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Alongside the other Big Ten students body presidents, Ohio State University Undergraduate Student Government President Shamina Merchant signed and sent a letter Tuesday to the U.S. House of Representative leaders, urging them not to support the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform ...

Wexner Medical Center will hire 500 new biomedical sciences faculty members over the next five years, including 350 clinicians and 150 research scientists, announced by Ohio State’s College of Medicine on Monday. According to a news release, approximately 50 new research faculty are already set ...

Costs for incoming Ohio freshmen will lock in for four years for the second-straight year, with a 1.4 percent inflation-based increase if passed in a proposal to the Board of Trustees this week. The locked-in costs are part of the Ohio State Tuition Guarantee, which ...

Ohio State’s engineering students won their fourth consecutive EcoCar 3 competition Tuesday, an Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Co. EcoCar 3 is a four-year collegiate automotive engineering competition where 16 North American universities redesign a 2016 ...

University President Michael Drake’s mental health task force, including students, faculty and staff, will meet for the first time Friday to begin discussing improvements to services and resources on campus. There will be four current students on the 10-person task force: Shamina Merchant, the Undergraduate ...

The Ohio State Undergraduate Student Government commands a budget in excess of $100,000, and nearly all of that money is supplied by students. What this money is used for has recently come into question, and next year’s leaders are hoping to answer concerns with transparency. ...

Three Ohio State students spoke during the Undergraduate Student General Assembly session Wednesday evening in the Senate Chamber, giving emotional accounts about how the Sexual Civility and Empowerment office helped them through their sexual assault experiences. Katherine Brink, third-year in music performance and communication, spoke ...

  Undergraduate Student Government is holding its first-ever EndHate Week to educate students about other cultures and spread the message of inclusivity on campus while working toward ending stereotyping. The anti-discrimination campaign will run Monday to Thursday, consisting of an event each day. “[During EndHate] ...

Shamina Merchant and Shawn Semmler took their first step as newly sworn-in president and vice president of the Undergraduate Student Government by announcing at their inauguration Tuesday night that USG’s slogan will return to the original motto “Students Serving Students.”        “But In order to ...

Shamina Merchant carries herself in such a poised way; one who sees her in the Ohio Union — a place she frequents on campus — might think she works as an Office of Student Life administrator, faculty member or professor. Her confidence comes through in ...