On March 7, 2026, The Ohio State University President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. resigned after he disclosed an inappropriate relationship with someone seeking public resources to support her personal business. Following Carter’s resignation, Ohio State’s Board of Trustees requested an investigation, which the Office of University Compliance and Integrity and the Department of Internal Audit began immediately at the direction of the General Counsel. The university released the report in full along with all underlying records on April 21, 2026.
Carter Investigation
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Public Records
Sorted by custodian
- Agrawal
- Bechtold
- Bellamkonda
- Blackburn
- Bretherton (Rastauskas)
- Brown
- Calhoun
- Camoriano
- Carter
- Calendar (.zip file download)
- Travel
- Regarding podcast
- Vlachos
- Cullen
- Cunningham
- Eicher
- Eveland
- Garrett
- Greco
- Hall
- Holbert
- Johnson
- Jones
- Kabourek
- Lambert
- Lee
- Lemon
- Lowden
- McDonald
- Mohler
- Nestor
- Newlin-Lukowicz
- Padgett
- Price
- Rokicki
- Rubin
- Singer
- Sullivan
- Taylor-Goldsmith
- Toft
- Vlachos
- Zadnik
- Zeiger
Other messages
Sorted alphabetically
Stark State
SVA
VetMentorAI
- Funding meetings
- Callout podcast - announcement of app (.zip file download)
Within these records, there have been redactions to the following information under Ohio’s public records laws:
- Personal contact information and non-record information pursuant to State ex rel. Dispatch Printing Co. v. Johnson, 106 Ohio St.3d 160, 2005-Ohio-4384; and Ohio Revised Code 149.011(G).
- Zoom and/or Teams meeting dial-in information pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 1306.23.
- Personally identifiable student information pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 149.43(A)(1)(v) and the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99.
- Information and/or documents that are not public records pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 187.04(C)(1).
- Confidential trade secret information pursuant to the Ohio Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Ohio Revised Code 1333.61; see also Ohio Revised Code 149.43(A)(1)(v); State ex rel. Besser v. Ohio State Univ., 87 Ohio St.3d 535, 721 N.E.2d 1044 (2000); and State ex rel. Besser v. Ohio State Univ., 89 Ohio St.3d 396, 732 N.E.2d 373 (2000).
* Some documents associated with this investigation are currently posted in PDF format and may not yet be fully accessible to individuals using assistive technology. We are actively working to remediate these files to ensure accessibility. If you need this information in an alternative format or require assistance accessing the content, please contact Compliance-Integrity@osu.edu and we will provide access as promptly as possible.