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  • Faculty-to-Faculty Mentorship Awards

    Six faculty members were recently announced as the inaugural Faculty-to-Faculty Mentorship Award recipients.
  • Six faculty members named Distinguished University Professor

    The university’s highest faculty honor is awarded to faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional records in teaching, research, scholarly or creative work, and service.

  • Six honored for distinguished teaching

    The award annually recognizes a maximum of six lecturers or other associated faculty for their teaching excellence.
  • Lindquist receives inaugural social affective neuroscience fellowship

    Professor Kristen Lindquist has been elected as one of six inaugural fellows of the Social Affective Neuroscience Society. New in 2026, the fellowship recognizes scholars who have made exceptional, lasting contributions both to the society and to the field of social and affective neuroscience more broadly.
  • Four Ohio State scientists elected to 2025 class of AAAS Fellows

    Ohio State’s newest Fellows represent the colleges of Arts and Sciences and Engineering. This year’s class joins over 550 Ohio State scholars who have been granted this lifetime recognition since 1874.

  • Call for Submissions: 2026 Faculty Author Showcase

    The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce the inaugural "Written in Scarlet and Gray: Faculty Author Showcase." This premier event, coming April 2026 at the Faculty Club, is dedicated to recognizing the intellectual contributions and creative achievements of our esteemed faculty.

    We invite all Ohio State faculty members who published book-length (standard length classifications - 50,000 to 110,000 words) works during the 2025 calendar year to participate in this celebration of scholarship.

  • Three faculty members honored for distinguished university service

    Caroline T. Clark, professor of teaching and learning; Susan Cole, professor and chair, Department of Molecular Genetics; and John E. Davidson, professor of German languages and literatures, are recipients of the 2026 President and Provost’s Award for Distinguished Faculty Service.
  • Mark Bender receives national lifetime leadership award

    Professor Mark Bender, former chair in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, has been honored with the Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Leadership from the American Folklore Society.

  • Joyce Lee Named SSWR Fellow

    College of Social Work Assistant Professor Joyce Lee joins the 2026 cohort of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Fellows.

  • Ohio State is the nation’s No. 1 producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars

    The Ohio State University is the No. 1 producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the 2025-26 academic year among all colleges and universities in the United States with 12 selected for the prestigious award. This is the second consecutive year that Ohio State has been ranked first.