Tagged: STEM

  • Summer research experience at Cleveland museum gets wild

    Aaron Marshall|October 23, 2024
    The second-year zoology major spent several months gathering data on how well attended wildlife programs at the Cleveland museum were, comparing crowds for pre-announced programs, time periods when a zookeeper was present, and times when no staff members were around.

  • SELF Scholar's research opportunity tackles mold problem

    Aaron Marshall|October 21, 2024
    A better way to detect hard-to-find mold that grows in homes and businesses is the ultimate goal behind research conducted this summer by SELF Scholar Liam Moore.

  • Lab research experience teaches power of persistence

    Aaron Marshall|October 15, 2024
    Boil down the lessons painstakingly learned by Mackenzie Hoffman, a second-year biochemistry major, during her summer research experience, and the most humbling was one she learned each day about the scientific method.

  • ODI STEM Retreat gives students a formula for success

    by Paige Galperin|April 4, 2024
    Diverse individuals represent about one-third of the STEM workforce in the United States—a figure ODI works to increase by providing students with the resources to be successful in science, math, and related fields.

  • ODI and First-Gen Pre-PA Scholars encourage third-graders to seek careers in medicine during Ohio State visit

    Aaron Marshall|November 29, 2023

    Four dozen third-graders wrapped splints, tried CPR chest compressions, listened through stethoscopes, and were read aloud the "Medical School for Kids" children's book series as ODI Morrill Scholars and First-Gen Pre-PA Scholars welcomed them to campus to spark career interests in medicine.

    The November visit from third-graders from Eakin Elementary, a West Side Columbus Public school, was the brainchild of Tiffany Nguyen, who organized the event along with her student group, First-Gen Pre-Physician Assistant Group.

  • SEED participants make their pitches

    Kim Kovarik|August 8, 2023

    Earlier this August, ten ODI Scholars presented their Student Experiences in Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) Program individual lab research as well as gave entrepreneurial pitches based on those lab research projects.

  • SELF Program launches to bring more STEM capacity to Ohio State

    Aaron Marshall|April 21, 2023

    As an undergraduate student at the University of Toledo, Aaron Poole saw his STEM career dreams slip away when he struggled initially in the school's pre-pharmacy program and needed to switch majors.

  • AT&T Ohio leaders offer scholarship lifeline to JLM3 Scholars

    Aaron Marshall|December 20, 2022

    On Tuesday, November 29, 2022, AT&T officials paid a visit to Hale Hall to meet with students from the Dr. James L. Moore III Scholars Program (JLM3) and present a check providing additional funding for the pipeline program.

    The $40,000 check supported scholarships for JLM3 Scholars for this academic year as well as last year. “This is the best part of this job,” said Molly Kocour Boyle, president of AT&T Ohio, who attended the meeting to learn more about the staff and students within the program and what it means to them.