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Ohio State News (community-engagement)

2024
January
31,
2024
| 11:00 AM America/New_York
With nurses and nurse practitioners in her family, Erin Paulhardt saw how meaningful working in medicine could be. A love of the arts, though, kept her from following the same path. Dentistry, said the third-year dental student at The Ohio State
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2023
December
20,
2023
| 10:00 AM America/New_York
Dawn Anderson-Butcher, professor in the College of Social Work at The Ohio State University, has worked closely with the leaders of Hamilton STEM Academy for the last six years. The ties she developed there made the announcement of a Full-Service
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October
31,
2023
| 15:00 PM America/New_York
Naeem Ali has some comforting words for people who are afraid of giving blood: You’re not alone.Ali, who is serving as the spokesperson in the 42nd annual Blood Battle between The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan, doesn’t enjoy
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October
24,
2023
| 15:24 PM America/New_York
Next time you're on the street, notice the youth alone with a backpack and a dog, looking with longing in the window of a fast-food restaurant but not buying anything to eat. Or sleeping in the library. Or lingering at a bus stop but never boarding
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October
20,
2023
| 09:00 AM America/New_York
While faculty at The Ohio State University spend much of their time in classrooms on campus, some have also been able to reach students around the country. Through the Skype a Scientist initiative, researchers at Ohio State have teleconferenced into
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October
13,
2023
| 13:30 PM America/New_York
In an effort to mitigate climate change, many communities and the transportation and energy systems that serve them are transitioning to renewable sources.However, not all communities are able to equally participate in this transition.
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October
11,
2023
| 11:30 AM America/New_York
For every 10,000 births in the world, seven babies are born with a condition known as ectodermal dysplasia. The congenital disorder can affect the hair, nails, sweat glands and teeth. Children with ectodermal dysplasias can have malformed or missing
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October
09,
2023
| 11:30 AM America/New_York
When Elizabeth Weiser came to Newark to interview for a job at The Ohio State University’s regional campus, she was offered a tour of local neighborhoods and schools. She declined both in favor of something else.
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July
28,
2023
| 10:05 AM America/New_York
Visitors to this year’s Touch-A-Truck exhibition at the Ohio State Fair have the chance to explore fire trucks, police cars, farm equipment and, in a new addition this year, a Chevy Camaro that was turned into a hybrid-electric by students at The
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July
20,
2023
| 13:00 PM America/New_York
Hundreds of people from across Ohio and around the nation descended on Marion, Ohio, the weekend of July 14-15 to be part of The Ohio State University at Marion’s annual Warren G. Harding Symposium. 
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July
10,
2023
| 11:30 AM America/New_York
The newly inaugurated Artist Laureate at The Ohio State University, Nyama McCarthy-Brown, just returned from a trip to Brazil. An associate professor in the Department of Dance, McCarthy-Brown accompanied students to the country for two weeks to
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June
23,
2023
| 10:00 AM America/New_York
The second annual Pride Brunch was held at The Ohio State University earlier this month. Guests came together to eat and celebrate the university’s LGBTQ community and its allies.
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June
21,
2023
| 10:00 AM America/New_York
By design, prisons are not stimulating places, said Mary Thomas, a professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University. This is why prison education programs are important.“In spaces of incarceration,
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May
31,
2023
| 13:00 PM America/New_York
Two years ago, Bridget Britton, behavioral health field specialist at the Tuscarawas County Extension office for The Ohio State University, received an email from Cathann Kress, dean of the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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May
04,
2023
| 10:00 AM America/New_York
In Ohio, what are the job prospects for people who access state training services after losing their jobs through no fault of their own? How does community college or the Jobs for Veterans State Grant benefit people who complete those programs?
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April
19,
2023
| 10:00 AM America/New_York
The D.C. Advocacy Immersion at The Ohio State University is a special opportunity for students in the College of Social Work. Each spring, a group receives advocacy training and travels to Washington to meet with lawmakers and learn about government
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March
29,
2023
| 10:00 AM America/New_York
There are 88 keys on a typical piano. There are also 88 counties in the state of Ohio. This coincidence led to the creation of Opus 88, a program from The Ohio State University’s School of Music that seeks to bring the university’s musical talent to
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March
15,
2023
| 14:00 PM America/New_York
Acclaimed Indigenous filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin visited the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University earlier this month to screen her 1993 documentary “Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance.”
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March
01,
2023
| 13:00 PM America/New_York
This fall, an exhibition featuring the work of artist Sarah Rosalena is opening at the Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA). Kris Paulsen, associate professor and chair of undergraduate studies in the Department of History of Art
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February
13,
2023
| 12:30 PM America/New_York
The Ohio State University women’s basketball team is off to a hot start. The team is currently 21 and 4 and among the best in the Big Ten.A key factor in the team’s success? The fans. The thousands that attend each game give the Buckeyes a boost
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January
27,
2023
| 10:00 AM America/New_York
Gaëtane Verna’s interest in the arts began in her childhood.“I come from a family where my parents thought that a good education required that you did some art,” said the new executive director of the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State
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2022
December
15,
2022
| 11:00 AM America/New_York
When the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service (CRS) is working at its best, the work often goes unnoticed.“A win for CRS is you never heard we were there.” That was the central message from CRS Director Paul Monteiro, who spoke to
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December
06,
2022
| 11:00 AM America/New_York
Last week, Fiona Hill, former Senior Director for Europe and Russia at the National Security Council, spoke to a riveted audience at The Ohio State University.
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November
18,
2022
| 13:00 PM America/New_York
The Ohio State University Buckeyes and the University of Michigan Wolverines face off on the field and at blood donation sites on both universities’ campuses this month. The annual Blood Battle leverages the “greatest rivalry in college football” to
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November
09,
2022
| 11:00 AM America/New_York
The Ohio State University’s College of Dentistry continues to offer dental care to Ohio veterans each November. Give Veterans A Smile Day provides dental screenings, X-rays and cleanings, all free of charge. This year’s event takes place on Monday,
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November
02,
2022
| 13:48 PM America/New_York
Experts around the world working in animal, human and environmental health will be celebrating One Health Day on Nov. 3 to educate the public about the benefits of a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, detection and response
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October
20,
2022
| 12:30 PM America/New_York
An international conversation about the world’s profound food security challenges came to The Ohio State University for North America’s official celebration of World Food Day on Oct. 16.
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October
11,
2022
| 14:00 PM America/New_York
Beginning this fall, the Buckeye Food Alliance (BFA), a food pantry at The Ohio State University, is offering six free cooking classes. The classes grew out of conversations about how to better serve the student population, especially those
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October
05,
2022
| 11:00 AM America/New_York
As she worked on the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center’s “Beyond Guilt” exhibition, curator Jennifer Suchland came to understand multiple meanings for the title.The first, said Suchland, also an associate professor in the Department of
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September
02,
2022
| 02:00 AM America/New_York
In observance of International Overdose Awareness Day, The Ohio State University hosted the Columbus Dispatch at the Fawcett Center for an Aug. 31 panel discussion about the opioid epidemic in central Ohio and strategies to prevent and treat
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