For Ohioans stories

Putting our shared knowledge to work in communities around the state

  1. The power of seeing and being seen

    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.

  2. Innovating solutions to vision disorders

    Dr. Melissa Bailey, a former Ohio State Innovator of the Year, is working on two breakthrough products that could make a major difference for people around the world with unaddressed vision needs. “I feel a really strong personal sense that I have talents and I need to use them to make the world a better place,” she says.

  3. How welfare restrictions impact foster care
  4. Stepping out for the kids at annual BuckeyeThon

    The latest edition of BuckeyeThon raised more than $650K for pediatric cancer research. Since its founding, BuckeyeThon has raised more than $13 million and boosted awareness for the Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

  5. Improving care for veterans with brain injuries

    David Hibler ’12, ’20 MS has spent two decades supporting his military brothers and sisters. Now, he's working as a liaison between the veterans community and researchers seeking to improve health care services for those who have suffered traumatic brain injuries in the military.

  6. Doing what it takes to keep the ’Shoe green

    A typical game day at Ohio Stadium can see 100,000 fans creating up to 30,000 pounds of waste. However, Ohio State has ambitious sustainability goals – such as becoming a zero waste campus by 2025 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Here’s how students are helping reduce waste at the stadium.