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The Ohio State University (OSU) is a coeducational public research university in the state of Ohio. The university was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the largest university in the United States. Ohio State is currently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as among the top 60 universities in the United States and the best public university in Ohio. Although Ohio operates a decentralized system of higher education, Ohio State is widely considered both within Ohio and outside of its borders to be the flagship institution of the state's public system of higher education.

History

The Ohio State University was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university in accordance with the Morrill Act of 1862 under the name of The Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. Initially, it was thought that one of Ohio's two existing public universities (Ohio University and Miami University) would be designated as the land-grant institution, and each engaged in a vigorous competition to win over the state legislature. With the strong urging of Governor Rutherford B. Hayes, however, it was ultimately decided to establish a new university to be located near the legislature in Columbus. The school was originally situated within a farming community located on the northern edge of Columbus, and was intended to matriculate students of various agricultural and mechanical disciplines. From its inception, a contentious debate was waged between those in favor of broadening the university's focus to encompass the liberal arts and sciences and those who favored a more limited focus. The former ("broad-gauge") faction was led by university trustee Joseph Sullivant. An 1873 vote passed by a narrow 8-7 margin in favor of broadening the spectrum of educational offerings to seven fields of study: agriculture, ancient languages, chemistry, geology, mathematics, modern languages, and physics. Later that year, the university welcomed its first class of twenty-four students, including three women. In 1878, and in light of its expanded focus, the college permanently changed its name to the now-familiar "The Ohio State University."

Two factors in Ohio State's formative years would hinder the university's immediate development: hostility from the state's agricultural interests and competition for resources from Miami University and Ohio University. The first arose from the curriculum debate. Fueled by the agriculture interests and the Springfield business community that supplied them, the attitude of Ohio farmers towards the university had turned from one of indifference to one of outright hostility. By 1880, this hostility had begun to make its presence felt in the state legislature. The second hindrance came in the form of competition for state allocations from Ohio's two older public institutions. At the time of Ohio State's creation, these institutions had been derided by then Governor Hayes as borderline sectarian colleges that, in over sixty years of history, had failed to provide Ohio with a real state university. It was this view that was fundamental in the decision to found a new university as recipient for the land-grant funds, as well as considerably strengthening the hand of those who advocated a broad based curriculum. However, the founding of this new university combined with their own precarious financial postitions (Miami would close for a dozen years due to a lack of enrollment) had awakened the older institutions to compete vigorously for the attention of the state legislature. The first of these issues would be resolved by the end of the decade. Resolution of the second would not occur until 1906. Even then, the inherent tension of agricultural interests within the larger context of a comprehensive research university and the competition among state universities in a decentralized higher education system would, to varying degrees, remain permanent issues with which Ohio State would be forced to contend.

Of fundamental importance in this period was the role of former President Rutherford B. Hayes who, a decade earlier, had lobbied strenuously as Governor for the university's founding. Upon returning to Ohio in 1881, the former President spent the next decade using his considerable political influence to lobby for the university's interests. In 1887 he formally joined the university's board of trustees where, until his death in late 1891, he essentially acted as the university's de facto president. By 1891, Ohio State had grown to a degree that Governor James E. Campbell recommended a permanent levy on the tax duplicate to support its continued growth. The significant role that the fledgling university had begun to play within the state, as well as the peace that Hayes had brokered with the state's agricultural interests, was underscored by the fact that the proposal passed without opposition despite the insistence of Ohio State's board of trustees that neither Miami nor Ohio universities be included in the bill.

Ohio State began accepting graduate students in the 1880s, with the university awarding its first master's and doctoral degrees in 1886 and 1890 respectively. 1891 saw the founding of Ohio State's law school.

In 1906, Ohio State President William Oxley Thompson along with the university's supporters in the state legislature put forth the Lybarger Bill with the aim of shifting virtually all higher education support to the continued development of Ohio State while funding only the "normal school" functions of Miami and Ohio University. Although the Lybarger Bill failed narrowly to gain passage, in its place was passed the compromise Eagleson Bill, which determined that all doctoral education and research functions would be the role of Ohio State and that the two older institutions would not offer instruction beyond the master's degree level. This arrangement would stand for the next fifty years until population growth had necessitated additional Ph. D programs in the state.

1912 saw the formation of Ohio State's Graduate School to coordinate the university's burgeoning master's and doctoral enrollments. In 1914, Ohio State's college of medicine was formed through a merger with Starling medical college. That year also saw the founding of Ohio State's School of Dentistry. In 1916, the board of trustees approved the formation of a College of Commerce and Journalism.

Subsequently, Ohio State's solidifying of its role as the state's flagship, comprehensive university was fairly rapid, as demonstrated by its 1916 induction into the prestigious Association of American Universities. To date, it remains the only public university in Ohio to be extended AAU membership. This momentum was further accelerated by Governor Harry L. Davis, who in his 1921 inaugural address declared that, "In Ohio State University the commonwealth has an educational institution which should become the largest and best state institution in the United States. This is evidenced by the development of the institution in recent years, and I desire specifically to ask the co-operation of the General Assembly in the effort which I propose to make to help the Ohio State University to attain that goal in the not too distant future." He subsequently shepherded a one-eighth of a mill tax levy through the legislature to fund a university building fund. Seventy-two percent of the funds were earmarked for the Ohio State University with the remainder split between Miami University and Ohio University. By decade's end, the university's enrollment stood at 15,126 a more than fourfold increase from just twenty years prior.

With the onset of the Great Depression, Ohio State would face many of the challenges affecting universities throughout America as budget support was slashed, and students without the means of paying tuition returned home to support families. By the middle thirties, however, enrollment had stabilized due in large part to the role of FERA (the Federal Emergency Relief Administration) and later the NYA (National Youth Administration). By the end of the decade, enrollment had still managed to grow to 17,568. Two important initiatives were also begun during this decade. Each would come to play increasingly important roles in the university's development up to the present time. In 1934, the Ohio State Research Foundation was begun to bring in outside funding for faculty research projects. In 1938, a development office was opened to begin raising funds privately to offset reductions in state support.

Academics

Rankings and recognition

Ohio State was the first university in Ohio to be extended membership into the Association of American Universities in 1916 and remains the only public university in Ohio among the organization's sixty members. The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities (2000) by Howard and Matthew Greene listed Ohio State as one of a select number of public universities offering the highest educational quality.

U.S. News & World Report’s widely read rankings of undergraduate colleges in America currently places Ohio State tied with the University of Pittsburgh as the 19th best public university and the 57th ranked overall university in America and the highest ranked public university in Ohio. China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University placed Ohio State as the 66th ranked university in the world in their 2006 Academic Ranking of World Universities.

The Lombardi Program on Measuring University Performance at the University of Florida’s detailed analysis and rankings of American universities currently places Ohio State as the 26th ranked university in America, the 11th ranked public university in America and the top overall university in Ohio. Of their nine ranking criteria, Ohio State ranked in the top-25 in three categories and between 26-50 in an additional five categories.

Ohio State is also the only public university in Ohio to which the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has given both its highest overall classification of Doctoral/Very High Research Activity and highest undergraduate admissions classification of more selective.

US News ranks the undergraduate program at Ohio State's Fisher College of Business 17th in America and the top undergraduate business school in Ohio. The graduate program of the Fisher College is ranked 21st in America and the top graduate school of business in Ohio. The Economist ranked The Fisher College as the 29th ranked MBA program in the world in their 2005 "Which MBA?" issue. In 2006, The Public Accounting Report ranked Ohio State's accounting department 9th in the nation for undergraduate programs and 10th in the nation for graduate programs. In each case, the ranking was the highest among Ohio universities. The Ohio State law school is ranked by US News as the top law school in Ohio and 39th overall in America. Ohio State's medical school is ranked as the top public medical school in Ohio and 32nd overall for research and 33rd for primary care. US News ranks Ohio State's undergraduate engineering program as the 28th best program in America and the top undergraduate engineering program in Ohio. Its graduate program in engineering is ranked 26th in the country and highest in Ohio.

Ohio State's political science department is ranked thirteenth in the country by US News & World Report, with the American politics section 5th, international politics 12th and political methodology 10th. A study by The London School of Economics ranked it as the fourth best political science department in the world. Foreign Policy Magazine recently ranked it as the 15th best Ph.D. program in the world for the study of international relations while noting Professor Alexander Wendt as the third most influential scholar of international relations in the world.

Ohio State is one of a select few top American universities to offer multiple area studies programs under "Comprehensive National Resource Center" (often called "Title VI") funding from the U.S. Department of Education. The most notable of these is the Center for Slavic and East European Studies founded in 1965 by Professor Leon Twarog. Subsequently, Ohio State's Middle Eastern Studies Center and East Asian Studies Center also achieved Comprehensive National Resource Center status. The university is also home to the interdisciplinary Mershon Center for International Security Studies, which was founded in 1952 through a bequest of 7 million dollars (54.3 million in 2006 value) from alumnus Colonel Ralph D. Mershon. In 2003, it was decided by the United States Department of Homeland Security to base the National Academic Consortium for Homeland Security at The Mershon Center.

In a study by industry publication Dance Teacher, a survey of 100 dance department chairs in the United States and Canada ranked Ohio State's Department of Dance as the top ranked graduate program and the second ranked undergraduate program in North America.

In total, US News & World Report ranked 19 Ohio State graduate programs or specialties among the nation's top ten and 30 among the nation's top 25.

Faculty and research

Ohio State’s faculty currently includes a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, twenty members of the National Academy of Sciences or National Academy of Engineering, three members of the Institute of Medicine, and 127 elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

In a recent study by Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, Ohio State was one of five universities rated as "exemplary" workplaces for junior faculty. In the study, thirty-one universities and eleven liberal arts colleges were evaluated on tenure clarity and fairness, nature of work including workloads, quality of students, and teaching environment, compensation, work and family balance, collegiality and overall satisfaction.

In the last quarter century, thirty-two Ohio State faculty members have been awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, which is more than all other public and private Ohio universities combined. Since the 2000/2001 award year, thirty-nine Ohio State faculty members have been named as Fulbright Fellows, the highest of any Ohio university.

In a 2007 report released by the National Science Foundation, Ohio State’s research expenditures for 2005 were $609 million, placing it 8th among public universities and 12th overall, also ranking 3rd among all American universities for private industry sponsored research. Research expenditures at Ohio State were $652 million in 2006. Ohio State also announced in 2006, that it would be designating at least $110 million of its research efforts to what it termed "fundamental concerns" such as research towards a cure for cancer, renewable energy sources and sustainable drinking water supplies.

Admissions and tuition

Undergraduate admissions to Ohio State are classified as “more selective” by US News & World Report and The Princeton Review and according to 2006 data are the most selective of any public university in Ohio. The 2006 freshman class had the following composition: students graduating in the top 10% of their high school class (44%); the top 20% of their high school class (70%); the top 30% of their high school class (86%); the top 40% of their high school class (95%) the top 50% of their high school class (99%). 24% of the freshman class scored in the top 3% of the SAT or ACT, while 67% scored in the top 15%. Of the 6,122 members of the 2006 freshman class, 290 had been named valedictorian of their high school's graduating class. Ohio State’s freshman class has admitted over 100 National Merit Scholars for nine of the last ten years.

Tuition for full-time, Ohio residents attending Ohio State for the 2006-2007 academic year is $8,667. For the 2005-2006 academic year, tuition at Ohio State for Ohio residents placed it as the fifth most expensive college among Ohio's thirteen public four-year universities. In addition to being named a Best in the Midwest selection by The Princeton Review, Ohio State was also the only public university in Ohio to make their list of America's 150 Best Value Colleges.

Endowment and fundraising

Ohio State was among the first group of public universities to raise a billion dollar endowment when it passed the one billion dollar mark in 1999. At year’s end 2005, Ohio State’s endowment stood at 1.73 billion dollars ranking it seventh among public universities and twenty-seventh among all American universities. In June 2006, the endowment passed the 2 billion dollar mark.

In recent decades, and in response to continually shrinking state funding, Ohio State has conducted two significant multi-year fundraising campaigns. The first concluded in 1987 and raised 460 million dollars—a record at the time for a public university. The “Affirm Thy Friendship Campaign” took place between 1995 and 2000. With an initial goal of raising 850 million dollars, the campaign’s final tally was 1.23 billion dollars, placing Ohio State among the small group of public universities to have successfully conducted a billion dollar campaign .

Schools and colleges

The Ohio State University is comprised of the following colleges and schools:

• College of Dentistry
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
• College of Human Ecology
• College of Medicine
• College of Nursing
• College of Optometry
• College of Pharmacy
• College of Public Health
• College of Social Work
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• Colleges of the Arts and Sciences
• Graduate School
• John Glenn School of Public Affairs
• Max M. Fisher College of Business
• Michael E. Moritz College of Law

Campuses

Main campus (Columbus)

Ohio State's main urban campus is located in Columbus. Its 1755 acres are approximately 2.5 miles north of the city's downtown. Four buildings are currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Enarson Hall, Hayes Hall, Ohio Stadium, and Orton Hall.

Architecture on the Ohio State campus does not conform to a unifying theme such as gothic revival or Georgian but rather is an eclectic mix of traditional, modern and post-modern styles.

The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, anchoring the western end of The Oval, is the Ohio State library's main branch and single largest repository. Overall, Ohio State operates the 18th largest university research library in North America with a combined collection of over 5.8 million volumes. Additionally, the libraries receive approximately 35,000 serial titles on a regular basis. Its recent acquisitions were 16th among university research libraries in North America. Ohio State's library system encompasses twenty-one libraries located on its Columbus campus. An additional eight branches are located at off-campus research facilities and the regional campuses. In all the Ohio State library system encompasses fifty-five branches and specialty collections. Some of the more significant collections include The Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program containing the Archives of Admiral Richard E. Byrd as well as a significant collection of polar research materials, The Hilandar Research Library which contains the world's largest collection of medieval Slavic manuscripts on microform, The Ohio State Cartoon Research Library, which is the world's largest repository of original cartoons, The Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute and the archives of Senator John Glenn.

Anchoring the traditional campus gateway at the eastern end of The Oval, is the Wexner Center for the Arts. Designed by architects Peter Eisenman of New York and Richard Trott of Columbus, the center opened in 1989. Its founding was financed in large part by Ohio State alumnus Leslie Wexner with a gift of twenty-five million dollars in the 1980s. The center was founded to be a comprehensive visual arts center encompassing all aspects of visual and performing arts with a focus on new commissions and artist residencies. Its groundbreaking deconstructivist architecture has resulted in it being lauded as one of the most important buildings of its generation. Its design has also been criticized as proving less than ideal for many of the art installations that it has attempted to display. The centerpiece of The Wexner Center's permanent collection is Picasso's Nude on a Black Armchair, which was purchased by alumnus Leslie Wexner at auction for forty-five million dollars and then donated to the university.

To the south of The Oval is another, somewhat smaller, expanse of greenspace commonly referred to as The South Oval. At its eastern end, it is anchored by the Ohio Union, which is currently under reconstruction. To the west are Enarson Hall, the Kuhn Honors House, Browning Amphitheatre (a traditional stone Greek theatre) and Mirror Lake.

The Ohio State College of Medicine is located on the southern edge of the central campus. It is home to the James Cancer Hospital, a cancer research institute and one of the National Cancer Institute's thirty-nine comprehensive cancer centers, along with the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital, a research institute for cardiovascular disease.

Size

Ohio State in 2005 ranked 3rd on the list for universities with the most students (50,504). Based on information provided on the largest universities in the US, Ohio State University enrollment has increased by 4.5% since 1996.

Regional campuses

The university also operates several regional campuses and research facilities at:

• The Ohio State University, Agricultural Technical Institute
• The Ohio State University, Lima Campus
• The Ohio State University, Mansfield Campus
• The Ohio State University, Marion Campus
• The Ohio State University, Newark Campus

Research facilities

• Byrd Polar Research Center
• Chadwick Arboretum
• Large Binocular Telescope (LBT, originally named the Columbus Project)
• Mershon Center for International Security Studies
• Stone Laboratory on Gibraltar Island, OH
• The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center

Student life

The Office of Student Affairs is responsible for many of the outside-the-classroom aspects of student life at Ohio State. Among these are student housing; food service; health, wellness and counseling; activities, organizations and leadership development; recreation and intramurals. The Office of Student Affairs also operates the Schottenstein Center, the Fawcett Center, the Blackwell Inn, the Ohio Union and the Drake Event Center.

Ohio State has several student managed publications and media outlets. The Lantern is the school's daily newspaper and has operated as a laboratory newspaper in the School of Communication (formerly the School of Journalism) since 1881. Mosaic is a literary magazine published by Ohio State, which features undergraduate fiction, poetry, and art. The official yearbook of the University, Makio, was started by three fraternities in 1880. Makio ran into financial problems during the early 1970s, and the organization went bankrupt and stopped publication during the late 1970s. The book was revived from 1985 to 1994 and has since been revived again in 2000. OHIO.FM is the student-run radio station with an Internet audio stream (no broadcast signals are available in Columbus). Students also operate a local cable channel known as Buckeye TV, which airs primarily on the campus cable system operated by the Office of Information Technology (OIT).

The Ohio State University Marching Band (or TBDBITL, "The Best Damn Band in the Land") is a longstanding tradition at Ohio State. The marching band is the largest all-brass band in the world, and all songs from "Carmen Ohio" to "Hang on Sloopy" are arranged to fit this unorthodox instrumentation. The band is famous for "Script Ohio," during which the band marches single-file through the curves of the word "Ohio" while playing the famous march "Le Regiment de Sambre et Meuse." At the end of the performance, the "i" in "Ohio" is "dotted" by a high-stepping sousaphone player.

The tradition of high quality bands is not limited to the football field. OSU's School of Music contains several high quality concert bands consisting of graduate and undergraduate music majors and non-music majors. For example, the OSU Wind Symphony, frequently receivs praise on the national level, recently having been selected to perform at the 2003 College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Convention. The Ohio State Jazz Ensemble performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1975, 1978,1986, 1996, and 2001. It has also appeared at the Mexico City International Jazz Festival in 1990 and the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1986, 1996, and 2001.

In addition to strong bands, the university is also recognized for outstanding choral perfomrance. The Ohio State Men's Glee Club, formed in 1875, is the oldest organization on campus. In 1990, led by Professor James Gallagher, the Men's Glee Club participated in the International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangolen, Wales and won the male chorus competition by an unprecedented 20 points before, in a unanimous decision of the judges, being named "Choir of the World"—the first American choir to win such an honor. The Glee Club is under the direction of Dr. Robert J. Ward.

OSU's "Buckeye Bullet" electric car broke the world record for the fastest speed by an electric vehicle on October 3, 2004 with a speed of 271.737 MPH (437.3 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The vehicle also holds the US record for fastest electric vehicle with a speed of 314.958 MPH (506.9 km/h), and peak timed mile speed of 321.834 MPH (517.9 km/h). The vehicle was designed, built and managed by a team of engineering students at the university's "Center for Automotive Research-Intelligent Transportation" (CAR-IT).

A unique aspect to Ohio State's multi billion dollar endowment is the Student Investment Management Program. Upperclass finance students taking Business Finance 724 are given the opportunity to manage a twenty million dollar investment fund. Returns from the student managed funds often outperform the S&P 500 and frequently even the university's own professional fund managers.

On August 23, 2006, it was announced that during the week of October 30 to November 2 Jon Stewart would host The Daily Show's Battlefield Ohio: The Daily Show’s Midwest Midterm Midtacular from Ohio State's Roy Bowen Theatre.

Residential life

Ohio State operates 31 on-campus residence halls divided into three geographic clusters: South Campus (site of the university's original dormitories), North Campus (largely constructed during the post-war enrollment boom) and Olentangy Area or "The Towers." Within the residence hall system are 40 smaller living and learning environments defined by social or academic considerations. Ohio State also offers five honors residence halls: Bradley Hall, Lincoln Tower, Siebert Hall, Taylor Tower and Worthington House.

Separate housing for graduate and professional students is maintained on the Southern tier of campus near the medical complex. Family housing is maintained at Buckeye Village at the far northern edge of campus beyond the athletic complex. At the university's southeast corner along High Street, and across from the Moritz College of Law, new apartments have been built for law students in conjunction with the area's Campus Gateway project.

Honors programs

Ohio State offers two distinct honors programs for high ability undergraduates: Honors and Scholars. The Honors program is open to students in all majors. The Scholars program is centered around thirteen specific programs such as "Architecture Scholars", "Communication Technology Scholars", "International Affairs Scholars" and "Politics, Society and Law Scholars." Students in the Scholars program are expected to live and take select classes with other members of the program. Additionally, Ohio State offers the Honors Collegium with membership extended following the Spring of a student's first or second year to the university's top undergraduates. Collegium students try to compete for internships, graduate schools and nationally competitive awards, such as the Rhodes, Marshall or Truman scholarship.

For the 2005-2006 academic year, Ohio State undergraduates were awarded the following nationally competitive scholarships: one Truman Scholarship, two Goldwater Scholarships, three Udall Scholarships, one Bieneke Scholarship, four National Science Foundation research fellowships and four Fulbright Scholarships. Since 2000, 39 Ohio State students have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships.

Ohio State also administers two large-scale scholarship programs to ensure access to the university to high-ability students from low-income or traditionally underrepresented groups. The first of these, The Young Scholars Program, was inititiated in 1988. 120 promising minority students from Ohio's nine largest urban public school districts are selected prior to entering high school. The program offers a series of academic camps each summer and counseling throughout the students' high school careers. Upon completion of the program, which also mandates a college preparatory curriculum and minimum grade point average, the students are guaranteed admission to Ohio State as well as any need-based financial aid necessary. The Land Grant Scholarship was initiated in 2005. This program seeks to ensure access to Ohio State to high-ability students from low-income backgrounds. Ohio State has committed to offering a full-ride scholarship each academic year to at least one student from each of Ohio's 88 counties.

Ohio State maintains an honors center in the Kuhn Honors and Scholars House on the South Oval. Until the 1960s this building had served as the university President's residence. Five dormitories are designated as honors residences.

Activities & organizations

The Ohio Union was the first student union built by a public university. The Ohio Union is dedicated to enriching the student experience on and off the Ohio State University campus. The first Ohio Union, located on the south edge of the South Oval, was constructed in 1909 and later renamed Enarson Hall. The present Ohio Union was completed in 1950 and is located prominently along High Street and southeast of the Oval. It has been a center of student life at The Ohio State University for more than 50 years, providing facilities for student activities, organizations and events, and serves as an important meeting place for campus and community interaction. In addition, many student services and programs are housed in the union, along with dining and recreational facilities.

Student organizations

Student organizations at The Ohio State University provide students with opportunities to get involved in a wide variety of interest areas including academic, social, religious, artistic, service-based, diversity and many more. There are over 800 registered student organizations that involve many thousands of students.

Leadership & service

The Union's vision is to prepare students to be responsible, engaged leaders committed to community participation for social action and change. Examples of programs to get involved in are the Buckeye Leadership Society, LeaderShape, Buckeye Service Council, Community Commitment, and Alternative Spring Break. All of these programs have the ultimate goal of making students into better leaders, people and citizens of Ohio State.

Student governments

At the Ohio State University, there are three recognized student governments that represent their constituents.

• Undergraduate Student Government (USG), which consists of elected and appointed student representatives who serve as liaisons from the undergraduate student body to university officials. USG seeks to outreach to and work for the students at the Ohio State University.
• Council of Graduate Students (CGS), which promotes and provides academic, administrative, and social programs for the university community in general and for graduate students in particular. The Council provides a forum in which the graduate student body may present, discuss, and set upon issues related to its role in the academic and non-academic aspects of the University community.
• Inter-Professional Council (IPC), which is a representative body of all professional students in the colleges of Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Optometry, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine. Its purpose is to act as a liaison between these students and the governing bodies of the University.

Athletics

Ohio State's intercollegiate sports teams are called the "Buckeyes" (after the state tree, the Buckeye), and participate in the NCAA's Division I in all sports (Division I-A in football) and the Big Ten Conference in most sports. (The men's hockey program competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and its women's hockey program competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association). The school colors are Scarlet and Gray. The teams' nickname is "Buckeyes" and "Brutus" the Buckeye is their mascot.

Ohio State is one of only two universities (the University of Michigan being the other) to have won a national championship in baseball, men's basketball, and football. Ohio State has also won national championships in men's swimming & diving, men's outdoor track & field, men's golf, men's gymnastics, men's fencing, co-ed fencing, and synchronized swimming. Since the inception of the Athletic Director's Cup, Ohio State has finished in the top 25 each year, including top 6 finishes in three of the last five years. During the 2005-2006 school year Ohio State became this first Big Ten team to win conference championships in Football, Men's Basketball and Women's Basketball. Ohio State repeated the feat during the 2006-2007 school year, winning solo championships in all three sports.

Outstanding sports figures that were student athletes at Ohio State include 1936 Olympics gold medalist Jesse Owens "the Buckeye Bullet" (track and field), John Havlicek, Jerry Lucas, Bobby Knight, and Larry Siegfried (basketball), Katie Smith and the first 3-time player of the year in Big Ten Basketball history Jessica Davenport (women's basketball), Frank Howard (basketball and baseball), Jack Nicklaus (golf); and Chic Harley (three-time All-American football running back). Ohio State football players have combined for seven Heisman Awards including two-time winner Archie Griffin in 1974 and 1975, Eddie George in 1995, and most recently Troy Smith in 2006. Hall of Fame coaches at Ohio State have included Paul Brown and Woody Hayes in football, Fred Taylor in basketball, Larry Snyder in track and field, and Mike Peppe in swimming and diving.

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Notes

1. University endowment hits $2 billion
2. http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourweb/srs/srscontent/AU06/AU06Report.pdf Autumn 2006 Enrollment Report
3. Gray, Kathy Lynn (2006-10-17). "OSU is No. 1 again — in enrollment". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2006-10-17. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
4. US News 2006 Public University Rankings.
5. Discussion of "Flagship Universities" by UC-Berkeley Chancellor Berdahl
6. Ohio Historical Society James Campbell Profile.
7. Ohio Historical Society Harry Davis Profile.
8. A Favored Child of the State: Federal Student Aid at Ohio Colleges and Universities, 1934–1943 Kevin P. Bower.
9. 2007 US News Undergraduate Rankings.
10. 2006 Ranking of World Universities.
11. The Center, 2005 Ranking of Top American Universities.
12. Carnegie Foundation Classification Database.
13. The Economist: Which MBA.
14. Public Accounting Report 2006 Rankings.
15. London School of Economics Study.
16. Foreign Policy: Inside The Ivory Tower November/December 2005.
17. Ohio State "By The Numbers".
18. Database of Institute of Medicine Members
19. Database of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows.
20. Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE).
21. Guggenheim Fellowship Database.
22. Fulbright Scholar Database.
23. National Science Foundation 2005 Research Expenditures.
24. Ohio State 2006 Freshman Class Profile.
25. The Center, Listing of National Merit Scholar Enrollment 1995-2004.
26. Ohio Board of Regents 2005-2006 Comparison of Tuition.
27. OHIO STATE ENDOWMENT TOPS $1 BILLION 2-5-99, Ohio State News
28. 2005 University Endowments.
29. Top 15 Public University Endowments as of June 30, 2004
30. Association of Research Libraries 2004 Report.
31. University of Florida Largest Enrollments over Time.
32. OSU Men's Glee Club
33. Ohio State Student Investment Management Program.
34. Columbus Dispatch 08/23/2006.
35. Ohio State boasts 16 top scholard
36. Fulbright Scholarship Database.
37. NCAA National Championship Database.
38. Athletic Directors' Cup Records.

References

• Kinnison, William A. (1970). Building Sullivant's Pyramid; An Administrative History of The Ohio State University, 1870-1907. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. ISBN 0-8142-0141-5.
• The Ohio State University Mirror Lake Hollow (1984) by John H. Herrick, Executive Director Emeritus, Campus Planning
• The Ohio State University Oval (1982) by John H. Herrick, Executive Director Emeritus, Campus Planning
• Baroway, Malcolm S. (2003). The Gee Years, 1990-1997. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. ISBN 0-8142-0918-1.
• Perry, Chris (2005). The Kirwan Years: 1998-2002. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. ISBN 0-8142-1027-9.
• The Ohio State University Oral History Project
• Interactive Historical Map of The Ohio State University Campus
• John H. Herrick Archives at the Knowlton School of Architecture
• History of The Ohio State University from the Ohio State University Archives

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External links

OSU links

• The Ohio State University — Official website
• Ohio State Alumni Association
• Official Athletics website
• Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
• Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
• Ohio State University Lima Campus
• Ohio State University Mansfield Campus
• Ohio State University Marion Campus
• Ohio State University Newark Campus

Affiliated media

• The WOSU Stations — Public Broadcasting
• The Lantern — Student Newspaper
• Buckeye TV — Student Television
• OHIO.FM — Student Radio
• onCampus — Official Newspaper
• Makio Yearbook — Official Yearbook
• The Ohio State Sentinel — a newspaper published by students, but not sponsored by the University

Maps

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Main campus located in: Columbus, Ohio
Campuses	Columbus Main Campus (Buildings) Lima Campus Mansfield Campus Marion Campus Newark Campus Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Agricultural Technical Institute
Academics	Calculus One College of Arts and Sciences College of Dentistry College of Engineering John Glenn School of Public Affairs College of Medicine Fisher College of Business Moritz College of Law Health Sciences Center for Global Health
Athletics	Teams Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Field hockey Football Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey Men's lacrosse Men's soccer Men's volleyball Women's volleyball Venues Bill Davis Stadium Covelli Center Ice Rink Jerome Schottenstein Center Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Ohio Stadium St. John Arena Woody Hayes Athletic Center
Facilities	Blackwell Inn Drake Performance and Event Center Golf Club Knowlton Hall Ohio State University Airport Ohio Union Orton Hall & Geological Museum South Bass Island Light Lincoln and Morrill Towers Tom W. Davis Tower Watts Hall Wexner Center for the Arts Wexner Medical Center East Hospital James Cancer Hospital Libraries 18th Avenue Library Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Hilandar Research Library John A. Prior Health Sciences Library Thompson Library University Hall
Media	Geographical Analysis The Lantern Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society Journal of Money, Credit and Banking Ohio State University Press WOSU-FM WOSU-TV / WPBO WOSA WVSG AROUSE OSU
Research	Aeronautical and Astronautical Research Laboratory The Big Ear Buckeye Bullet Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies Chadwick Arboretum DNB Extension for Education and Research Edison Welding Institute Industrial Arts Curriculum Project Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Large Binocular Telescope Melrose (apple) Mershon Center for International Security Studies National Center for the Middle Market Newman projection Ohio Sky Survey Olentangy River Wetland Research Park Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital Sarah (chimpanzee) Secrest Arboretum Stone Laboratory
Traditions	"Across the Field" Brutus Buckeye "Buckeye Battle Cry" "Carmen Ohio" "Hang On Sloopy" Illibuck Maudine Ormsby Men's Glee Club Mirror Lake Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame Script Ohio OSU Athletic Bands OSU Marching Band UM-OSU Rivalry UM-OSU Basketball Rivalry
People	Alumni Trustees Presidents Faculty Staff Fellows Athletic Directors Coaches Athletes Notable people associated with Ohio State University
Student life	Block O Buckeye Leadership Society Old North Columbus The Oval Activities and Organizations Pi Gamma Omicron Sigma Alpha Sigma Eta Chi Student Government Texnikoi Engineering Honorary The Stadium Scholarship Program University Housing
Related	1870 (magazine) 2016 attack Abuse scandal Campus Area Bus Service Jack Nicklaus Museum Nationwide Arena Remembrance Park Statue of William Oxley Thompson University District
Established: 1870 – Endowment: $7 billion (2022) – Students: 60,540 (Columbus) 65,795 (all campuses) * Category

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Associate members	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (men's and women's lacrosse) Notre Dame Fighting Irish (men's ice hockey)
Former members	Chicago Maroons
Championships & awards	Athlete of the Year B1G Super Saturday National Championships
Sports	Football (Standings, Champions) Men's basketball (Regular season, Tournament) Women's basketball (Regular season, Tournament) Ice hockey (Tournament) Men's lacrosse Women's lacrosse Volleyball
Media	Big Ten Network

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