Four STEAM members were included among the first cohort of the Provost's Midcareer Scholars: Scarlet and Gray Associate Professor Program. This program honors and recognizes tenure-track faculty who have recently been appointed to the rank of associate professor with tenure and have demonstrated significant accomplishments in their discipline(s). This program joins others, including the Provost's Early Career Scholars Program and Tenure-Track Fellow to Faculty Program, in advancing the Academic Plan and its goal of maintaining a premier faculty at Ohio State through all stages of the academic lifecycle.

The STEAM members among this cohort are:

• Mary Rodriguez, Associate Professor, Agricultural, Communications, Education and Leadership
• Steffen Lindert, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Kelley Purtell, Associate Professor, Human Sciences
• John Rehbeck, Associate Professor, Economics