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Former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala discussed health care reform, the role of universities in shaping public policy, and her unusual relationship with Donald Trump in the 80s during a 60-minute Q&A at the Ohio Union Wednesday afternoon. Moderated by NBC4-WCMH anchor Colleen ...

University President Michael Drake spoke Wednesday afternoon on the importance of human connection in overcoming community challenges. The 11-minute speech took place during lunch in the Archie M. Griffin Grand Ballroom at the Ohio Union during the university’s first-ever Community Engagement Conference. It touched on ...

The Columbus Division of Police responded to four accounts of sexual violence near Ohio State’s campus between Jan. 14 and Saturday, an unusually high number within the time span. Two separate incidents of rape — both of females — were reported within a span of ...

Four separate incidents of sexual violence were reported to the Columbus Division of Police last week — two each in the 41st and 44th police cruiser districts which both include off-campus neighborhoods. Further details can be found here. (Not depicted on map) A robbery was ...

A man not affiliated with Ohio State was arrested by University Police Jan. 9 at 10:01 p.m. at Doan Hall for possession of drug-abuse instruments and drug paraphernalia. A male student was arrested by University Police on Friday at 5:17 a.m. near Plumb Hall for ...

Alina Sharafutdinova lost her uncle to a drug overdose when she was 5 years old. She couldn’t possibly have known how that tragedy would shape her future path — one that could soon support those touched by similar tragedies. Now, Sharafutdinova, who has lived in ...

A robbery was reported to the Columbus Division of Police as having occurred on Jan. 1 at 1:20 a.m. on East 16th Avenue near North Fourth Street. According to the online police log, a man told police that a suspect approached him and demanded he ...

A burglary was reported to the Columbus Division of Police as having occurred at a residence on East 12th Avenue near North Pearl Street on Thursday between 1:30 and 3 a.m. According to the online log, a resident told police that unknown suspects entered the ...

A man not affiliated with Ohio State was arrested by University Police Nov. 21 at 4:09 a.m. at the Tech Hub — located on Millikin Road near the intersection of Tuttle Park Place and West Woodruff Avenue — for breaking and entering, theft and possessing ...

Michigan Week is a common time to hear “Carmen Ohio” or “Hang on Sloopy” being played on campus, but everyone in the Ohio Union lobby Tuesday afternoon was treated to particularly special renditions of these Buckeye traditionals: they were performed on recorders, conga drums, and ...