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Study examines link between underwater landslides and tsunamis
Scientists have calculated a way to determine the speed of past underwater landslides, a new study has found.
Researchers from The Ohio State University studied…

Engaged Scholars: Nyama McCarthy-Brown
Engaged Scholars is a series highlighting Ohio State faculty who have made an impact in our communities through their community-engaged research and teaching.
Nyama McCarthy-Brown…

Working Past Partisanship
In today’s hyper-partisan political environment, many people refuse to listen to any perspective that doesn’t reflect their own views. Is it even possible to imagine a world that runs on civil…

Student creatives spark dialogue on homelessness with collaborative art projects
A dozen students from different artistic backgrounds will collaborate on interdisciplinary projects, over the course of the academic year, to spark dialogue on the many dimensions of homelessness…

Advances in soft robotics usher in a new era of scientific analysis
Could robots, whose forms can be adapted to achieve almost any real-world task, soon be able to lend a hand in understanding the paleoecology tracing of extinct organisms?
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Ohio State CCIC welcomes state-of-the-art NMR spectrometer
In September 2023, the Campus Chemical Instrument Center (CCIC) and Gateway National Ultrahigh Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility welcomed the delivery of a state-of-the-art, 1.2…

Committee for At-Risk Scholars and Artists launches at Ohio State
The Ohio State University has joined a coalition of colleges and universities offering their help in protecting scholars displaced by turmoil in their home countries.
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2023 Ohio State Alumni Award honorees announced
Congratulations to the College of Arts and Sciences alumni who received 2023 Alumni Awards from the Ohio State Alumni Association! The alumni association's awards program celebrates…

Jana Houser, extreme-weather expert, answers 5 questions
Should you stay in your car if there’s a tornado? How does climate change affect weather? The associate professor of geography shares the whys and hows.