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News: America 250 at Ohio State

  • Your America in 250 Words: Aula Andika Fikrullah Al Balad

    Aula Andika Fikrullah Al Balad | August 10, 2026
    A PhD student in STEM education in the Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Ecology from Indonesia, Aula Andika Fikrullah Al Balad shares his “Your America in 250 Words” essay.

  • Your America in 250 Words: Samuel Oluwayemi

    Samuel Oluwayemi | July 14, 2026
    A master’s student from Nigeria in the Department of Animal Sciences in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences , Samuel Oluwayemi shares his “Your America in 250 Words” essay.

  • America was hopeful and proud 250 years ago. Are you?

    Jason Opal | July 1, 2026
    From the perspective of 2026, a time of deep pessimism in America, what is most striking about 1776 is how optimistic the patriots sound. With the stroke of a feather, their self-anointed Congress simply declared that the “United Colonies” had assumed “a separate and equal station” with other nations and were thus entitled to do “all Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do.”

  • America250: Design students and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (video)

    June 11, 2026
    Assistant Professor Will Nickley and Associate Professor Amanda Huynh discuss their design students' capstone projects and the collaboration with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Huynh said that a major benefit of the program is that many of the projects could be implemented pretty quickly, which would support the parks department as well as Ohioans.

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