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Breaking Barriers with the Bard: Shakespeare and Autism
A new study showed improvement in the social and communication skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using a signature approach pairing the recitation of Shakespeare’s rhythmic…
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…
NSF Research Training Group Grant Takes Ohio State Topology to Next Level
Mathematician Matthew Kahle is PI on a five-year, $1.72 million NSF Research Training Group Grant, supporting an interdisciplinary working group in algebraic topology, applied topology and related…
New Book Line on Ohio/Midwest Subjects Launched by University Press
The Ohio State University Press’s new imprint, Trillium, publishes books about Ohio and the Midwest to help people learn more about the unique history, diverse culture and natural environment of the…
Ohio State to Host ‘The War to End All Wars: U.S. National World War I Centennial Symposium, 1916-2016’
The Department of History, in partnership with the U.S. World War One Centennial Commission, will host a symposium marking the 100th anniversary of the war. “The War to End All Wars: U.S. National…
Dance Student, Professor Join Forces for Recreation of Merce Cunningham Solo
When Pittsburgh native Daniel Roberts was an undergraduate student working toward a BFA degree in dance at Ohio State in the 1990s, he decided to recreate a solo work – Totem Ancestor -- by Merce…
Bringing Speech Services to Rural Schools
Last summer, Ohio State’s Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic launched its first rural school outreach project, working with elementary students at Shekinah Christian School in Plain City, Ohio.
Biochemistry Professor's Award Supports Undergraduate Research
Edward Behr is one of just five senior scientists named recipients of the 2016 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Senior Scientist Mentor Program Award. The award provides a $20,000 grant to…
Chemist’s New NIH MIRA Grant a Game-Changer for Drug Discovery
David Nagib's new five-year, $1,749,619 NIH MIRA award allows his team to tackle and maximize ambitious, game-changing research impacting drug discovery. The chemistry and biochemistry assistant…