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We serve motivated undergraduate students and foster purposeful learning communities that enhance students’ academic and social experiences.

Intentionally enriching a student’s academic curriculum while providing a like-minded and supportive community.

Develops a housing community focused on a specific academic or professional theme with programming and opportunities to support that community.

Provides extraordinary opportunities and support for students that are ambitious and have high expectations for themselves.

Awarded to new first-year Ohio residents who achieve a perfect ACT or SAT test score.

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Honors and Scholars Hosts Annual Nobel Prize Panel Celebratesing Discovery Across Disciplines

Ty Wright | March 13, 2026

The University Honors and Scholars Center welcomed students, faculty, and staff for the second annual Ohio State Nobel Prize Panel, an annual event that brings global breakthroughs into meaningful conversation at Ohio State. Moderated by Professor David Staley, the panel featured faculty experts whose perspectives spanned the Nobel Prizes of chemistry, physics, economics, literature, and medicine...
Allison Sachs Finds Her Place and Purpose at Ohio State

Ty Wright | February 16, 2026

Honors student and Stamps Eminence Scholar Allison Sachs remembers her first day at The Ohio State University as equal parts excitement and nerves. Coming from a high school graduating class of about 140, the scale of campus felt immense. “I remember being very anxious but excited,” she says. “I had walked all of my classes the day before and still had my phone...
The power of the pen: Student grant writers serve community

Paige Galperin | February 9, 2026

In her first year at The Ohio State University, a search for local service opportunities led Nina Greenberg to a light-bulb moment. “I was doing some investigation into the nonprofit community, which is a community I really wanted to uplift, and looking at some of the issues they face. Some of it’s staffing; some of it’s finances; some o...