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The city, for the first time in years, has a parks director. Pataskala hired Bryan Harris to oversee its six parks in May, and in the proceeding weeks he has stayed busy making sure they're kept in presentable shape while also brainstorming plans for future uses.

A controversial national report released Tuesday says that colleges and universities across the country are doing a terrible job of preparing their students to be teachers.

Kim Sycks and Autumn Appis aren't looking to spend their summer vacation from college sunning themselves on a beach.

Melissa Hopkins has been named assistant vice chancellor and assistant dean of facilities operations at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Mount Carmel Health Systems are hoping to increase collaboration in clinical care, research and medical education.

Since its launch in 2009, NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 132 exoplanets and thousands of other possible worlds, making it one of the most celebrated exoplanet missions.

After years of deep budget cuts, several states are poised to boost higher education funding, often in exchange for a promise by public colleges and universities to freeze tuition.

In two to three weeks, farmers will be harvesting this year's wheat crop. Wheat is the third most important grain grown in our area.

The Ohio State University doctors and their teams have partnered to perform two skin graft procedures on the American Paint Horse named Northstar, who suffered severe burns to almost half of his body when the abuse occurred.

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar had 23 new waitresses Monday night. The 23 Miss Ohio contestants were celebrity servers, collecting donations for the Miss Ohio Scholarship Program from 5 to 7 p.m. at the restaurant's Stander Avenue, Mansfield, and Lexington-Springmill Road, Ontario, locations.

Ohio alfalfa growers should be on the lookout for potato leafhopper, warns Ron Hammond, entomologist with Ohio State University Extension.

JackThreads.com, a members-only men's apparel site launched by Ohio native and Ohio State University graduate Jason Ross in 2008, is based in New York, but plans to move its growing distribution and warehousing operations back to Central Ohio in the next two years.

A year after he was diagnosed, he rode his bike 180 miles for Pelotonia, a cancer research fundraiser.

OHIO STATE: EXPERT OFFERS TIPS TO REDUCE HAY-DRYING TIME, PRODUCE QUALITY FORAGE Jun. 17, 2013 Source: Ohio State news release While producers might find it challenging to get hay dry in early June due to changing weather conditions, there are steps they can take to get the crop up quickly and reduce the potential for rain damage, a forage expert ... (more)

CUSTAR, Ohio - Variety development, fungicide and insects will be among the topics discussed by experts from Ohio State University's Lindsey's research on wide-row wheat planting looks at the impact of planting in 15-inch row spacing as compared to the traditional 7.5-inch spacing, she said.

New guidelines regulating how loose dogs can be captured in Ohio are under review.

Johnathon Carrington, valedictorian at Dunbar High School, laughs with family and friends after his school's graduation ceremony on June 14. He plans to attend Georgetown University.

Far from the hospital-building boom in Columbus, a far less visible but no less fierce battle between OhioHealth and Ohio State University is sweeping the state's towns and smaller cities.

Philip Andrew Blake, son of David and Tammy Blake of Bellfontaine, Ohio graduated on May 5 from the Ohio State University in Columbus with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in mathematics with a 3.2 GPA.

Ohio State University President Gordon Gee has made one last stop on his final summer tour around the state.