Our Students

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.
A T-shirt, backpack and baseball cap are each adorned with variations of a logo that is a rectangle of bars of blue with space between them. The bars vary in depth and are usually thicker at top. They could be seen as sky over a glacier or different layers of a glacier. Also shown are rocks, a hammer and a mug of tea.
Senior finds comfort in alumna who lived through ’60s

Talking to the creator of Byrd Center’s flag, the student discovered parallels to today’s troubles and wisdom to carry on.
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.
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 white man with short dark hair and dark eyes smiles and twirls a pen as he looks at someone off camera. He’s wearing green scrubs and a lanyard.
Aaron Craft: From basketball court to clinicals

Lessons learned playing with the Buckeyes and after college help Craft manage the rigors of Ohio State medical school.
Ohio State women’s basketball players circle around a boy in a wheelchair, who is wearing a team and seen from behind. The women are smiling.
Women’s basketball players are fans of this special kid

Expressing how the team feels about 6-year-old Landon McChesney, guard Jacy Sheldon says: “Having him here inspires us.”
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6 student startups that got a boost from Ohio State

President’s Buckeye Accelerator provides teams with funding, skills building and mentorship to help them help others.
A lady in work clothes and a freshman in an Ohio State T-shirt share a laugh while working on a computer.
New generation, new approach to General Education

With the first major update in 30 years, the program every undergrad must take will offer more flex and real-life value.
A young Black woman smiles at the fellow scientist who funded her scholarship
60 years apart, scientists share zeal for discovery

Kristin Chesnutt is the first recipient of the Nancy Byrd Johnson and Howard M. Johnson endowment, and a kindred spirit.