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Caprice Phillips wins Graduate Student Award for Diversity Enhancement

HUGE congratulations to graduate student Caprice Phillips for winning this year's Graduate Student Award for Diversity Enhancement!

Graduate Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences…

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Anya Phillips wins national competition for Goldwater Scholarship

For the second year in a row, an Ohio State Astronomy student has won a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. Anya Phillips works on ASAS-SN variable stars with Professor Christopher Kochanek to…

Caitlin O'Brien with Starry Night Award

Caitlin O'Brien and team win President's Buckeye Accelerator award for Starry Night

If the impossible became possible, what would you attempt to do?

The President’s Buckeye Accelerator supports student founders prepare a startup for launch. The accelerator combines…

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Mackenzie Scott wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Mackenzie Scott, 2022 Goldwater Scholarship Recipient, for winning an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Mackenzie is a graduating senior who will be attending graduate school…

Photo: X-ray: NASA/CXC/The Ohio State Univ/S. Lopez et al.; H-alpha and Optical: NSF/NOIRLab/AURA/KPNO/CTIO; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Spitzer/D. Dale et al; Full Field Optical: ESO/La Silla Observatory.

How cosmic winds transform galactic environments

Much like how wind plays a key role in life on Earth by sweeping seeds, pollen and more from one place to another, galactic winds – high-powered streams of charged particles and gases – can change…

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OUABlast off with Dr. Mae Jemison

Dr. Mae Jemison is a trailblazing astronaut, physician, and advocate for diversity and inclusion in STEM. She made history in 1992 as the first Black woman to travel to space and has continued to…

2023 Black In Astro Travel Grants

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Black In Astro Community and Allies:

We are excited to announce the 2023 Black In Astro Travel Grants supported through a grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation and The…

Simulated Image of what the sky will look like through the Roman Space Telescope

Roman Space Telescope and Rubin Observatory scientists collaborate on a giant testbed of simulated galaxies

“Theories of cosmic structure formation make predictions for how the seed fluctuations in the early universe grow into the distribution of matter that can be seen through gravitational lensing,”…

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Sultana Nahar Featured In Women In Science Project

Research Professor Sultana Nahar was recognized by the OSU Office of Equity, Diversity, and Global Engagement in their celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023…