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Ohio State Marion senior psychology major, Kori Montgomery was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research fellowship this summer to conduct research at the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), Columbus, OH.

Ohio State Marion invites the community to attend the 43rd Annual Norman Thomas Memorial Lecture, Thursday, April 16th, 12 p.m., in Maynard Hall, Guthery Community Room on the Marion campus. This year’s lecture features Ohio Student Association Organizer, Rachael Collyer, speaking on, “The True Cost of Higher Education.”

With financial support from Frontier Communications, Ohio State Marion physics professor, Dr. Chris Orban has secured a spot for a Marion County high school student to join him at the STEM-focused "Summer Institute" program organized by the Ohio Supercomputer Center. The Summer Institute is a highly-competitive, two-week residential camp held June 14 -26 on the Ohio State Columbus campus. Students will work on projects led by Prof. Orban and other researchers at OSU, as well as receiving tours of a number of different research labs on campus.

Ohio State Marion senior biology major, Travis Blanton, was awarded first place in the Mathematical & Physical Sciences sub section at Ohio State’s 2015 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, held Wednesday, March 25th, 12-3 p.m., in the Recreation and Physical Activities Building at Ohio State in Columbus.

Dr. Michael V. Drake, 15th president of The Ohio State University, will make his first official visit to The Ohio State University at Marion and the Marion community on Tuesday, March 24th.

The 19-year-old Ohio State University-Marion freshman engineering student is part of the Baja Buckeye team that designs and builds a new off-road buggy at Ohio State's Center for Automotive Research every year. Ohio State's Baja team competes against other colleges from around the world in competitions sanctioned by the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Ohio State Marion Assistant Professor of Physics, Chris Orban, Ph.D. contributed to a highly-awaited scientific study on stellar plasmas entitled “A higher-than-predicted measurement of iron opacity at solar interior temperatures” that was recently published in the journal Nature.

University administrators anticipate hiring new biology faculty and adding the necessary coursework over the next few years to allow students who begin the biology program at Ohio State Marion this fall to complete the entire degree on the Marion campus by the time the first cohort of students is ready for graduation.

FORMER Ohio State Marion student, business major Gonzalo Adriazola was recently featured in Que Pasa, OSU, Ohio State's Magazine for Latino Scholarship and Community, discussing his selection into the Ohio Export Internship Program.