Janet Smith, assistant director of outreach for the East Asian Studies Center and Amanda Yusko, program manager for the international student team in the Office of International Affairs, are recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Staff Award, the highest honor bestowed upon staff at Ohio State.
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Provost Zadnik honors Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays recipients
On March 28, 2024, Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Karla Zadnik recognized students and faculty from The Ohio State University who are recent Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays recipients and Fulbright student semifinalists, as well as visiting Fulbright students and scholars from around the globe, during a reception at the Thompson Library.
Pentsil-Bukari to serve on HR Benefits Appeal Committee
A SEVIS policy analyst and compliance officer, Ruby Pentsil-Bukari is giving back to the university community by serving on the HR Benefits Appeal Committee for a three-year term starting in January 2024. The committee provides a dedicated body to hear, deliberate upon, and decide appeals of adverse benefit determination under one or more of the plans.
Committee for at-risk scholars and artists launched
The Ohio State University has joined a coalition of colleges and universities offering their help in protecting scholars displaced by turmoil in their home countries.
Lal advocates for global use of conservation agriculture
Rattan Lal has been a witness to the symbiotic relationship between humans and soil since his childhood. He grew up on his family’s subsistence farm in Punjab, India and saw firsthand how crucial soil health was to those in the community. Lal realized that we all are “the mirror image of the land we live on,” and that we must take great measures to keep our soil healthy.
Ohio State ranked 99th in World University Rankings 2024
The Ohio State University is ranked 99th among the world’s top universities, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024. Ohio State improved its ranking by 13 spots. The global rankings are based on 18 calibrated performance indicators of research-intensive universities across their core missions of teaching, research, research quality, industry and international outlook.
Chavan selected as a 2023 alumni award honoree
Madhav Chavan '83 PhD, a distinguished chemist turned educator, is this year's recipient of the Robert M. Duncan Alumni Citizenship Award. Chavan has been recognized by The Ohio State University Alumni Association for his exceptional contributions to education and transforming the lives of underprivileged children in his native India.
Şahin appointed new VP for global strategies
The Ohio State University has selected Kaya Şahin, PhD, as its next vice provost for global strategies and international affairs, effective Nov. 1. Şahin currently serves as executive associate dean of the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University (IU).
Study explores potential zoonotic disease exposure pathways from a gender perspective
PLOS Global Public Health, an online journal, published a study conducted by Pallavia Oruganti, a former student at The Ohio State University, and Amanda Berrian, GOHi director of outreach and engagement, that explored potential zoonotic disease exposure pathways from a gender perspective.
Visiting scholars benefited from Summer Institute training
Three visiting scholars participated in the Global One Health Summer Institute’s inaugural Experiential Resource Learning and Bioinformatics training program held June 5 to June 30. This closed session was exclusively designed to strengthen the research capacities of Eastern African partner institutions.
Participants included: