Pandemic impact on Buckeye sports: $127M
The COVID-19 pandemic took a big bite out of the revenues of the OSU Department of Athletics, according to the latest annual financial report filed with the NCAA.
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OSU loosens COVID restrictions
Seating capacities at on-campus dining facilities would return to the levels set during autumn semester and concessions at athletics events would resume.
“Light at the end of the tunnel”
Ohio’s top health official delivered some encouraging news about the surge in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant.
State updates COVID guidelines for schools
State health officials have updated their guidance for schools on quarantine and isolation in the face of the fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19.
Initial unemployment claims drop in Ohio
The number of Ohioans filing claims for unemployment benefits rose for the fifth straight week, despite a drop in those filing first-time claims, indicating the pace of layoffs may be slowing even as the fast-spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus continued to disrupt the job market nationwide.
OSU researchers: Gross-out meter spiked during pandemic
Psychology researchers at Ohio State found that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, concern about getting sick with a coronavirus infection was associated with an increase in “disgust sensitivity.”
Testing backlog temporarily inflates COVID data
Ohio’s reported cases of COVID-19 are artificially high due to a lag in processing test results, a result of the surge in new cases caused by the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus.
Omicron surge: understaffed schools, test kit shortage, job losses
Nine Columbus City Schools switched to remote learning Thursday because of staffing shortages as the state’s largest district battles with a surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the omicron variant of the coronavirus and calls from its teachers to hit the pause button on in-person learning.
Buckeyes open ’22 season with 5-game home stand
The Buckeyes will open their 2022 football season with five consecutive home games under a revised scheduled announced Wednesday by the Big Ten.
Ohio slammed by delta, omicron
As Ohio experiences record-setting hospitalizations amid the spread of the delta and omicron variants of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, schools, hospitals, even Broadway classics, are trying to adjust to the demands of the new surge.