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Evan Baugh and his dog, Hades

Kline Family Scholarship provides clear path for neuroscience major

After his freshman orientation, Evan Baugh and his mother went out to eat. While at the restaurant, Evan received an email from Director of Undergraduate Recruitment Chinwe Okpalaoka telling him…

Gabriel Conant, Laura Dugan, John Johnson, Yanlan Liu, Melinda Ritchie, E.J. Westlake

New Arts and Sciences faculty take new positions this autumn

The College of Arts and Sciences is thrilled to welcome six new tenure-track faculty members, whose appointments begin this autumn.

One person standing at a bus stop in Chicago

How Ohio State journalists have covered a chaotic 2020-21


An elderly woman walks across the usually busy Columbus Drive that splits Chicago’s Grant Park in half, on the first work day after Illinois Gov. J.B…

U.S. Capitol building

Connecting Classrooms to Congress

Ohio State’s Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA) has been awarded a highly competitive, $2 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the…

The Oval at dawn

Arts and Sciences faculty leading 10 Seed Fund for Racial Justice projects

Twelve team projects — 10 of which are led or co-led by faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences — were recently awarded funding in the second round of Ohio State’s Seed Fund for Racial Justice…

Aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre

Logan discusses the lingering economic impact of the Tulsa Race Massacre

A panorama showing much of the destruction in the aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre. 

Portion of "Risk Factor" poster

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…

Darius Gainer

Undergraduate's book explores Black representation in animation

Animation has always held a special place in Darius Gainer’s life. He grew up watching Cartoon Network and Disney movies, the “Batman” animated series and…

Kamala Harris sworn in as vice president of the United States.

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…