A Message from Dean Manderscheid
I am very pleased to introduce the spring 2014 issue of ASCENT. We believe the selection of stories and images capture the excitement and relevance of Ohio State arts and sciences.
I am very pleased to introduce the spring 2014 issue of ASCENT. We believe the selection of stories and images capture the excitement and relevance of Ohio State arts and sciences.
A few timely updates from around the college. Want more? Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter, News & Updates.
New data analytics major addresses strong workforce need. The Harvard Business Review has referred to data science and analytics as the “sexiest job in the twenty-first century.”
Sociology undergrad Chasmine Anderson navigates the world of scholarships to pursue her dream of being an Ohio State Graduate.
The fundraising goal for the College of Arts and Sciences is $200 million; as of the end of March, we have achieved 80 percent of our goal—$159 million.
In each issue of ASCENT, we ask our alumni to send us updates—we have received some great letters and feedback and many are included here. Be sure to tell us your story!
In the summer of 2013, Cody Crothers, a first-generation student from Hillsboro, Ohio, found out he was accepted to Ohio State. There was just one little hitch—he didn’t know how he was going to pay tuition.
Dr. Mary Chellis (BA, chemistry, 1988) wanted to set up a fund to support talented young students in chemistry, and she wanted to do it before she turned 50.
Alumna Jessica A. Johnson, a special correspondent for The Columbus Dispatch and an opinion columnist for The Athens Banner-Herald (Georgia), authors biography of Columbus legend,Wilburn H. Weddington.
Ohio commemorates the War of 1812. Many Ohioans, like Department of History Chair Peter Hahn, have worked to ensure that Ohio remembers its role in this historic war.
Since 1993, Berry Lyons, professor and director of the School of Earth Sciences, has been involved with a group of researchers who study the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica.
The arts at Ohio State are taking center stage. Nowhere is that more true than at the university’s “front door,” at 15th Avenue and High Street, where a new Arts District is taking shape.
Thanks to a new partnership between Opera Columbus and Ohio State, student voice majors from the School of Music are tucking some real-world, professional experience under their belts.
Ann Hamilton just doesn’t slow down. The accomplished and widely recognized artist, and Ohio State professor, has been collecting some lofty recognition lately.
By day, Imer Santiago is a music educator, teaching at two Nashville, Tennessee, schools, directing a Mariachi music program. By night, Santiago has “a couple of bands” and plays jazz in clubs and festivals.
Ohio State students share dance, theatre and music in China. The endeavor was partially funded by a U.S. State Department grant awarded to the Center for American Culture collaboratively directed by Ohio State and Wuhan University.
Ohio State’s fledgling Advanced Chinese Language and Culture (Flagship) Graduate Program began preparing students to succeed in the global marketplace.
Sociologist Zhenchao Qian and Kristi Williams examine the transformation of the 'traditional' American Family.
It’s hard to imagine Tori Boggs ever sitting still. The second-year Ohio State Honors Collegium student studying industrial design with a focus on pre-med, is the reigning World Jump Rope Female Single Rope All-Around Champion and has nine world jump rope titles.
Maria Khrakovsky started a to-do list when she was 8 years old. On it were three items: to be on Jeopardy!, to visit every single country in Europe, and to attend all four major tennis tournaments.
The Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize and honor some of our outstanding alumni whose accomplishments are tangible evidence of the growing distinction of arts and sciences alumni.