The Ohio State campus is a marketplace of ideas

Those ideas that are embraced have influence on individual lives and in society well beyond the campus. There is not a more significant space that represents a public square of ideas in our region of the country than The Ohio State University. The Thompson Institute seeks to engage with these popular and important ideas on campus.

 
 
 
 

It’s a part of life we rarely talk about.

Is there more to life than what I’ve been living? Is there a spiritual reality that transcends our physical universe? Is there truth beyond my current understanding? 

Listen as we interview your Ohio State professors and other scholars in the campus community about their spiritual experiences and beliefs. Contemplate your own spiritual journey while you make the walk across campus.

 
 
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He's kind of a big deal

There is hardly a more recognizable name at The Ohio State University main campus than William Oxley Thompson. The main library bears his name, while his likeness towers over the Oval. But there's a big part of this famous president's life you may not have known...

 
 
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