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Ohio State students travel to Dubai for climate conference
In early December, delegations from around the world gathered in Dubai for the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28). Among the 70,000 attendees were 10 undergraduate students, two…

Role of AI in literature is topic of Ohio State lecture by Pulitzer Prize finalist
If artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve and becomes capable of producing first-rate literature, will the technology eventually replace human writers? Author, journalist and professor…

Women’s and girls’ sports: more popular than you may think
The number of Americans who watch or follow girls’ and women’s sports goes well beyond those who view TV coverage of women’s athletic events, a new study suggests.
In fact, just over half of…

First 1.2 GHz NMR Spectrometer in the United States at The Ohio State University funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation
Novel GHz-class NMR systems are enabling novel life science and materials research in functional structural biology, drug discovery, metabolomics and cleantech research.
A 1.2 Gigahertz (GHz…

How technology and economics can help save endangered species
A lot has changed in the world since the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was enacted 50 years ago in December 1973.
Two researchers at The Ohio State University were among a group of experts…

NSF Awards $780K Grants to Ohio State’s Andrew Heckler for STEM Fluency App
Andrew Heckler, well-known specialist in physics education research at The Ohio State University was awarded two grants from The National Science Foundation (NFS) totaling $780,000 to enhance the…

Alumni Q&A: Audrey Zinn '23, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Name, degree(s), graduation year(s), current work/position, locationMy name is Audrey Zinn. I graduated from The Ohio State University in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Astronomy and…

How big events can disrupt public transit over an entire city
New technology has allowed scientists to see how a major sporting event can disrupt public transportation in an entire city for hours before and after the event.
Researchers conducted a case…

Poet Ajanaé Dawkins Selected as 2024 Urban Arts Space Community Artist-In-Residence
Words have the power to heal, connect, and express deeper questions and truths. The heights of the art form are captured in the poetry of interdisciplinary writer, theologian, and educator Ajanaé…