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Thriving

Nurturing community well-being to improve lives and build better futures
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Positioning business students for success on day one

Gift from Jeff Prestel will help graduates stand out in marketplace.
Financial planner Cameron Uttley gave students feedback on their presentations.

Ohio State academy teaches high schoolers financial planning basics

Students learned personal finance, estate planning at week-long program
Amy Schmitz, the John Deaver Drinko-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law, discusses JusticeTech with program partners Robert Southers and Julia Armstrong, managing director of the Institute for Cybersecurity and Digital Trust.

JusticeTech uses AI to address eviction crisis

Ohio State law and computer science students team up with Professor Amy Schmitz to build tech that expands access to justice.
Ohio State oncologist Mary Dillhoff and her friend Michael Patton run at Antrim Park in north Columbus. They plan to run 75 miles together during Pelotonia Ride Weekend Aug. 2–3. (Photo by Jodi Miller)

This devoted alumna always takes Pelotonia—by foot

Mary Dillhoff ’09 MS, a surgical oncologist at The James, finishes the cycling fundraiser every year without a bicycle.
From left to right, LuSter Singleton, Lynn Breedlove, a member of the band Tribe 8, Julia Applegate and Larin Sullivan, an LA-based filmmaker

Free Beer Tomorrow: Preserving Ohio’s history

Women & Philanthropy grant recipients are collecting stories, sharing resilience strategies and connecting generations through a new film and research study.
Special Olympics Ohio coach and former athlete, Brandon Hahn (center, black shirt), and the 2024 team from Carroll County.

Pulling together to provide needed health screenings for Special Olympics athletes

As a Special Olympics Ohio coach and former athlete, Brandon Hahn knows there’s much more to preparing for events than training.
The new tower at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, which will include 164,000 square feet for maternal fetal medicine

Fostering the Future of Women’s Health at Ohio State

A first-of-its-kind faculty gift names a space in Ohio State’s new hospital and supports the future of OB/Gyn care
Kevin McClatchy conducts a Shakespeare and Autism Project workshop at Ohio State Marion. (Photo by Logan Wallace)

Kevin McClatchy uses supporting role to help kids

The actor, associate professor and Ohio State’s 2024–25 artist laureate taps his theatrical talents (and Shakespeare’s poetry) to inspire children with autism and veterans.

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