For Ohioans stories

Putting our shared knowledge to work in communities around the state

  1. Helping grow her students’ ideas to fight food insecurity

    Faculty member Michelle Kaiser's hands-on approach is helping students combat food insecurity in the community.

  2. A health crisis in farming communities

    Stressors like increasingly unpredictable weather, economic pressures and isolation are contributing to a rise in mental health issues in farming communities, says Bridget Britton, a behavioral health field specialist for OSU Extension's Agricultural and Natural Resources program.

  3. Inside the world of a servant on the streets
  4. STEM camps ignite passion for science
  5. Bringing more doctors to rural areas

    The Community Medicine medical degree track was launched to expand medical education and training infrastructure into mid-size and rural communities at a time when data from the National Institutes of Health reveals that while nearly 20% of Americans live in rural areas, only 10% of physicians practice there.

  6. How welfare restrictions impact foster care