Hifsah Ayub spent the summer of 2024 studying abroad in Cyprus. As a senior majoring in Environment, Economy, Development, and Sustainability, she received the Wolfe Study Abroad scholarship and additional funding from the Gary Sharpe Field School and Phi Kappa Phi.
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Global Perspectives: Alexia Silva
I've been at The Ohio State University since the fall of 2021, when I joined Claudia Turro's lab in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. After receiving my master's in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of São Paulo, I decided I wanted to work on more fundamental aspects of designing metallodrugs for cancer treatment.
For one Ohio State medical resident, international healthcare feels like home
Saron Checkole, a second-year emergency medicine resident, recently traveled to Ethiopia to complete a month-long rotation at one of the biggest community and clinical training hospitals in the nation.
Student Spotlight: Kshipra Mandlecha
Kshipra Mandlecha, originally from Nashik, India, is a second year international student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Managerial Economics from the Max M. Fisher College of Business. She is also an Entrepreneurship and Innovation Scholar, which is a two-year program under the Keenan Centre of Entrepreneurship. She shares her journey at Ohio State with the hope of encouraging others to become Buckeyes for Life.
Fulbright experience in UK life-changing for Vickery
“I am in awe of and incredibly grateful for how enriching and life-changing my Fulbright experience has been,” shares Selina Vickery, an Ohio State medical student. Vickery was awarded the Fulbright Queen Mary, University of London Award via the US-UK Fulbright Commission.
GOHi-affiliated pediatrician Traci Bouchard trains healthcare workers worldwide
Across institutions and borders, experts from many disciplines are working together to envision a healthier world through GOHi. Their work is based on One Health principles, which the World Health Organization describes as an “integrated, unifying approach to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and the environment.”
Roger Williams builds connections between Ohio State, Chinese universities
Roger Williams is a connector. As the academic director of the China Gateway, he works to foster collaboration among faculty and staff at Ohio State and partners in China.
Alumni Spotlight: Lode Saliba Raffoul
Lode Saliba Raffoul ’84 has put everything she learned during her time at The Ohio State University to good use in her native country of Brazil. Saliba Raffoul’s Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics came in handy three years ago when she began working as a beekeeper on an apiary she and her siblings inherited from their parents in Borebi, São Paulo.