Summer 2024
![Leonard Haynes, an older Black gentleman with white hair wearing a suit, looks directly into the camera and smiles as if he’s listening to you.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-06/Leonard-Haynes-promo.jpg.webp?itok=hwRhm6K8)
Alumni board member Leonard Haynes III ’75 PhD, ’90 HON has dedicated his life to improving outcomes at colleges.
![Walt Keys wears eclipse glasses as he looks up at the darkened sky, watching the moon cover the sun during the solar eclipse event.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-06/OSAM_SU24_LandGrant_promo.jpg.webp?itok=u6GIyK-x)
Land-Grant Brewing founders Adam Benner and Walt Keys are Buckeye pals making a business brimming with college-like fun.
![In a stock image, three people sit in a park in a relaxing yoga pose.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-06/OSAM_SU24_mentalhealth_promo.jpg.webp?itok=EuTbOS6A)
Across Ohio State, students and professionals focus on a multitude of research topics to help people everywhere live better.
![Sitting on a low wall on a hiking trail in the woods, Mary Alice Casey and her family pose with their pets. Both of her grown children and their spouses brought their dogs for their hike, and her husband, an alumnus, wears an Ohio State T-shirt. The whole family looks like they’re enjoying themselves.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-05/OSAM-Summer-2024-Mary-Alice_1.jpg.webp?itok=WiiCBIOJ)
As Ohio State Alumni Magazine Editor Mary Alice Casey moves on, she is grateful for the insights and kindness of Buckeyes.
![Wearing an Ohio State-colored tropical shirt—that looks perfect for retirement or vacation—Gene Smith grins as he leans on some front-row seats at Ohio Stadium.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-05/Gene-Smith.jpg.webp?itok=wEHlkFei)
While Gene Smith wants to thank Buckeye Nation, we know the leader was a champion for student-athletes and a great staff.
![Three alumni are shown in tall portraits. They are Keshawn Harper, a black man with glasses; Ally Pesta, a white woman with long hair; and Rick Milenthal, a white man with shaved head. They are all dressed smartly and smile in a way that makes you think they’d be a good friend.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-06/OSAM_SUM24_Alumni_promo.jpg.webp?itok=1ee4X1z5)
Keshawn Harper, Ally Pesta and Rick Milenthal focus on building up kids, body image and anti-suicide efforts.
![Walking on a gravel path through an area with lush plants and trees, Jeffrey Schottenstein, a bearded white man wearing a cardigan, button-up and glasses, gestures as he speaks with Dr. K Luan Phan, a man of Asian descent wearing a suit and tie. He’s listening intently and the men’s heads are canted toward each other as they look forward.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-05/OSAM-Summer-2024-Innovative-Program-1200x1200.jpg.webp?itok=RK2Tiyh0)
The Jeffrey Schottenstein Program for Resilience is breaking down stigmas and arming Buckeyes with lifelong coping skills.
![A replica Nobel Prize medal gifted to Ohio State by Pierre Agostini resembles a penny with its raised text and profile of Alfred Nobel, but it is closer to palm-sized. It sits in a velvet-lined, open box that resembles a ring box.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-06/OSAM_SUM24_nobel_02_0.jpg.webp?itok=DvXdqnWZ)
Pierre Agostini is the first sitting professor named a Nobel Prize winner, and here are more honorees you can cheer for.
![A group of at least ten men, some leaping vertically, unite with arms embracing or thrust in the air in celebration of victory in a tug of war contest.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-06/OSAM_SU24_tug_promo.jpg.webp?itok=aVCtwIAM)
The tug-of-war connects Park-Stradley residents for fun and frivolity, and it’s thanks to a group of dedicated alumni.