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Founded in 1870, The Ohio State University is one of the world’s most comprehensive public research universities. Consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation’s top 20 public universities, Ohio State is a research powerhouse, with a wide-ranging network of expertise on a single campus. The Columbus campus is home to more than 300 collaborative research centers and 15 colleges, including seven in the health sciences and colleges of agriculture and engineering.

The breadth, depth and excellence of our interdisciplinary research programs make Ohio State a leading force of innovation and change – locally, nationally and globally. With nearly a billion dollars in research expenditures annually, the university is a world-class innovator in critical areas such as climate change, cancer, infectious diseases, advanced materials and ag-bio products.

In Ohio, more than 64,000 students, from all 50 states and 110 countries, pursue their personal career aspirations at our five campuses. Ohio State’s Alumni Association is one of the oldest in the nation, with more than 500,000 alumni living around the world. Three Global Gateway campuses—in China, Brazil and India—make Ohio State a truly international university.

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Former President Donald Trump walks out of a Manhattan courthouse after he was found guilty in his hush money trial on May 30, 2024. Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images

Trump’s criminal conviction won’t stop him from getting security clearance as president − but Biden can still control his access for now

Under normal circumstances, Trump’s criminal record and other aspects of his life, including financial history, would disqualify him from getting access to classified information.
Jamey Stutz

A clock in the rocks: what cosmic rays tell us about Earth’s changing surface and climate

When landslides or glaciers bring rocks to the surface, cosmic rays bombard them, smashing common atoms into rarer forms and acting as a chronometer of the changing Earth.
Chinese universities are prodigious producers of scientific papers, which will help garner them more prestige. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

China’s universities just grabbed 6 of the top 10 spots in one worldwide science ranking – without changing a thing

Science rankings rely on papers in academic journals. Broadening the view to include many more open-access journals will upend the usual order – thanks to China’s vast number of publications.
Sous quelle forme préférez-vous votre part des quelque 5 millions de tonnes de cacao produites dans le monde chaque année ? Maya Kruchankova/Shutterstock

Saveur, texture, préparation… la science du chocolat décortiquée

Derrière la fermentation, la torréfaction, le broyage qui transforment le cacao en tablettes de chocolat, bonbons et pâtisseries, c’est de la science qui se cache.
Activities that keep you fired up don’t help you turn down your anger. Ray Massey/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Chilling out rather than blowing off steam is a better way to manage anger − new review of 154 studies reveals what works

Activities such as deep breathing, muscle relaxation, yoga and meditation help people manage their anger, according to a meta-analysis of studies involving more than 10,000 participants.
Students become more emotionally engaged with history when it’s presented in an interactive way, research shows. SDI Productions via Getty Images

‘Time warp’ takes students to Native American past to search for solutions for the future

Rather than have students memorize names and dates, this history curriculum invites students to grapple with real-life issues faced by people from the past.

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