The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public universities in the United States. Founded in 1870 as the state's land-grant university and the ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862, Ohio State was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College and focused on various agricultural and mechanical disciplines but it developed into a comprehensive university under the direction of then-Governor and later U.S. president Rutherford B. Hayes, and in 1878 the Ohio General Assembly passed a law changing the name to "the Ohio State University" and broadening the scope of the university. Admission standards tightened and became greatly more selective throughout the 2000s and 2010s.
Robert D. Walter is an American businessman best known for his role in the creation of Cardinal Health.
Mirror Lake is a pond on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Visitors, students, faculty, and staff enjoy the fountains that run in spring, summer, and autumn.
The University System of Ohio is the public university system of the state of Ohio. It is governed by the Ohio Department of Higher Education.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Performing and Cultural Arts Complex is a historic building in the King-Lincoln Bronzeville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. It was built in 1925 as the Pythian Temple and James Pythian Theater, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places and Columbus Register of Historic Properties in 1983. The building was renovated into the King Arts Complex in 1987, and was vacated in 2019. Community leaders restored the building's use as an arts center in 2021.
Isla Vista Arts is an organization at the University of California, Santa Barbara with the goal of promoting art and culture in the small, neighboring community of Isla Vista, California. It is affiliated with the UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center and Associated Students. Isla Vista Arts provides free and low-cost entertainment to college students and community members.
Shattucksburg, Ohio - is a former community in Perry Township, Franklin County, Ohio. It was first created when Simon Shattuck (1793-1875) from Massachusetts, sold some of his farm land off into some plots, in 1850. Simon Shattuck operated a general store on the southwest at the intersection of Henderson Road and Kenny Road.
The Jewish community of Greater Columbus has made up a small but noteworthy part of the region since the arrival of Jews in 1840. The community has gone through periods of growth, especially in the last quarter of the 20th century. Today, the well-established community includes schools, temples, elder care facilities, kosher food services, ritual baths, social clubs, community religious learning centers and other organizations and has a population of approximately 25,500, as of the most recent 2013 study. It is the 43rd largest Jewish community in the United States and the third largest in Ohio, trailing Cleveland and Cincinnati.
The New Albany Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New Albany, Ohio. Launched in 1995, the Foundation and its partners have raised funds for investments in the New Albany Community such as the New Albany Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, and Rose Run Park, among others.
The Scioto Mile is a collection of parks and trails along both banks of the Scioto River in Columbus, Ohio, connecting parts of the Scioto Greenway Trail with downtown Columbus and Franklinton. The nine parks cover 145 acres (59 ha).
Greenwood Park Sofa, also known as Limestone Sofa, is a 2004 limestone sculpture of a couch by Robert Huff, installed in Columbus, Ohio. Formerly installed in its namesake pocket park on High Street for a decade, the artwork "became the locus for reports of public urination, intimidation and petty theft on the sidewalk and in the parking lot behind it", according to Tracy Zollinger Turner of the Short North Gazette. The work was later restored by the artist and installed outside the Cultural Arts Center in Downtown Columbus.
Sandy Kessler Kaminski is an American painter and mixed-media artist who is also known for her public art murals. She currently lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where her work can be found in many places throughout the city and the surrounding area.
Frances Geneva Handy Southall was an American musicologist, pianist, and college professor.
Belle Coit Kelton was an American suffragist and one of the first four women admitted to Ohio State University. She was the daughter of prominent Ohio suffragist Elizabeth Greer Coit, and a close friend of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Campus Area Bus Service (CABS) is a free public transportation system at the Ohio State University's Columbus campus. The system consists of five bus routes that connect various points of Ohio State's campus, and the immediate off-campus area. The system connects with the Central Ohio Transit Authority's bus routes at several points.
The Sundial Humor Magazine is an independent humor magazine in Columbus, Ohio by students at Ohio State University. Founded in 1911, it is one of the oldest college humor magazines in the country.
Victoria Kathryn Geib was an American chef and cancer patient advocate. She worked as a hospital catering chef before her metastatic breast cancer diagnosis in 2016. Geib advocated for legislative changes against fail first requirements leading to the signing into law of Ohio Senate Bill 252 in December 2020.
