May Day 2026. 12-1 pm, May 1. 15th and high. Title of the event is: “Hands off higher ed: for faculty power and workers Solidarity.” lineup with signs and slogans, wear red or Union, swag, joined the AAUP campus tour at 1 PM, all are welcome.

tell politicians, the board of trustees, and university admins that we demand: an affordable university that serves the public good, living wages for faculty and staff, belief in survivors of sexual violence, enthusiastic, supportive diversity, an Ohio State university that protects free speech, research and academic freedom

Our May Day action! Come out and join us - students, all campus workers, all community workers and groups. Please share widely.

Ohio State student, staff member arrested protesting pro-Israel event Ohio State has confirmed that the two people arrested protesting a pro-Israel event on Tuesday were a student and an administrative staff member. Dan Hedman, a university spokesperson, confirmed their...

www.thelantern.com/2026/04/ohio...

Protest organizers criticize Ohio State after university police arrest student and staff member Ohio State officials have not identified the student and staff member charged with criminal trespassing. Organizers dispute the university's claim that the Tuesday demonstration was disruptive.

www.wosu.org/politics-gov...

Ohio State student, staff member arrested protesting pro-Israel event Ohio State has confirmed that the two people arrested protesting a pro-Israel event on Tuesday were a student and an administrative staff member. Dan Hedman, a university spokesperson, confirmed their...

www.thelantern.com/2026/04/ohio...

Protest organizers criticize Ohio State after university police arrest student and staff member Ohio State officials have not identified the student and staff member charged with criminal trespassing. Organizers dispute the university's claim that the Tuesday demonstration was disruptive.

www.wosu.org/politics-gov...

The suppression of free speech at OSU continued with the arrest of a student and a staff member at a protest against an event featuring IDF soldiers. New president, same tactics.

See the two articles below featuring the voices of students and faculty.

WE are the way forward. And we want you to join us in paving that path to a better OSU.

We’re not only interested in listing the crises but taking them on and making this a place that’s worthy of its students, faculty, staff and all campus workers.

Of its alumni and all community members that value what we do here.

The article then describes a gathering of AAUP faculty discussing the multiple crises and next steps.

The ending of the article is significant, and not just because we are cited.

The last word in the article is given to the AAUP-OSU chapter leaders and our treasurer and board member Erynn Beaton, describing the violence by the Chase Center prof against a journalist as a “symptom” of systemic problems at Ohio State.

A Football School Striving to Be More Keeps Dropping the Ball

We’ve been tracking the multiple crises at Ohio State for years now. And now it’s becoming national news, as in this NYT article. ⬇️

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...

A Football School Striving to Be More Keeps Dropping the Ball

Many brutal parts of this story about the polycrisis at Ohio State University - “Presidential turnover. Les Wexner. Free speech. The State Legislature. The Chase Center. The board of trustees.” - but none as mean as the condescension of the headline. At least @osuaaup.bsky.social gets the last word.

"She was among the professors from Ohio State’s branch of the American Association of University Professors who gathered on a recent afternoon to discuss what issues troubled them most...." @osuaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org

"Presidential turnover. Les Wexner. Free speech. The State Legislature. The Chase Center. The board of trustees.
It was a long list."

We're working on it! @osuaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org

Congratulations and welcome!

Our board member Pranav Jani spoke to the Sun magazine in a wide ranging interview, including current attacks on faculty, academic freedom, and free speech.

The date of the March is Friday, April 3. The time is 3 PM. The location is the Thompson statue in front of the library.

Full-time salaries for most categories of faculty have remained about the same since 2002, adjusting for inflation, while admin pay soars.

Faculty have had enough. We’re fighting back nationwide.
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www.chronicle.com/article/amid...

Join the student-led march on campus Friday. Faculty: bring the umbrellas sent by the medical center to promote the new building and cross off W****. This is about taking a stand for all survivors at OSU, and demanding accountability.

Thanks.

AAUP-OSU March Chapter Meeting Join us for our upcoming Faculty Townhall, where we will discuss the state of affairs on campus.

Our March chapter meeting is a town hall! “Ohio State in Crisis: A Faculty Town Hall on What’s Next.” Friday 1-2:30, hybrid (RSVP for link; location TBA).

actionnetwork.org/events/aaup-...

Ohio State University selects Ravi Bellamkonda as new president with $1.4 million salary • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio State University selected a new president last week — days after former president Ted Carter resigned over an “inappropriate relationship.”

Ohio State University's new president will start with a $1.4M salary...yet faculty did not get a meaningful say in the hiring process.

“This hasty, undemocratic process starts this presidency on the wrong footing & sends the wrong message about our supposed shared values.”

@osuaaup.bsky.social

Ted Carter’s hypocrisy at December’s OSU commencement

“Be a truth speaker, a truth seeker and a truth receiver,” he continued and the entire arena cheered. Then the former Top Gun pilot almost sounded as if he knew what his fate would soon be. #ohio @osuaaup.bsky.social
freepress.org/article/ted-...

We deplore the racist and anti-immigrant comments about OSU’s new president, Dr. Ravi Bellamkonda, that have been appearing on social media in response to his appointment. We call on all Ohioans - and everyone else - to stand firm against hate and prejudice, regardless of what we think about the selection process. Racism, anti-Asian or otherwise, has no place in our state.

Nip this racism in the bud.

what else can we assume right? He will have to show us something different, or this assumption is valid

Similar thing happened in 2022, when Purdue U. board picked their new president with no search...

www.chronicle.com/article/conf...

The amount of blatant profiteering and disregard for norms in higher education at public institutions is baffling. At the same time, maybe a speedrun record for no confidence vote to send a message?

Really cannot think of a better argument for the importance of becoming a dues-paying member of @aaup.org than the last week at Ohio State - our only hope to have faculty, staff, and student voices heard is if we organize

At all hours of the day, even as we continue with our other campaigns. All on top of our daily work of teaching and researching and making this university what it is.

Join us as we continue to push forward, and act on our shared values.

Please see our statements and comments this week in other posts.

A lot has been going on since Ted Carter resigned in disgrace on Monday. We’re grateful to have a robust team of dozens of faculty leaders who have volunteered their time and energy to respond in this moment of crisis….