College News

Araba Otoo, a third-year student at The Ohio State University College of Optometry, is the recipient of the inaugural Rising Visionary Award from Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety organization. The Rising Visionary Award recognizes an optometry student or...

In recognition of her career-long commitment to eye health, mentorship, and advancing the optometric profession, The Ohio State University College of Optometry Alumni Society has named Carol Alexander (OD’87) as the recipient of its 2020 Distinguished Alumna Award. Dr. Alexander received her Doctor...

Now more than ever, avoiding touching your face and diligent hand washing are of vital importance, regardless of whether or not you are a contact lens wearer. However, you don’t need to ditch your contact lenses for glasses as suggested by recent news reports on COVID-19 prevention measures...

A message to our students from Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Michael J. Earley, OD, PhD Because of the significant alteration in the teaching methods and subsequent inability to work with each student in our traditional one on one patient care setting, the grading for all spring semester...

A message from Alicia L. Bertone, DVM, PhD, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School Dear Colleagues: Due to these unprecedented times, the Graduate School will now provide its services electronically. Our officewill close to in-person traffic today, March 18, 2020, and will...

A message from Michael V. Drake, MD, President, The Ohio State University Dear Ohio State Community: Following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation that no large events be scheduled over the next eight weeks, we have postponed our spring commencement. Our preference is to...

The health and safety of our employees, their families, and those we interact with daily is a priority. Effective immediately, please utilize phone/email/fax or drop box (for campus, located in the 3rd floor elevator lobby at 1590 N. High Street) to communicate, provide paperwork, etc., in lieu of...

A message from Michael V. Drake, MD, President, The Ohio State University Dear Ohio State Community: I write to share important new information about requirements that employees work from home and building closures, including recreational sports indoor facilities and university libraries. The...

From optometry.org: NBEO has just received notification from Pearson VUE that they have made the difficult decision to close all US and Canada based testing centers effective immediately for at least 30 days. NBEO will work closely with Pearson VUE as additional information is available. We do...