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Ohio State President’s Buckeye Accelerator to launch student ventures

The third annual President’s Buckeye Accelerator has awarded $50,000 each to six teams of student entrepreneurs at The Ohio State University to further their startup business ventures. Winning…

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New machine learning algorithm promises advances in computing

Systems controlled by next-generation computing algorithms could give rise to better and more efficient machine learning products, a new study suggests. 

Using…

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Turro elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences

By James Grega

Claudia Turro, a professor and chair in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. 

The NAS is committed to furthering…

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First year of DESI results unveil new clues about dark energy

Researchers at The Ohio State University played a major role in analyzing the first year of data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument’s survey into the history of the universe…

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Protecting endangered monkeys from poachers, habitat loss

The Tai Forest Monkey Project has operated a research field station in west Africa’s Ivory Coast for 30 years, but on the one day since its opening that the site was unstaffed because of conflict…

McClatchy receives golden laurels from Nyama McCarthy-Brown

Artist Laureate will bring community support to the state through theater

When a group of visitors stopped by Kevin McClatchy’s class earlier this month, he thought they were incoming students on a campus tour. It wasn’t until he recognized the faces of Dana Renga, dean…

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A university lecture, with a dash of jumping jacks

A university professor has found a way to help students – and himself – power through long lecture classes: exercise breaks.

In a new study, a professor at The Ohio State University showed…

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Arts and Sciences artists join 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

By Christina Dierkes

Abby Zbikowski, associate professor in the Department of Dance; Gina Osterloh, photographer and associate professor in the Department of Art, and Ryan Johnson, post-MFA scholar in the Department…

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Social media affects people’s views on mental illness

Even subtle differences in the wording of social media messages may be enough to sway young people’s beliefs about depression and anxiety and their treatment.

In a new study, researchers…