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With events in Washington, IDEA workshops help spread and improve democracy
Fixing Congress and making democracy better are lofty goals. But they’re challenges that the Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA) was made for.
IDEA's Director, …
Ohio State receives nearly $3M from Mellon Foundation to transform Department of African American and African Studies and support faculty-led humanities scholarship
Funding will advance innovation in humanities scholarship and curriculum, strengthen community partnerships, and bring in new postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and tenure-track faculty…
Ohio State's College of Arts and Sciences and College of Engineering to partner in NBCU Academy
Among 15 new academic partners announced today, The Ohio State University’s College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering will participate in NBCUniversal’s NBCU Academy, a multi…
Ohio State awarded $3.8M grant from U.S. Department of Energy to improve electric vehicle batteries
Funding will support the development of more affordable and efficient electric vehicle batteries in America.
The Department of Energy recently announced that…
“Science Sundays” explores strange new worlds in return for 10th year
The “Science Sundays” lecture series returns to The Ohio State University for its 10th year on Sunday, Jan. 22 with a discussion of the search for strange new worlds that lie…
Zelaya-Leon named assistant dean for the center for career and professional success
Tricia Zelaya-Leon has joined the Center for Career and Professional Success as the assistant dean, effective January 9. She most recently served as the director of the Center for Career and…
2022’s Top Stories in the Arts and Sciences
As we turn our calendars to 2023, we take a step back to evaluate the incredible College of Arts and Sciences stories we told in 2022. We are proud to present some of our top stories of the last…
Q&A faculty spotlight: Joel Wainwright
Joel Wainwright is a professor of geography whose areas of expertise include political economy of development, environmental and agrarian change, and social theory. Professor…
Playwright Kennedy sees Broadway debut with "Ohio State Murders"
“I was asked to talk about the violent imagery in my work: bloodied heads, severed limbs, dead father, dead Nazis, dying Jesus. The chairman said, we do want to hear about your brief years here at…