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Stories are an integral part of the human experience. They can bring us joy, help us process grief, carry knowledge through the generations, and help us find common ground. Science storytelling…
The STEAM Factory is once again pairing up with The Story Collider - this time to launch the STEAM Story Fellows program! This semester-long program features an intensive storytelling workshop,…
Ohio State University alumna and Granville native, Susannah Montgomery, brought her acclaimed interactive exhibition, fabricated, to the STEAM Factory last week. Known for its engaging…
Ohio State representatives had the opportunity to present at the 2024 Engagement Scholarship Consortium conference this past week.
The Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC) is a nonprofit…
Representatives from STEAM got the chance to participate at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium last week. Michael Smoley, Content and Editorial Strategy Specialist for The STEAM Factory,…
Help us welcome our Fall 2024 STEAM Factory student employees, Brooke Miller (left) and Aisling Ryan (right)! Both Brooke and Aisling will be huge supports for The STEAM Factory this semester,…
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If you didn’t already know, I was the STEAM Factories’ summer intern and I have been putting together this small article to hopefully use for the grant…
Dr. Zach Hines is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, where he specializes in medieval poetry and book history. Zach’s archival scholarship, including an in-progress book…
Glennon is a Senior Community Outreach Analyst whose expertise lies at the intersection of land use and development policy and metropolitan segregation, with an emphasis on suburban…
Courtney Price serves as the Community Engagement Liaison in the Office of Engagement for the College of Arts and Sciences. She is a co-founder/co-organizer of Ohio State’s West Campus…
Recently, Charlene Brenner has announced that she will be taking on a new role at the Sustainability Institute on July 1st, 2024. We want to use this opportunity to celebrate her years of…
The STEAM Factory’s membership is ever-expanding with some of the most interesting individuals that I have ever met and had conversations with, so to highlight some people that make this…
The Columbus Landmarks Foundation awarded The STEAM Factory the “Frederick J. Holdridge Outstanding Group Award” this past week for their tireless work in preserving history at the…
We would like to welcome both of our new student interns, Frankie Wantuch and Casey Schetter! They will both be helping us for the summer, so if you see them at STEAM, be sure to say hi!
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We have a very exciting announcement - Charlene Brenner has been awarded the Ohio State University Distinguished Staff Award! She was surprised with the notification of her award…
Wayne Schlingman, director of the Arne Slettebak Planetarium and a STEAM member, was recently interviewed by Ohio State news about the upcoming solar eclipse. You can read the full interview,…
Read the full original article on the Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge's website here.
Mike Rayo, associate professor in the College of Engineering, is the principal…
The STEAM Factory would like to give a warm welcome to Aisling Ryan, our newest intern for the Spring Semester! We are excited to work with her and see all that she brings to our community! We…
Harvey Miller, professor of geography at Ohio State and a STEAM member, recently co-authored a study examining who is placed at fault in car-pedestrian collisions. The study was led by Jonathan…
A recent article from the Star Tribune, "A 700-mph tunnel between Twin Cities and Rochester? Group wants $2M from Met Council for 'hyperloop' study," written by Janet Moore and Josie Albertson…
The STEAM Factory would like to give a warm welcome to Joseph Didion, our newest intern for the Spring Semester! We are excited to work with him and see all that he brings to our community! We…
Charlene Brenner, Programming Director for The STEAM Factory, was recently featured as the University Staff Advisory Committee's Staff Spotlight! You can read all of Charlene's answers to the…
Article originally appeared on ACEL website here.
At the annual American Association for Agricultural Education (AAAE) conference, Dr. Annie Specht, associate professor of agricultural…
We are happy to announce that we are looking for multiple new student employees for The STEAM Factory! This is a great opportunity for students to work at one of the most diverse and…
The Research Commons and the STEAM Factory welcome Nigerian-American media artist and researcher Mimi Onuoha for a guest lecture. Her work uses emerging technology to address cultural…
Tanya Berger-Wolf, the director of the Translational Data Analytics Institute at Ohio State and a STEAM member, was recently quoted in an article by Gizmodo titled, "Ohio State University…
WestFest, an event organized by STEAM members Courtney Price, Jacon Cervenec, Wayne Schlingman and Cynthia Canan, was recently featured in The Lantern publication. You can read the full article…
The STEAM Factory was recently featured in Volume 34: Faculty Stress & Academic Labor in the Third Space of Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor. Written by Katherine Rogan O'Brien, Courtney…
You can find the full original story on the Office of International Affair's website here.
Ten Ohio State faculty and instructors, including STEAM member Gala Korniyenko, have been selected…
Elena Irwin, Professor of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Economics and Sustainability
Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics in the College of…
Stefan Patrikis, David Anderson, Angelica Cueto, and Jennifer Park have been awarded a 5-year, $2.1 million Research Training Group grant from the National Science Foundation in the areas of …
This is a guest letter written by Sherry Daniel, the Interdisciplinary Studies Teacher at Columbus Gifted Academy. If you're interested, please reach out to Sherry at sdaniel3375…
Dr. Amanda Folk, Assistant Professor and Head of the Teaching & Learning Department in the University Libraries and a STEAM member, along with The Ohio State Libraries, received the LIRT 2023…
Nicholas Kawa, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and a STEAM member, was recently featured on NPR's Morning Edition discussing the start of a geological epoch defined by how…
Mindfulness is having a bit of a moment right now. From meditation to breathing exercises to acts of kindness, many are turning to these means to alleviate stress and anxiety from their lives. But…
Laura Wagner, a professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and a STEAM member, has just published “How to talk Language Science with Everybody.” This book aims to provide practical guidance for people…
We are happy to announce a new way to engage with STEAM and the STEAM community! Introducing STEAM on Slack, a digital messaging platform where you can chat with other STEAM members!…
Assistant Professor, Horticulture & Crop Science and Food Science & Technology and STEAM member Jessica Cooperstone, along with her team, received a seed grant from the OSU Foods and Health Awards…
This is an excerpt from the original article on Ohio State University's Office of Public Affairs website.
Since joining the university in July 2019, Dean Amy Fairchild led the College of…
William Marras, executive director of the Spine Research Institute and a STEAM member, was featured in Ohio State News for his research on cognitive dissonance and its impact on the back during…
Ayaz Hyder, a STEAM member and Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences and Translational Data Analytics, was recently featured in the College of Public Health Magazine…
Several STEAM members, including The STEAM Factory itself, have received OSEP awards for their research projects. The full list of STEAM awardees are:
John Beacom, Professor in the Department…
STEAM Members Jonathan Jacobs, Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, and Arnab Nandi, Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, both received…
This week brought many Ohio State faculty members a reason to celebrate as the Board of Trustees approved promotion and tenure recommendations for the Buckeyes listed below. Each has excelled in…
Original article appeared on the Fisher School of Business website.
While there are organizations focused on assisting refugees with integration, most of this support centers on…
Steven Brown, an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, was among the 2023 cohort for the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. This award is one of the university’s highest…
Jonathan is a Zassenhaus Assistant Professor (postdoc) in the Department of Mathematics at The Ohio State University. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Baylor University in 2022 under the…
Nikole Patson, an Associate Professor of Psychology, has received the Outreach and Engagement grant for her proposal to expand the Pride and Life Skills mentoring program. PALS connects college…
Article originally appeared on Ohio State News website.
The Ohio State University strives to maintain mutually beneficial relationships with communities throughout Ohio to fulfill…
Dr. Darren Drewry, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, will lead a new project funded by the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative …
Four STEAM members were included among the first cohort of the Provost's Midcareer Scholars: Scarlet and Gray Associate Professor Program. This program honors and recognizes tenure-track faculty…
Congratulations to Dr. Elena Irwin who is a recipient of the 2023 Distinguished University Professor Award. OAA awards the permanent, honorific title on a competitive basis to full tenure track…
Harvey Miller, a Professor in the Department of Geography and a STEAM member, was selected to receive a BETHA grant for his project, "3D Digital Reconstruction of Lost Urban Streetscapes:…
Susan Gershman is an associate professor in the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology and will be moderating our upcoming STEAM Exchange on Numbers! We asked Susan some questions…
Article originally appeared on Facilities Operations and Development website.
From handmade seed paper to a student-designed fold-out magazine, Facilities Operations and…
Mark Moritz is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Ohio State University. He uses a transdisciplinary approach to study complex social-ecological systems. His collaborative…
TDAI welcomes six faculty who are joining the institute's Leadership Team as co-directors of the institute's research communities of practice. 3 of the six new community of practice directors are…
Ten faculty members at The Ohio State University were recently honored with the 2023 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. Among them was Steven Brown, a STEAM member and an associate professor…
The Presidential Search Committee wants to hear from you. Submit a nomination and describe the qualities and experiences you would recommend in a president. Nominations and comments can be…
David Staley, an associate professor in the Department of History and a STEAM member, recently published a full transcript of an interview that he had with ChatGPT in the Columbus Underground…
With STEAM being a center on campus that often hosts events and allows other events in our space, we get a lot of questions concerning our recommendations for catering options. So, we compiled…
Jessi Middleton is the Office Administrator for the Institute for Optical Science. She received a Bachelor of Science from The Ohio State University in 2011. She has been a STEAM member since 2021…
Article originally appeared on the Enterprise for Research, Knowledge and Innovation's website.
Christo Sevov, PhD, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences…
Article originally appeared on Ohio State News website.
Researchers at The Ohio State University have fabricated the first wearable sensor designed to detect and monitor…
Article originally appeared on the Ohio State News website.
The Ohio State University’s Kirwan Institute for Race and Ethnicity marks its 20th anniversary this year. Building on…
Congratulations to the 2023 University Outreach and Engagement Award recipients, including STEAM members Susan Melsop and Wayne Schlingman! The awards honor…
Article originally appeared on the Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Technology's Website
8 STEAM members are among the 25 researchers who have been selected from a…
The Hidden Figures Workshop, an event highlighting black mathematicians and their contributions to mathematics, was recently featured in the Columbus Dispatch. The workshop, led by Ranthony A.C…
STEAM member Susan Melsop was selected among the 2023 University Outreach and Engagement Awards. This award honors faculty, staff, students and community partners for outstanding achievement in…
This article originally appeared on the Ohio State University Outreach and Engagement Website.
Engaged Scholars is a series highlighting Ohio State faculty who…
Article originally appeared on Ohio State News website.
The Mellon grant, of $480,000, will support the Liberation at the Margins Collective (LAM), a group composed of…
Article originally appeared on the Ohio State News Website
Changing the mind of someone who is dismissive of efforts to protect the planet could be accomplished by sharing a pro…
With this week's STEAM member spotlight, we want to highlight David Anderson!
Dave Anderson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, working in algebraic…
Chris Orban, a STEAM member and associate professor of physics, wrote a piece in the Columbus Dispatch. The piece, about the 2012 train derailment in Central Ohio, shows that more derailments…
Wayne Schlingman, a STEAM member and the director of Ohio State's Arne Slettabak Planetarium, was interviewed by ABC 6 to explain why Jupiter and Venus have been exceptionally bright in the night…
The Women's Place (TWP) is committed to expanding opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power at the university. They have created two leadership programs to promote long-term…
Article originally appeared on Office of Technology and Innovation website.
Since its inception in 2015, the Digital Union’s 3-D printing program(link is external) has helped bring…
Article originally appeared on TDAI website.
TDAI faculty director Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf will kick off the University of Bristol’s AI & Nature Week Feb. 27 as a featured speaker at…
Article originally appeared on FABE website.
Ohio State University Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE) Assistant Professor Dr. Darren Drewry received…
Article originally appeared on the College of Arts and Sciences website
Christo Sevov, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Caroline Terry,…
With this week's STEAM member spotlight, we want to highlight Gerika Logan!
Gerika Logan serves as the Outreach Coordinator at the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis …
Karen Dannemiller, Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering and Environmental Health Sciences, did excellent work on CNN answering questions and explaining the importance of ongoing sampling…
Article originally from The Office of Enterprise, Research, Innovation and Knowledge Website.
Representing seven colleges from around the university, 25 researchers have been…
The 2022 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) includes four investigators from The Ohio State University, with two scientists coming from the College…
This article originally appeared in Ohio State News by Chris Bournea.
President Joe Biden has appointed The Ohio State University Vice President for Knowledge…
This article was originally posted on Ohio State News by Emily Caldwell.
Four scientists at The Ohio State University have been elected to the 2022 class of American Association…
Welcome Michael Smoley and Sophia Buskirk to The STEAM Factory Team! Michael Smoley is a new full-time staff member for STEAM while Sophia is our new intern. You can get to know both Michael and…
Originally published November 30, 2021
As a child, Mary Rodriguez can recall days when, every so often, dinner looked a little different than others: a meal of rice and salchichas …
Adelyn Arens is a junior Data Analytics and Economics Major at The Ohio State University interning at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
Over the past six months,…
Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Jacobs, Assistant Professor in Plant Pathology and IDI Discovery Theme faculty hire, who was presented with the highly competitive APS Hewitt & Hewitt Award last…
Originally published by Wired on June 10, 2021
Photograph: Getty Images (included from original article)
A major new report calls on humanity to tackle the biodiversity and…
Originally published July 6, 2021 by the Sustainability Institute
Atar Herziger, a postdoctoral researcher for the Sustainability Institute, School of Environment and Natural…
High School I/O is a creative race for innovation and exploration presented by OHI/O, Ohio State’s Informal Learning Program. (hack.osu.edu) This is a one-day event of coding, building, and…
Originally published June 2021 by Ohio State INSIGHTS
Adding visuals to music shows up everywhere now. In YouTube videos, in pop concerts, even in Christmas light displays…
Originally published on June 30, 2021 by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
This month's DEI Faculty and Staff Spotlight features Karima Samadi who is a Food and…
Originally shared by the Translational Data Analytics Institute
The Economist's Babbage podcast and two articles in publication's June 19 science and technology quarterly journal include…
Originally posted by the Translational Data Analytics Institute here
TDAI core faculty members Dr. Huan Sun (computer science and engineering), Dr. Xia Ning (biomedical informatics…
Faculty occupy many roles at the university: educators, researchers, advisors, administrators, etc. Now, faculty are taking on new roles and responsibilities as part of the STEAM Factory’s…
As part of the STEAM Factory’s commitment to interdisciplinary research and outreach, the Convergent Learning from Divergent Perspectives project (NSF AISL #1811119) brings…
The Interdisciplinary Team of Instructors: Alison Bennett (bennett.1242@osu.edu), Charlene Brenner, Jeff Agnoli, Marcela Hernandez, Liz Kirby, Mark Moritz, Risa Pesapane, Zoe Plakias, Courtney…
Watch as STEAM members, Mary Rodriguez and Susan Melsop, and two additional Ohio State faculty members, Nyama McCarthy-Brown and William Miller, share their thoughts on the importance of engaging…
STEAM Communities Embody Interdisciplinary Collaboration
In studying the intricacies of interdisciplinary collaboration within the STEAM Factory, we further explore members’ collaborative…
STEAM Members Collaborate Regardless of Inaugural Year
Innovation and creative problem-solving occurs outside interdisciplinary silos through interactions across diverse talents and expertise…
Original article created and published by the Office of Outreach and Engagement at The Ohio State University.
Community Connectors is a monthly series highlighting Ohio…
Originally posted through Outreach and Engagement
March 2021
Engaged Scholars is a monthly series highlighting Ohio State faculty who have made…
Originally posted here on January 2021 by the Office of Outreach and Engagement at The Ohio State University
Engaged Scholars is a monthly series highlighting Ohio…
Get a behind the scenes look at the Be the Street creation process! This short documentary created by Peyton Del Toro and translated by Sebastian Muñoz Ruz gives you an inside perspective into…
CatStravaganza January Franklinton Friday
By: Maria Bergman, Student Assistant for The STEAM Factory
The STEAM Factory welcomed the New Year with another…
By: Maria Bergman, Student Assistant at The STEAM Factory
This month’s Franklinton Friday followed the fascinating theme of Space and Movement. This monthly event takes place to offer observers…
Written by Emily Caldwell, originally published through Ohio State News
Your characterization of the thermostat war going on in your house is likely to depend at least in part on whether you…
Written by Chris Orban, Assistant Professor of Physics, The Ohio State University
Original publication here
In 2013, a who’s who of the tech world came together to launch a new…
Written by Ohio State ADVANCE
The Ohio State ADVANCE Faculty Research Lecture Series focuses on the research journey of Ohio State faculty. Invited
speakers highlight their research…
Written by the College of Engineering
Professor Lisa Hall has been elected director of the Ohio State University STEAM Factory, an organization whose mission is to facilitate…
Written by Laura Arenschield
Electromagnetic fields might help prevent some breast cancers from spreading to other parts of the body, new research has found.
The study showed…
Ice and Fire
By: Maria Bergman, Student Assistant for the STEAM Factory
Hilary Bussell, an Assistant Professor in the University Libraries moderated this month’s salon-style seminar on Ice…
What In Incredible amout of "Energy" during our March Franklinton Friday!!
By: Maria Bergman, Student Assistant for the STEAM Factory
On March 8th, The STEAM Factory opened its doors for…
By: Maria Bergman, Student Assistant for the STEAM Factory
A ripple of excitement and curiosity was felt in STEAM at this month’s salon-style seminar series as it covered waves as interpreted…
Jesse Fox, who received her Ph.D. from Stanford University, is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication at The Ohio State University and Director of the Virtual Environment,…
On November 29th, the Science Pub at the Backstage Bistro hosted Dr. Paul Sutter, an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University in the department of Astronomy and Astro-particle physics,…
Event Combining Science with Modern Dance By: Maria Bergman, Student Assistant for the STEAM Factory
The STEAM Factory’s very own astrophysicist and Space Radio Host, Paul Sutter, partnered with…
At this month’s salon style seminar series, an evening of lively discussion about Loco-Motion took place over some delicious appetizers and friendly exchanges. To get the conversation moving, Dr…
To wrap up the September STEAM events, ten wonderful women scholars from across the disciplines at The Ohio State University came together to share stories of their studies and academic careers…
Event explores folklore and science behind the wolf
From childhood to adulthood, Americans are taught to fear wolves. As kids, we’re told fables of wolves eating grandmothers and blowing…
On October 4th, the Columbus Science Pub returned for the autumn semester in a big way! The event featured Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology faculty member Dr. Andreas Chavez and bilingual…
This September’s STEAM Exchange was a rewarding night full of collaborative connections! This month’s theme was Speed Collaborations, making for a fun and fast event through which academics were…
Universities are the largest repositories of domain-specific expertise, diverse talent and human capital. Whereas formal structured coursework typically progresses linearly, innovation occurs…
Written by STEAM Factory Intern, Xiaohan Huo
The annual MakeOHI/O hardware hackathon at the Ohio State University concluded with great success this weekend with students’ wonderful…
Written by Collin Sparling, STEAM Intern, fouth-year in English
What if you could make spinach artichoke dip but without the spinach and it would taste nearly exactly the same? What if…
It was popcorn and movie night at the STEAM Factory on Thursday, January 25th, as we hosted the Environmental Humanities Program and Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center showing a special…
Ohio State Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering and STEAM Factory Member, Wei Xu, was named one of the third-round winners in CrowdFlower’s $1 million “AI For Everyone…
Ohio State’s Center for Ethics and Human Values’ COMPAS program will be holding a visual art contest on their…
STEAM Factory member and Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Dr. Dustin Mixon was featured in an article by Forbes on Nov. 3.
Mixon co-authored and published an article on arXiv.org…
This article was originally posted on https://physics.osu.edu/news/prof.-chris-orban-receives-aip-meggers-project-award on November 6, 2017
Written by Jake Rahe, class of 2019
A team led by Prof. Chris Orban and a small group of STEAM factory members recently released two smartphone apps that…
Written by Mara Mason, Class of 2019
STEAM Factory member and Ohio State assistant professor of Mathematics Dr. Dustin Mixon published an academic paper “An impossibility…
Written by Jake Rahe, class of 2019
Ohio State’s Discovery Themes is taking large steps in becoming a world leader in infectious disease research and teaching with the launch of its new…
The Artrepreneaur Workshop series ran through May 5th - June 5th at The STEAM Factory. The workshop is annual free comprehensive professional development series for established and aspiring arts…
STEAM Factory member Ayaz Hyder discussed agent-based modeling as a part of a two-part presentation at the Interdisciplinary…
STEAM Factory co-founder and former Director of Collaborative Research, Arnab Nandi (Associate Professor, Computer Science and…
-This interview featuring Hilary Bussell was conducted on July 10th, 2017 by Brooke Little.
The STEAM Factory is constantly growing with new members! Each month, we will be sharing a series…
This article was written by Paul Sutter and originally appeared at: https://www.space.com/37212-we-dont-planet-cosmic-distance-ladder.html on June 23, 2017.
Check out the full…
On Thursday June 8th, the STEAM Factory opened its doors to host Chamber Brews for a special filled event for music lovers! Chamber Brews is a performance series that focuses on audience…
This article was written by Molly Bloom and was orginially published on June 16, 2017 at http://www.brainson.org/the-future-of-fuel-and-the-problem-with-exhaust-road-trip-pt-2/
This article was originally posted on https://www.osu.edu/features/2017/five-things-to-know-about-ohio-states-math-maven.html on June 14, 2017. Jim Fowler wants you to love math like he does…
Zakee L. Sabree, assistant professor, EEOB, received a three-year, $509, 903 NSF grant to study “Bacteria-mediated gut development and symbiont genome evolution in a model…
The STEAM Exchange for the month of March was another success! This month, the topic of discussion was taking stock. Presenters for the evening included one from Ohio State as well as a…
Please join the STEAM Factory in congratulating STEAM…
Written by Faryn Ash, STEAM Factory Intern, Class of 2017
On December 9, 2016 the STEAM Factory opened its door for the final Franklinton Friday of 2016! For this festive evening,…
The STEAM Factory space was filled with fun last Friday for the September 9th…
By Faryn Ash, STEAM Intern
On Thursday, September 8, 2016 The College of Arts and Sciences hosted the STEAM Factory Showcase in the Strongwater gallery at 400 West Rich Street. The evening…
(Written by OSU College of Arts and Sciences, August 12th, 2016. http://artsandsciences.osu.edu/news/comic-book-science)
Science v. Comic Book Science: Local Experts Panel Sorts It Out …
(Article written by The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences Communications Office, August 11th, 2016. https:artsandsciences.osu.edu/news/orosr-award-supports-young-mathematicians…