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Putting 'Education for Citizenship' into action this election
On Oct. 1, Gretchen Ritter, executive dean and vice provost, sent the message below to College of Arts and Sciences students, faculty, staff and alumni.
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Ohio State-led QuSTEAM initiative to transform U.S. quantum education
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A group of scientists from five universities across the Midwest and led by Ohio State will lead an effort to redesign quantum science education, working…
From Don Vito to Tony Soprano, Mafia Movies deconstructs organized crime in film and TV
Students in Renga's course are asked to examine representations of gender in films like "The Godfather," one of the most famous mafia movies in…
School of Music, ACCAD working toward lag reduction in online music collaboration
In March 2020, the Sonic Arts Ensemble performs in real time using an early iteration of lag-reduction software.
Since the coronavirus swept…
Melissa Beers 'leans on' racial justice through enhanced Intro to Psychology course
The Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) announced a pilot racial justice grant program this fall to support instructors incorporating diverse voices into curricula and inviting conversations around…
NeXUS workshop demonstrates ultrafast laser's interdisciplinary potential
It’s almost absurd how small an amount of time an attosecond is.
It’s one quintillionth of a second. Or 1x10-18 of a second. Or 0.000000000000000001 seconds. In other words, …
Ohio State leads 13 universities to understand climate change and ecosystems
The Ohio State University is one of 14 universities from around the globe that have collectively been awarded $12.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch a new Biology…
It's hot in the city: Understanding the urban heat island effect on Ohio State's campus
Forty years ago, Ohio State geography Professor John Arnfield would get into his Volkswagen Microbus and set out to study the microclimates in Columbus. His wife, Joan, marked intersections in the…
Department of Political Science embraces online learning with new masterclass
When the United States Naval War College’s Naunihal Singh made a Facebook post suggesting political science professors come together and lecture in each other’s classroom, no one could have…