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Celebrating Teaching, Mentoring and Scholarship
On Monday, April 3, the College of Arts and Sciences hosted its annual Spring Recognition Ceremony, honoring faculty and others in the college for their outstanding achievements in the arts and…
Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Researchers Shine at 2017 Denman Forum
Forty Arts and Sciences undergraduates took top awards in 20 categories at the 22nd annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, held March 29.
ASC Faculty Awarded Grants from Battelle to Study Relationship Between Science and Technology
Four Arts and Sciences faculty members have been awarded a Battelle Engineering, Technology and Human Affairs (BETHA) Endowment Grant for their projects analyzing the complex relationship between…
Microbiologist Leads Climate Change Study
Virginia Rich, assistant professor microbiology, with Scott Saleska of the University of Arizona, co-leads the quest of an international team of 13 researchers to understand how thawing permafrost…
From Field to Fuel to Flight: Making Aviation Fuel from a Common Weed
The dream of creating viable biofuels to alleviate the world’s energy crisis is not new, but it has been elusive. Enter an Ohio State dream team with funding from a unique grant to transform…
40th Annual Waller Lecture Series: Graduate Students Keeping Pioneer Plant Scientist’s Legacy Alive
Graduate students have organized and presented the Annual Adolph E. Waller Memorial Lectures since 1976. Established by Waller’s bequest, these students (first botany, now molecular genetics) take…
CAPS in BLOOME: New Grant Funds Educational Outreach
A grant from the American Society of Plant Biologists, funds the Center for Plant Sciences' Interactive Videoconferencing (IVC) program for students, grades 6-12. It includes hands-on investigations…
Graduate Realizes Dream of Presenting Cancer Research With Alumna’s Generosity
Andrea Holderbaum (BS, biology, 2016), fell in love with research while a student at Ohio State and fulfilled her dream of presenting her cancer research with the help of a travel award from an…
The Best of the Best: ASC’s 2016 Distinguished University Professors
At their June 3 meeting, university trustees granted Distinguished University Professorships to Peter Culicover, Humanities Distinguished Professor of Linguistics, and Tina Henkin, the Robert W. and…