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2025-2026 College of Arts and Sciences award winners announced
The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the 2025-2026 recipients of endowed and college-wide awards for research, teaching, mentoring and service.
Faculty Arts and Sciences…
Forensic anthropology program explodes at Ohio State
Since it launched in 2023, the forensic anthropology major at The Ohio State University has skyrocketed.
“We had five students in the major the first year,” said W. Scott McGraw…
Ohio State graduate programs rank among nation’s best
The College of Arts and Sciences maintains a strong national academic profile, with audiology ranked in the top 10 (6th among publics) and speech & hearing in the top 20 (16th among publics)…
Getting a glimpse of viral dances in the dark in the Sargasso Sea
In a new study of viral abundance over a short time frame in the Sargasso Sea, researchers found that almost all viruses with cyclical changes in abundance were most active at night – somewhat…
Elders’ stories are bringing digital models of lost communities to life
Some of the 3D digital models created by researchers to depict lost neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio, tell a clear story by placing the “ghosts” of houses that were demolished for freeway…
Art from and inspired by polar expeditions shines at Ohio State
Before she retires later this year, Laura Kissel, polar archivist for the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program (or Polar Archives) at The Ohio State University, wanted to…
Hungry for a crunchy treat? Consider grasshoppers
The crunchy little jumpers are beloved in Mexico, writes an Ohio State anthropologist in a new book, so the Ohio State Alumni Magazine compared proteins.
Four Arts and Sciences faculty members named 2025 AAAS Fellows
The 2025 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) includes four investigators from The Ohio State University, all affiliated with the College of Arts and…
Announcing the 2026 Arts and Sciences Alumni Award honorees
Each spring, the College of Arts and Sciences’ Alumni Awards ceremony recognizes remarkable leaders whose achievements reflect the power of a liberal arts education and the bold momentum driving…