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Peter Mansoor

Ohio Veterans History Project features interview with Mansoor

Poke around on the website for Ohio History Connection, and you are likely to run across their digital collections including Ohio Memory, a collaborative statewide digital library with content…

Kevin McClatchy

Theatre project pairs acting students with veterans

When the Ohio State Department of Theatre embarked on a new program last spring to use active workshops based on Shakespeare’s plays to interact with military personnel, veterans and their families,…

John Casterline

Casterline elected president of National Association of Demographers

John B. Casterline, Robert T. Lazarus Professor in Population Studies in the Department of Sociology and director of the Institute for Population Research, has been elected president of the&nbsp…

Conference to examine 2016 presidential election

The 2016 U.S. presidential election was marked by sharp contrasts between the major party candidates on domestic policies, as well as both presidential nominees seeking to create clear distinctions…

Hollie Nyseth Brehm

Perpetrators of genocide say they're 'good people'

Mershon affiliate's study examined testimony of defendants in Rwandan violence The men who were tried for their role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide that killed up to 1 million people want you to know…

Dakota Rudesill

National security starts at Ohio State

How a two-day simulation is preparing the next generation of national security professionals Sitting around a large Mahogany block “O” shaped table, a handful of people type furiously away at their…

Peter Mansoor

Conference to examine effect of organizational culture in military

The U.S. military has had a checkered record of success in wars waged since 1945. Part of the explanation behind the failures (Vietnam, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan) lies in the failure of military…

Erik Nisbet and Olga Kamenchuk

Why many Russians have gladly agreed to online censorship

Study suggests Putin has developed a ‘psychological firewall’ The Russian government has persuaded many of its citizens to avoid websites and social media platforms that are critical of the…

Mitch Lerner

The United States's North Korea problem

What is North Korea going to do next? That’s a question that we all seem to be asking a lot lately and nobody has a definitive answer as to what the country and its mercurial leadership will do…