Arts & Sciences Centers, Institutes and Special Programs
Research, scholarly activity and teaching in the College of Arts & Sciences is often interdisciplinary and international in scope. Centers and institutes bring together faculty from various Ohio University colleges and programs. Arts & Sciences faculty and students are leaders and colleagues in the following Centers and Institutes.
Focus: History, ethics, language, and cultural heritage.
- African American Research & Service Institute (inter-college)
- Central Region Humanities Center (inter-college)
- Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities (inter-college)
- Contemporary History Institute
- Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE)
- The Center for Applied & Professional Ethics (inter-college)
Focus: Human behavior, international studies, legal frameworks, and educational intervention.
- Center for International Studies (inter-college)
- Center for Intervention Research in Schools
- Center for Law, Justice & Culture (inter-college)
Focus: Fundamental physical sciences, biological systems, and advanced mathematical structures.
- Astrophysical Institute
- Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (inter-college)
- Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute (NQPI) (inter-college)
- Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies (OCEES) (inter-college)
- Ohio University Center of Ring Theory and its Applications
- Quantitative Biology Institute
Focus: Biomedical research, clinical neuroscience, public health, and interdisciplinary health initiatives (often partnered with the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and CHSP).
- Diabetes Institute (Heritage College of Medicine)
- Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute (Heritage College of Medicine)
- The Institute to Advance Health Equity (ADVANCE) (College of Health Sciences and Professions)
- Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI) (Heritage College of Medicine)