COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University is beefing up its emergency alert system and streamlining the way officials communicate in a crisis after a November car-and-knife attack exposed some flaws in the text-message procedure. Some campus contractors and visitors weren’t aware of automated campuswide “Buckeye Alerts” to seek shelter during the attack that wounded [...]
The science and engineering workforce is aging rapidly, and it will continue to get older in coming years, due in part to more of those scientists retiring later than previous workers, according to a new Ohio State University study, Economists at The Ohio State University found the average age of employed scientists increased from 45.1 [...]
As the focus on “going green” increases, many people and organizations alike are focusing on sustainability and how to reduce their carbon footprint. Ohio State University is a large proponent of sustainability and has an ongoing mission to make the university a global model of sustainable operations. As part of this mission to meet sustainability [...]
Ohio State University researchers studying the Japanese color lexicon and its relation to the U.S. vocabulary found evidence of language’s evolution. The study, published in the Journal of Vision, found that modern Japanese have designated a precise color with a uniform name — mizu. According to a university press release, mizu translates to water and [...]
COLUMBUS — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said this week that Parris Campbell is distinguishing himself at receiver, and K.J. Hill, Terry McLaurin and Binjimen Victor are right behind him as the Buckeyes try to breathe some life back into their passing game this spring. The four wide receivers, along with Austin Mack and Johnnie [...]
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Federalist Society Student Chapter has been awarded the 2016-17 James Madison Award for Student Chapter of the Year at the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies national student symposium. Each year, the Federalist Society grants the award to one student chapter out of the more [...]
An Ohio State University study has found how the human brain employs different parts to gauge a viewed object’s depth relative to its two dimensional location — a first step in understanding how human beings perceive a three dimensional world. University researchers had volunteers view simple images with 3-D glasses while they were in a [...]
U.S. News & World Report’s latest edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools gives high marks to several Ohio State University graduate and professional programs, including a No. 1 ranking to the technical-vocational education program. Another 11 programs ranked in the top 10, nationally, a university press release detailed last week. “Ohio State’s graduate programs continue [...]
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Justice for Children Clinic recently announced that one of its clients was granted asylum in the United States. The clinic provides law students the unique experience of representing at-risk children in the Columbus metropolitan area. The asylum case — a “remarkable triumph,” according to the law school [...]
According to a new Ohio State University-led study published last week in the journal, Science, the manner in which our society approaches difficult problems may make U.S. politics worse than need be. Political scientists found a deliberative approach could mean the difference between hackles-raised dissonance and harmonious cooperation. An example of the deliberative style offered [...]