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Students confront calamity in national security crisis simulation
Ohio State interdisciplinary exercise offers real-world experience It’s 9:53 on Saturday morning and Dakota Rudesill is about to cause an earthquake in San Francisco. That’s bad. The North Korean…
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 from…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…