Campus & Community

A professor holds up a vial of fluid toward the light as two female students with her do the same. They’re all wearing lab coats and face masks, but the mood is light, as if someone has just made a joke.
Where Buckeyes grow

Our best learning spaces give students the opportunity to put knowledge into practice by exploring, testing and playing.
An illustration shows people climbing a tree with ladders or sitting on branches. They are reaching up into the tree, and symbols are among the leaves on its branches. There are symbols of books, scales of justice, a fist, a graduation cap and other related images.
Emeritus Academy: School of deep roots, new growth

Through this program, retired faculty continue their research and share findings with respected peers and the community.
Two white women, one with short blond hair and the other with long dark hair, lean into the photo as parade-watchers line the street behind them. The women’s smiles say they are happy and proud.
Linda Schuler ’68 made Columbus more festive, inclusive

The Buckeye chaired the Pride Parade for 22 years and spent three decades as a leader in the Recreation and Parks department.
In a darkened room, an eye doctor examines a patient’s left retina by holding a small instrument in front of his eye and wearing a headset that is shiny metal and black plastic. The handheld part has a mirror that reflects light into the patient’s eye; the part on the doctor’s head, called a Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope, shows her a closeup view and provides the light.
The power of seeing and being seen

Inspired by her professors and personal immigration experience, Dr. Mawada Osman provides quality eye care to the needy and teaches students to do the same.
In an Ohio State College of Optometry class, four students sit at a long table at the front of a classroom watching a teacher define mentoring. The teacher, a blond white woman wearing glasses, has her hands spread wider than her body, as if encompassing all of the students in the room. A screen behind her says “Coaching, Consultation & Mentoring—what are they?”
College of Optometry intentionally builds leaders

Students not only get training to be excellent doctors. They learn to become better problem-solvers and innovators.
An illustration shows the silhouette of students listening to a bearded man holding a book and pointer in brighter colors. In the background are gears and stars.
Professionals engineering inspiration on Marion campus

A special seminar program invites these industry leaders to encourage and advise engineering technology students.
A dull green box, with P 542 lightly chalked on the front, has the hinged top open, showing 6 books of the same color and an empty space for one more. That book is sitting upright on its side, on the front is a simple drawing of flowers, their stems and roots. That book is titled “The Bronte Novels” and text inside the box’s open lid names the other books in the collection.
Novel serendipity: A senior’s favorite thing on campus

For about-to-graduate Emma Hassel, a student worker in special collections, one item inspires her to find her own path.
A tinfoil-wrapped gyro, with a falafel ball, lettuce, chopped tomatoes and tzatziki sauce, sits on top of a mound of French fries, each a little slimmer than a person’s pinky finger. Next the food is a doughnut topped with a thick coat of chocolate with a mound of peanut butter in the middle.
6 meals seniors say they’ll miss after graduating

These campus-area favorites from dining halls and High Street restaurants can pique both taste buds and fond memories.
A young white woman poses with her mom in front of the fireplace at Longaberger Alumni House. They both wear dresses and big smiles, and have similarly wavy hair and stances.
Mom proud as daughter (unknowingly) follows footsteps

That Krista Rowles Scheetz ’95 and Amelia Scheetz both connected with Student-Alumni Council was by chance, not design.
Ratmir TImashev, a man wearing a friendly smile and Ohio State zip-up, shakes hands with an Ohio State student in a classroom work space.
Timashev Foundation’s record gift will propel innovation

“We want to be a high-tech mecca,” says Ratmir Timashev. His generosity will create opportunities for students and faculty.