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The real-feel temperature was 5 degrees on this Columbus evening, but that didn’t stop fans from lining up (and shivering) outside the venue two hours before the doors even opened for the Jesse McCartney concert. No, it’s not 2004, it’s 2019. After his summer show ...

More than $4 million in university funds, donations and fundraising dollars were sent through a higher education policy center that Ohio State shut down in October 2018 after administrators questioned its usefulness. The Center for Higher Education Enterprise was created in 2013 to keep former ...

Under the Shamina Merchant and Shawn Semmler administration, Ohio State’s Undergraduate Student Government has worked through the summer and fall to implement its campaign promises, while also addressing immediate issues facing the student body. Now, Merchant and Semmler are entering the last three months of ...

In September, Ohio State President Michael Drake’s mental health task force released its final recommendations for improvements to the university’s mental health resources, with some changes already made during the fall semester. Drake said in an interview with The Lantern that he met with the ...

The Ohio Attorney General’s office has awarded a $2.1 million grant to the Wexner Medical Center’s Stress, Trauma and Resilience Program, according to an Ohio State press release.   The STAR Trauma Recovery Center, which offers specialized services to survivors of crime and their families ...

Former Ohio State Diving Club coach Will Bohnonyi was indicted Friday regarding allegations of sexual abuse with a former dive club member. Bohonyi was indicted on three counts of sexual battery and one count of pandering sexually-oriented matter involving a minor for a total of ...

The Wexner Center for the Arts announced Wednesday that Johanna Burton has been appointed as its next director. Burton previously served as the Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement at the New Museum in New York since 2013. Beginning in March, ...

Ohio State University Police Division issued two summonses for Ohio State students Monday afternoon to appear in court after a video was posted online showing the students running into Mirror Lake, Ohio State spokesman Dan Hedman said in a statement. The students received the summonses ...

Seven former Ohio State students and student athletes who have accused Dr. Richard Strauss of sexual abuse shared their stories with the Board of Trustees Friday, and their impressions of how the university has handled the investigation. Brian Garrett, Steve Snyder-Hill, Mike Schyck, Mike DiSabato ...

The Master Planning and Facilities Committee met Thursday and discussed updates for ongoing and future construction projects, including the 15th + High and Arts District. According to Board of Trustees documents, the Arts District in total is budgeted to cost $160 million, using university funds, ...