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September 25, 2025
62nd Alpheus Smith Lecture: Dr. Andrea Ghez
Event Start Time: 7:30 pm
Event Location: Time and location TBC
Event Location: Time and location TBC
October 3 - October 4, 2025
Homecoming 2025
Event Start Time: 9:00 am
Event Location: Ohio State Main Campus
Event Location: Ohio State Main Campus
October 25, 2025
WestFest 2025
Event Start Time: 11:00 am
Event Location: West Campus Quad near Byrd Polar
Event Location: West Campus Quad near Byrd Polar
March 4, 2026
16th Annual Biard Lecture: Dr. Klaus Honscheid
Event Start Time: 6:00 pm
Event Location: Archie M. Griffin East Ballroom, Ohio Union
Event Location: Archie M. Griffin East Ballroom, Ohio Union
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Sultana Nahar receives William Fowler Award and Featured on Voices of Excellence
Dr. Sultana Nahar, a research professor in the Department of Astronomy, has received the prestigious William Fowler Award for Distinguished Research in Physics from the American Physical Society.…
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First-year MFA students Yeoleum Choi and Valeska Tan’s immersive full-dome film Ocean Cemetery was selected for screening at the 2025 Fulldome Festival Brno, held June 10–12, 2025 in the Czech…
51 Pegasi b Fellowship at Ohio State - 2026 applications now open
The Heising-Simons Foundation is accepting applications for their 2026 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship program in Planetary Astronomy. The fellowship provides an opportunity for…
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