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Spotlight on Ohio Research & Innovation News

Recently announced, The Ohio State University joins a first-of-its-kind consortium of 15 leading research institutions that will work with OpenAI pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to accelerate research breakthroughs and transform education. The consortium launches with $50 million in funding from OpenAI for research grants, compute funding and application programming interface access to support students, educators and researchers who wish to advance the “frontiers of knowledge.”

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jim Tressel, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik recently announced the creation of the Youngstown Innovation Hub for Aerospace and Defense that will bring together government, academia, and private sector industry partners to transform the region into the global epicenter for additive manufacturing. 

Ohio State University cardiologist Dr. Blair Suter is one of many physicians testing new virtual reality technologies to enhance medical education and care.  A new software solution -- syGlass -- in clinical care shifts the virtual reality interaction from generic scenarios to those that may benefit real patients.

OIEx by the Numbers

Ohio's universities house a wealth of specialized knowledge and research equipment waiting to be tapped by businesses and industry

More than

12,000

academic experts from across Ohio

10

of Ohio's top research universities

More than

31,000

searchable patents from hundreds of fields of research

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2,350

research support resources

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500,000

publications, a proxy to expertise