Arts and Sciences at Ohio State

The College of Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of @OhioState, where we provide the foundation for undergraduate and graduate education and research.

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Wind shear and EF Scale and phased array radar, oh my! Real life storm chaser Dr. Jana Houser joined us for an episode of That's Not How That Works to give us her take on the movie Twisters. Her insight will "blow" your mind (see what we did there?). 🌪️ 🤯
https://t.co/7zuypf8KKM

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Assistant Professor Will Nickley and Associate Professor Amanda Huynh discuss their design students' capstone projects and the collaboration with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
@OhioStateDesign @ohiodnr @davidstaley8

#NationalTrailsDay

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More than 100 undergraduate students have worked as interns at @UrbanArtsSpace and “externs” with area arts organizations since 2023 through a community engagement initiative supported by a $2M Mellon Foundation grant.
https://t.co/0ze54pQnJR

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Assoc. Prof. John Hunter led a study of fossilized teeth that suggests adult duck-billed dinosaurs may have been bringing softer, higher-protein food to their babies than they themselves ate, a finding that could offer insights into their social evolution.
https://t.co/lmxfGPfEji

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How many lawyers does it take to feed a t-rex? Dinosaur enthusiast & Orton Geological Museum curator Dale Gnidovec joined us for That's Not How That Works to answer this & more with his dino-mite insight on the Jurassic Park franchise.
#NationalDinosaurDay
https://t.co/NWwe0w8HgA

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ICYMI: Prof. Marilynn Brewer and Christopher Kochanek have been selected as part of the 2026 class of @theNASciences. NAS provides science, engineering and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations.
@OSUastro @OhioStatePsych
https://t.co/v2lrxiMQ2y

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Congrats to Angeletha Rogers for receiving the a 2026 Distinguished Staff Award! Rogers ensures “that every Buckeye who enters her office finds not just an administrator, but a lifelong mentor and a tireless champion.” @osuearthscience

Read more: https://t.co/3DhmG22AId

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Using a novel technique to directly analyze millions of individual particles at once, a study led by Stanislav Kutuzov revealed that specks of dust trapped in Antarctic ice likely originated from a common source during the last Ice Age. @osuearthscience
https://t.co/jGtB7qdrR3

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Congrats to graduate student Mathew Leon for being awarded a 2026 SMART Scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense! Mathew will participate in internships at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center. @OSUPhysics

🔗 https://t.co/QtjfjFv8TV

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ICYMI: 6 out of 10 faculty members who received Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching represent Arts & Sciences.

Yiğit Akin & Margaret Sumner @osuhistorydept
Amanda Bird & Guramrit Singh, Molecular Genetics
Danielle Schoon, Sociology
Ryan Yoder @OSU_CBC
https://t.co/qHf8zSC4TX

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Assistant Professor Dominik Stecula was quoted by @nbc4i regarding far-right support for Amy Acton. Stecula said opposition to Vivek Ramaswamy likely comes from a small faction of Republicans who discriminate against him. https://t.co/Tgs3yKfz99

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Prof. John E. Davidson discusses film as a field of study and its power to shape social memory. Davidson outlines recent research on the postwar “disappearance of race” in Germany and the work of Dadaist Hans Arp and his contemporaries. @davidstaley8

🔗 https://t.co/2pVbNnjvLa

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ICYMI: Six student-led startups were each awarded $50,000 in funding at @OhioState’s 2026 President’s Buckeye Accelerator finale. The finalists were chosen from more than 50 student ventures that took part in a pre-accelerator program earlier this spring.
https://t.co/DiwrKYBfYM

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Professors Venkat Gopalan, Dehua Pei and Guo-Liang Wang are working on a new generation of biocontrol agents that avoid some of the pitfalls of chemical products while still protecting food crops, and showing kids that they can become scientists.

🔗 https://t.co/f3Wl4N99gO

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Congrats to our Arts and Sciences students for receiving Goldwater Scholarships!

Cindy An, neuroscience and psychology with a minor in statistics
Ruby Mitchell, chemistry with a minor in Spanish
Aatmaj Rajesh, physics with a minor in mathematics

🔗 https://t.co/jHGg8grLrY

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Doc. student Kelly Hiersche & professors Saygin & Osher authored a study showing that 2 sophisticated cognitive functions, using/understanding language & sensing how others feel, have distinct origins in young children's brains, challenging prior theories.
https://t.co/61EnXrTi4n

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ICYMI: 6 faculty members were announced as the inaugural Faculty-to-Faculty Mentorship Award recipients, 3 of which represent the Arts & Sciences. Congrats, professors!

Nicholas Breyfogle, @osuhistorydept
Andréa Grottoli, @osuearthscience
Sharon Amacher
https://t.co/k63kaTN3cv

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🗓️ May 29 & 30:
The @mershoncenter is hosting a conference featuring presenters and panelists seeking to construct a rich account of how grand strategy has expanded and continues to operate in the U.S. role in the world in the twenty-first century.
https://t.co/MZJNhfXkL5

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Assoc. Prof. Felecia Ross discusses her research/writing on the history/influence of the Black press. She describes her field research contributions to the PBS documentary Bombshell and a project on Booker T. Washington’s influence on the Black press.

🔗 https://t.co/MYDfHFzWdZ

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Congrats to Prof. David Hoffmann for being named a Distinguished Scholar! He is a specialist in Russian and Soviet history, with a particular focus on the political, social, and cultural history of Stalinism. @osuhistorydept

🔗 https://t.co/VrbwU3ywGt

📷 Hoffman, 2nd from left

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Youth sports are bigger than ever, but kids are dropping out at a 60 to 70 percent rate before adulthood. Why? Sociologist Chris Knoester answers alumni questions about confidence, pressure, rising costs and why fun still matters most for young athletes.
https://t.co/cAxDMdl1sV