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  • George Will speaking at a Chase Lecture
  • Robert P. George and Cornel West share the stage
  • Chase Big Ideas: One new minor. Ten new classes. All Spring Classes Eligible for our Minor in Civics, Law, and Leadership
  • From right to left are Trevor Brown, Dean of the John Glenn College of Public Affairs; Ravi Bellamkonda, Ohio State Provost; Lee J. Strang, Executive Director of the Chase Center; U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon; Erika Donalds, America First Policy Institute Chair of Education; and U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno

    • 'Democracy Renovation' Scholar Danielle Allen to speak at Chase Event Jan. 22

      ball.2034@osu.edu | December 9, 2025
      Danielle Allen, one of the nation’s leading scholars in democracy renovation, will be the featured speaker at a public event hosted Jan. 22 by the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society.Dr. Allen proposes a new social contract for the future of higher education in the United States, drawing on her work on democracy renovation with the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation ...
      Danielle Allen

    • George Will: High Schoolers Should Consider Ohio State and Chase Center

      ball.2034@osu.edu | December 1, 2025
      Washington Post columnist George Will is recommending that high school students thinking about college consider The Ohio State University and its Chase Center. In his Nov. 26 WaPo column, Mr. Will says we are one of eight schools across the nation that are "reviving universities’ civic seriousness, that is reinvigorating the humanities, inspiring students eager to grapple with big ques...

    • Chase Center hosts columnist George Will

      November 19, 2025
      Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will encouraged students who come to The Ohio State University to have their ideas challenged. Will, one of the most influential conservative commentators of the past 50 years, spoke about conservatism and the American political tradition to an audience of more than 250 people at the Blackwell Inn Nov. 13. His conversation, “A Front Seat at the Conserv...
      Governor Mike Dewine, Chase Center Executive Director Lee Strang, George Will, and Chris Green

    • Chase Center Announces Its First Minor

      ball.2034@osu.edu | November 10, 2025
      The Ohio State University has granted the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society its first minor, which will be available for students this spring.On Nov. 5, the university’s Council on Academic Affairs approved a minor in Civics, Law, and Leadership. “This minor in Civics, Law, and Leadership exemplifies the significant progress the Chase faculty and staff have made in a ve...

    • Robert P. George and Cornel West Share Stage at Chase Center Signature Event

      ball.2034@osu.edu | October 27, 2025
      Philosophical, political, and intellectual disagreements are part of the human condition. Approaching our differences with an open mind and willingness to embrace civil discourse allows us to build bridges rather than create ideologic chasms between people.That was a major takeaway at Thursday night’s premier annual Salmon P. Chase Center event, the Signature Debate on Civil Thought, with guest s...
      Robert P. George and Cornel West share the stage
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