Arts and Sciences at Ohio State

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?). 🌪️ 🤯 youtube.com/watch?v=hpPv9j…

Congrats to Professor Hugh Urban for being selected for membership in The American Academy of Arts and Sciences! Urban studies secrecy in religion, particularly in relation to questions of knowledge and power. @CompStudOSU Learn more: bit.ly/4u2e6mi

Patrick Arp, a biomedical science and econ major, is Ohio State’s 10th Truman Scholar. A Stamps Eminence Scholar, he also co-founded/led student organizations, one of which works to equip students w/ grant-writing skills and pair them w/ area nonprofits. news.osu.edu/ohio-state-stu…

Congrats to Professor Christopher Browning for being named a Distinguished Scholar! His work includes the neighborhood context of crime, risk behavior, and health; the long-term effects of maltreatment during childhood; and multilevel statistical models. research.osu.edu/christopher-br…

Congrats to our first C-SPAM Seed Grant recipients! @OSUWexMed's Christi Trask and her team will study older adults' vulnerability to misinformation. @ASCatOSU's Thomas Wood and Katie Gouge will study how people weigh evidence around polarizing issues. go.osu.edu/DHxA

Asst. Prof. Nima Dahir discusses her research in urban sociology & the intersections of race, ethnicity & immigration. She talks about her project on the historic presence of Black immigrants in cities & their portrayal in both media & gov't documents. 🔗 bit.ly/4uUx1zJ

Ohio State welcomes Ohio seniors to audit dozens of courses tuition-free through Program 60 (P60). And the intergenerational experience adds to the value of the program, for both the P60 students and their degree-seeking classmates. alumnimagazine.osu.edu/story/program-…

With the DESI 3D map of the universe now complete, scientists will have significantly more information to examine the balance between dark energy and matter. The answers may mark a major shift in how we think about our universe and its potential fate. news.osu.edu/desi-finishes-…

DMA student Will Roesch has creatively blended engineering & AI to reveal the airflow patterns that make each note. “The tuba gave me a voice from the back row when I didn’t have one,” he says. “With the help of AI, I want to do the same for my students.” alumnimagazine.osu.edu/story/new-way-…

“As an industrial design student, this experience completely expanded how I think about design," reflected Victoria D’Agostino on the @NUSingapore Design Exchange program this past semester. bit.ly/4d8fD2U #BuckeyesAbroad @OhioStateDesign @ASCatOSU

The theatre department at @OhioState hosted the Earth Matters on Stage Ecodrama Playwrights' Festival & Symposium, promoting sustainable theatre. Attendees learned about the concept and saw what a play produced with sustainable principles looks like. bit.ly/3OVoahL

ICYMI: Scholars, policymakers, historians and elected officials helped celebrate the 25th anniversary of @OSUCURA, which fosters resilient and connected communities using geospatial science and technologies. news.osu.edu/ohio-state-urb…

Agus Munoz-Garcia explains his research in physiological ecology, including studies on resource allocation using a unique cockroach species, and investigating the possible applications of controlling regulatory proteins in cancer treatment. @EEOB_OSU 🔗 podcast.osu.edu/voices-of-exce…

PhD student Xueshi Gao and Professor Chun Ning (Jeanie) Lau co-authored a study showing that superconductivity can be controlled by influencing the surrounding environment, a finding that may lead to more efficient electronics down the road. @OSUPhysics news.osu.edu/researchers-re…

ICYMI: Claudia Turro has been named a 2026 Distinguished University Professor. She has changed how researchers understand and use the photoreactivity of metal complexes, shifting the paradigm of inorganic photochemistry. @OSU_CBC faculty.osu.edu/news/2026/04/1…

Congrats to Professor Charles Anderson for being selected as the 2026-2027 Artist Laureate! Anderson is an internationally recognized choreographer, scholar and educator whose creative research focuses on “kinetic storytelling.” @osudance arts.osu.edu/news/charles-o…

New Ohio State research using satellite data from NASA’s GRACE missions suggests that glaciers in High Mountain Asia — the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding ranges — are shrinking rapidly, endangering water resources for millions of people. @ByrdPolar news.osu.edu/researchers-pr…

ICYMI: The College of Arts and Sciences announced the 2025-2026 recipients of endowed and college-wide awards for research, teaching, mentoring and service. Congrats to our amazing faculty, staff and graduate students! artsandsciences.osu.edu/news/2025-2026…

.@ASCareersuccess makes it a priority to prepare students for their post-graduation careers. Here are some of their tips and best practices for finding success in the job market and transitioning to life after college. Learn more: go.osu.edu/asc-post-grad-…

Congrats to Professor Christopher A. (Drew) Jones for being named a Distinguished Scholar! Jones is an internationally-recognized authority on the manuscripts, literature and customs of early medieval Christianity. @OSUEnglish research.osu.edu/drew-jones-rec…

John Hunter talks about his research on duck-billed dinosaurs with @davidstaley8 and elaborates on the beneficial properties of teeth to paleontologists and what they can show us about how different animals lived and evolved. @EEOB_OSU @OhioStateNewark 🔗 podcast.osu.edu/voices-of-exce…