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Six Arts and Sciences faculty members named 2024 AAAS Fellows
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…

Announcing the 2025 Arts and Sciences Alumni Award honorees
Each spring, the College of Arts and Sciences’ Alumni Awards ceremony recognizes a distinguished few of our more than 220,000 living alumni whose accomplishments are tangible evidence of the…

How family background can help lead to athletic success
Americans have long believed that sports are one area in society that offers kids from all backgrounds the chance to succeed to the best of their abilities.
But new research suggests that…

College of Arts and Sciences faculty and staff receive 2025 University Outreach and Engagement Awards
Ohio State's University Outreach and Engagement Awards honor faculty, staff and students for outstanding achievement in producing engaged scholarship and community impact. Congratulations to this…

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…

Nearly 4 of 10 Americans report sports-related mistreatment
Nearly 40% of adult Americans say they’ve experienced some type of sport-related mistreatment in their lives, a new study shows.
Mistreatment ranged from psychological and emotional to…

Ohio State graduate program supports geography careers
If you were to look at a map of Columbus, what would you see? Depending on the map, you could see streets, buildings, parks and restaurants. But what would be missing? Ningchuan Xiao, professor of…

Love Data Week: Is using social media data in research ethical?
Experts met virtually this week to discuss the ethical use of social media data in research in a panel hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences’ Center for Ethics and Human Values at The Ohio…

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.…