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Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. ISBN 0-8142-1027-9. Pinta, Emil R. A history of psychiatry at The Ohio State University, 1847-1993 (1994) online; Pollard, James E. History of the Ohio State University; the Story of Its First Seventy-Five Years, 1873-1948 (Ohio State University Press, 1952). Vol 8 Part 1, 1940-1945 (1967) online
The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio , it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollment in the United States, with nearly 50,000 undergraduate students and nearly 15,000 graduate students.
Unlike earlier public universities such as Ohio University and Miami University, whose campuses have a consistent architectural style, the Ohio State campus is a mix of traditional, modern and postmodern styles. The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, anchoring the Oval's western end, is Ohio State library's main branch and largest ...
The College offers majors in over 80 different academic disciplines. [4] On a yearly basis, around half of all credit hours at Ohio State are earned through the College of Arts and Sciences. The College has produced 5 Churchill Scholars, 5 Goldwater Scholars, 1 Knight-Hennessy Scholar, and 5 Rhodes Scholars. [2]
Of the 24 Buckeye head coaches, Howard Jones, Wilce, Schmidt, Fesler, Hayes, Bruce, Cooper, and Tressel have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The previous head coach of the Buckeyes was Urban Meyer who was hired in November 2011 [ 2 ] and then announced December 4, 2018, he would retire following the Rose Bowl.
On June 3, 1922, the university was issued its first broadcasting station license, with the call sign WEAO. The call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs. [7] In 1933, the call letters were changed to WOSU, representing Ohio State University's initials. [8] In 1949, an FM station was added, WOSU-FM at ...
The Ohio State University at Mansfield is a regional campus of Ohio State University in Mansfield, Ohio. It was founded in 1958 as a land-grant college and occupies a 644-acre (2.61 km 2) campus that is shared with North Central State College. The campus offers twelve bachelor's degree programs. The campus practices open admissions. [3]
The Ohio Union serves as a student activity center for students of Ohio State University. When the Union was established in 1910, it was the first student union at a public university. [ 2 ] The Ohio Union provides facilities for student activities, organizations/events, and campus and community interaction.