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Ģ��Ƶ University to celebrate Homecoming Oct. 13-18

Homecoming Week 2025 will kick off on Oct. 13, 2025, with the Homecoming football game against Northern Illinois on Oct. 18.

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Faculty and student research

A botanical breakthrough: OHIO undergraduate and professor discover several new species of violets in the mountains of Virginia

OHIO senior Collin Thacker, under the mentorship of professor Harvey Ballard, discovered four new species of violets in the mountains of Virginia, including two tucked away in Shenandoah National Park. What started as a summer research job turned into a blooming opportunity to make a lasting mark on botanical science and Thacker's career.

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Emerging game developers

From classroom to competition: Students win big at GDEX

Students behind the game "Gnome Invasion" made a big impression at this year's GDEX competition, competing directly against professional game developers. The team's creativity stood out to judges and convention attendees.

Sustainability and Art

Students help launch sustainable Fiber and Dye Garden at OHIO

Students are helping launch a sustainable Fiber and Dye Garden, an interdisciplinary project combining art and science to grow plants like flax, hemp and indigo for use in papermaking and ecological research.

Atish Baidya WOUB editor in the studio at Ģ��Ƶ University

The OHIO Experience

How WOUB Public Media’s editor-in-chief helps OHIO students find purpose

Atish Baidya, editor-in-chief at WOUB, helps journalism students step into the rush of a working newsroom and discover their strengths through hands-on opportunities.

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Giving

Donors support the arts and honor family through their philanthropy

Dave and Cathy Levy wanted to back the Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts Capital Project—and with a little help, found an opportunity that was almost too perfect to believe.

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Digital Cinema

Scripps College unveils LED Wall Shooting Studio to expand digital cinema and student opportunities

Ģ��Ƶ University’s Scripps College of Communication has invested in cutting-edge technology to prepare students for the next generation of media production. Studio C, located on the fifth floor of the Radio Television Building (RTV) has been transformed into an LED Wall Shooting Studio, a new production space giving students a hands-on gateway into virtual production and digital cinema.

Ģ��Ƶ University recognized as Ģ��Ƶ’s best value public university for the sixth consecutive year by U.S. News and World Report

Ģ��Ƶ University has once again ranked as the top public university in the state of Ģ��Ƶ for best value, according to U.S. News and World Report.

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Fireworks erupt over a field of spectators

Bobcats light up campus during Welcome Week

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Becoming Bobcats: BSO welcomes a new class

Honoring the past, embracing the future: A look at Seigfred Hall

Two OHIO graduates in cap and gown celebrate after walking across the stage at Spring Commencement

OHIO celebrates the Class of 2025

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Upcoming Events

Featured Event

Nov 10

Marching 110 Ģ��Ƶ Theatre Show

Join "The Most Exciting Band in the Land" in Columbus for their annual performance at Ģ��Ƶ Theatre! Tickets required.

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OHIO Events

OHIO community invited to Philosophy Forum Lecture on ‘Justice as a Virtue and its Challenges’ on Oct. 23

All students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to the special presentation by respected author and philosophy professor Mark LeBar on Thursday, Oct. 23.

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In the field

Living in the past, learning for the future

Ģ��Ƶ University students gain hands-on experience at the Shoop Paleo-Indian site in Pennsylvania. The field school teaches excavation, artifact analysis, and field research while contributing to understanding early human life and migrations.

OHIO Events

Costa Lecturer Tara Zahra to speak on ‘Anti-Globalism Then and Now’

Historian Tara Zahra speak on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Walter Hall 135. All students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to attend the Costa Lecture.

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Research Excellence

Ģ��Ƶ University launches exclusive OHIO Inventors Club to celebrate innovation, discovery

Ģ��Ƶ University has launched the OHIO Inventors Club, an elite recognition program for employees who have earned a U.S. patent for the University.

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Expert Spotlights

Ian Klein

Klein is an expert in exercise physiology, injury rehabilitation and kinesiology. He focuses on better understanding how to prevent injuries, maximize athletic performance and create better rehabilitation methods.

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Melissa Anderson

Dr. Anderson is an expert in concussions, mild traumatic brain injury and biomechanics. Her research is centered on understanding the lifelong neurological complications of head trauma and subsequent injury risk following a concussion.