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What election polls actually tell us about the 2020 presidential race

As President Donald Trump’s 2016 victory revealed, any prediction can still be turned upside down once the votes are counted. How trustworthy are polls in reality?

Ohio State's Scarlet Laser

LaserNetUS high-power laser consortium including Ohio State receives $18M from the Department of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded LaserNetUS, a network of facilities operating ultra-powerful lasers that includes Ohio State's Scarlet Laser Facility, $18 million in new funding to…

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Jerald Walker's <em>How to Make a Slave and Other Essays</em> puts Mad Creek Books on the map

Jerald Walker’s How to Make a Slave and Other Essays was recently named a nonfiction finalist for the National Book Awards, making The Ohio State University Press imprint Mad Creek Books one of the…

Slavery exhibit

Suchland examines links between abolition and modern day slavery

Jennifer Suchland, a 2020 Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Scholars and Society Fellow, is researching the links between historical and modern-day slavery in collaboration with the…

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Learning with Miss Natalia teaches kids diversity and inclusion

Natalia Colón Alvarez discovered her love of working with kids this summer, and now she's using YouTube as a platform to teach young students about diversity.

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Slavery and its legacies: Remembering 1619 and Beyond

To commemorate the 400th anniversary of slavery’s introduction to the U.S., the Department of History launched a lecture series last year called “1619 and Beyond: Explorations in Atlantic Slavery and…

Black Lives Matter protesters march down Broad Street in downtown Columbus. Photo credit Joshua Edmonds.

Hybrid Arts Lab exhibits explore racial injustice, diversity

Art isn't created in a vacuum, and artists are always influenced by the world around them. That's why several exhibits hosted by Urban Arts Space's multi-venue Hybrid Arts Lab are centered around…

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Ahead of free conversation, Coyote Peterson reflects on time at Ohio State

Since he started his Brave Wilderness channel back in 2013, Nathaniel “Coyote” Peterson has become one of the world’s most popular YouTubers.

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97.1 The Fan's Murray gives back to students

Brad Murray, a strategic communication alumnus, would soak up everything he could from professionals in the sports broadcasting field. Now, as assistant promotions director at 97.1 The Fan, he's able…