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Email will be the primary form of communication for the latest COVID-19 updates pertinent to College of Optometry students, faculty and staff. Please check your email accounts often. Messages will address academic, clinic, research and human resources concerns. In an email this morning (March 13)...

The Ohio State University College of Optometry Event Cancellation and Postponement List All SocialEyes events are postponed. Students will receive email updates from their SocialEyes faculty leaders. Friday, March 13: BVPeds Forum is postponed until Summer 2020. Those who signed up for the forum...

The message below from Dean Karla Zadnik about COVID-19 was emailed to Ohio State Optometry students, faculty and staff today. All— I trust that you have had a chance to review the email that was sent last night from President Drake about the university’s response to the COVID-19 global outbreak. I...

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science Monthly Startup Inventor Showcase will feature Melissa Bailey, OD, PhD, on Monday, Mar. 16 at 7:30 a.m. in the James L035 conference room. Dr. Bailey is the co-founder of two startups – Sight4All and LenTechs. Sight4All is based on The Eye Scan App...

Dean Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD, and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education Jeffrey Walline, OD, MS, PhD, of The Ohio State University College of Optometry, were among the prestigious group of specialty lens leaders recognized in January by the Contact Lens Manufacturers Association (CLMA)...

Kelly Morgan OD, MS, has been selected as this year's recipient of the AJ Fortuna Scholarship. The Dr. Allen James Fortuna Memorial Scholarship was established to support students at The Ohio State University College of Optometry who are studying pediatric optometry. Dr. Morgan is a graduate of the...

Maureen Plaumann, OD, a student in the vision science graduate program at The Ohio State University College of Optometry, has been named this year's recipient of the Arene T. Wray Fellowship. The Arene T. Wray Fellowship was created to promote optometric research and as such, is specifically...

Kelsy Steele OD, MS, a student in the vision science graduate program at The Ohio State University College of Optometry, has been named as this year's recipient of the Barr Stiegemeier Award for the Advancement of Cornea and Contact Lens Education in the College of Optometry. This award was...

Ohio State is the only academic institution in the country to have four colleges receive the 2019 Health Professions HEED award Four health sciences graduate programs at The Ohio State University have received an award distinguishing colleges and universities for their diversity and inclusion...

The American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) announced the recipients of the 2019 AAOF Student Giving Matching Travel Grants. Ohio State Optometry students Emma Thompson, Derek Heimlich, Erin Filbrandt, Lindsey Hutchinson, Lindsay Page and Paige Scott are among the recipients. The funding...