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Private foundation funding supports Ohio State-led telescope system for next 5 years
The Payne-Gaposchkin telescope at the Las Cumbres Observatory site in South Africa.
The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN), an Ohio…

Sevov selected for DOE's Early Career Research Program
Christo Sevov, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been selected as one of 83 scientists across the country to receive funding from the U.S. Department of…

Sullivan explores how marine microbiome and virosphere impact oceanic ecosystems
Hover over the four magnifying glasses to view a selection of viruses collected from the Tara Oceans expedition.
The discovery of nearly 200,000 new, marine-…

DESI project begins operation with help from Ohio State faculty, researchers
Ten spectrographs of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument are housed in a climate-controlled room that was…

Student's award-winning documentary addresses Ohio’s Black infant mortality crisis
During the three years Barento Taha spent working on his first film, he regularly found himself in spaces that pushed him outside his…

Wendy Smooth serves on Kamala Harris Project advisory board
For the duration of Vice President Kamala Harris’ tenure, Wendy Smooth, associate professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies, will be watching…

Anita Hopper elected to National Academy of Sciences
Anita Hopper, professor of molecular genetics at The Ohio State University, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Hopper is one of…

Using data to bring power, autonomy to Indigenous communities
Data may not be conventionally thought of as akin to other extractive industries such as oil or natural gas, yet for tribal nations, the removal of these valuable resources seems to follow a…

Two Arts and Sciences faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of its new members for 2021, which includes two faculty members from The Ohio State…