USG president, vice president outline goals for last months of term

Ohio State’s first LGBTQ center, a set state-of-emergency grading system and a streamlined sexual-assault reporting process — these are some of the…

Ohio State to require weekly COVID-19 tests for off-campus students, announces other guidelines

As Ohio State students enjoy their winter break, they’ll prepare to return to campus in January with all the same COVID-19 procedures and restricti…

Protestors gather downtown after officer-involved death of Casey Goodson Jr.

Sarah Szilagy, Jack Long, Mackenzie Shanklin, Owen Milnes, Max Garrison and Sam Raudins contributed reporting. More than 300 people gathered in …

USG justices survive impeachment attempt

Undergraduate Student Government’s last General Assembly session concluded the semester with a debate on the impeachment of two justices accused of…

Five days off for Ohio State spring semester, one day more than fall, Shivers promoted to senior vice president

Ohio State students will have two additional days off in the spring semester.  In a universitywide email Tuesday, University President Kristina …

Ohio State to approve $254 million in construction

The Ohio State Board of Trustees is slated to approve $254 million in construction costs Thursday. The Audit, Compliance and Finance Committee a…

Keesha Mitchell named interim associate vice president for Office of Institutional Equity

Keesha Mitchell will be the interim associate vice president for the Office of Institutional Equity, Executive Vice President and Provost Bruce McP…

University names first executive vice president for research

Ohio State has a new position and someone to fill it: “Grace” Jinliu Wang was named the first executive vice president for research, innovation and…

Opinion: Ohio State should cancel Election Day classes

Students do have an individual responsibility to vote. But Ohio State, the largest university in Ohio and one of the largest in the U.S., has an even greater responsibility to fully facilitate student voting. The easiest and most effective way for Ohio State to do that is to cancel classes Nov. 3.

The rundown on renters insurance

This story was originally published in The Lantern October 30, 2019 and updated Feb. 2, 2023 for the spring 2023 housing edition.  Call your par…