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Bryan Carstens 2025 Distinguished Scholar Award

Bryan Carstens receives 2025 Distinguished Scholar Award

Bryan Carstens, PhD, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, has earned The Ohio State University 2025 Distinguished Scholar…

2024 AAAS Fellows

Six Arts and Sciences faculty members named 2024 AAAS Fellows

By Christina Dierkes

The 2024 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) includes eight investigators from The Ohio State University, with six scientists coming from the College…

Anita Hopper named Distinguished University Professor

Anita Hopper, a professor of molecular genetics, has been named a 2025 Distinguished University Professor, the highest faculty honor at The Ohio State University. 

Students at the Denman Awards

Arts and Sciences students shine at 2025 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum

A number of College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate researchers received awards at the 2025 Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. 25 students from 12 majors placed…

a cockroach bin in Dr. Muñoz-Garcia's lab

Cockroach Lab Provides Insight into How Organisms Allocate Resources

Research in professor Agus Muñoz-Garcia’s's lab at Ohio State Mansfield could help identify the factors that control cancer tumor growth and changes within organisms.

Erin Murray poses on a rock formation in Norway

Student explores ecology impacts in Norway through Ohio State global research program

In a remote Norwegian field station, Erin Murray spent a month with a research team studying the impacts of noise from a nearby offshore windfarm upon key species of the local aquatic food chain…

an illustration of tRNA

‘Junk’ RNA segments play role in protein production, cell stress response

Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing production of certain messenger RNAs and appear to help cells respond to…

Dean Horn poses with Asia Society alumni at dinner

Asia Society Hong Kong Center hosts discussion with Ohio State Dean David Horn

The Asia Society Hong Kong Center hosted David Horn, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University, for a conversation about “Why the Liberal Arts Matter” on February 7.…

a large pink coral frond, backlit by sunshine from the water's surface

New technology lights way for accelerating coral reef restoration

Scientists have developed a novel tool designed to protect and conserve coral reefs by providing them with an abundance of feeding opportunities. 

The device, dubbed…