Impact
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Caitlin O’Brien's lifelong passion for space led her to study astronomy, astrophysics and physics at Ohio State. With help from the President's Buckeye Accelerator, the 2023 graduate now leads Solstice Outreach, a program that uses immersive planetarium shows to reach kids with limited access to STEM experiences.
5-minute read
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Ohio State Impact in All 88 Counties
Ohio State is creating the solutions Ohioans need now, and its impact is found throughout all of Ohio’s 88 counties. This work endures today across six campuses, a constellation of health care facilities, extension offices and agricultural research stations, supported by staff and students from every county.
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Now at Ohio State
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Episode 23
Gene Smith’s impact on Ohio State athletics is overwhelming, to say the very least. Not to mention his impact on the NCAA and the Big Ten in general. In this episode, we sit down with Gene to discuss his long and impactful career, the lasting impressions he’s made and how putting people first — helping others — is what truly counts.
26-minute listen
![Dr. Mawada Osman looks on as optometry student Sidney Parks takes eye measurements.](/impact/_nuxt/images/optometrist-thumbnail.png)
Inspired by her professors and personal immigration experience, this compassionate optometrist provides quality care to disadvantaged community members and teaches her students to treat patients as people first.
9-minute read
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The Skardal Biofabrication Lab is building tiny, lifelike organs and tumors from a patient’s own tumor cells. It’s a new way to test therapies, design treatments personalized for specific tumors and track the behavior of tumor cells.
9-minute read