashev and his family.

View all 2020 High Points > 

COLUMBUS…

Can't Stop Columbus logo

Jordan Davis and the Buckeyes behind Can't Stop Columbus

When day-to-day life first ground to a halt in the face of the coronavirus, Jordan Davis, director of Smart Columbus and co-organizer of Can’t Stop Columbus, felt like she couldn’t help enough by…

Christopher Otter

Otter named 2020 Guggenheim Fellow

Christopher Otter, an associate professor in the Department of History, has received a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship.

“I am honestly very humbled to receive this award!” said Otter via email…

books

Social distancing book recommendations

Looking for a new book or wanting to rediscover old favorites as you heed social distancing guidelines from home? Faculty and friends of the Department of English have you covered with some of…

Alex McCarthy

Geography alum coordinating local county's emergency response to COVID-19


Alex McCarthy (second from left) with health officials and first responders during a…

Martin and Holoein photos

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…

Raymond Goodrich in a lab

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…

Jessica Alcalde

Liberal arts and entrepreneurship entwine in alumna's leather goods store

When it comes to running her recently launched collection of handmade leather accessories, Jessica Alcalde ’09 draws upon her education in more ways than one.

Sure, someone with a bachelor…