<P> The university now provides education to about 59,091 students in eight campuses throughout Ohio and is governed by President Michael V. Drake . According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, he will receive a base salary of over $1 million, the highest of any public university president in the United States . </P> <P> In an attack against the campus on November 28, 2016, a fluorine leak was called in for a laboratory building, and as firetrucks began to depart, Abdul Razak Ali Artan drove into the crowd, then emerged and began stabbing those nearby . The attack was stopped in under two minutes by OSU Police Officer Alan Horujko, who witnessed the attack after responding to the reported gas leak, and who shot and killed Artan . The university's Buckeye Alert system was triggered and the campus was placed on lockdown . Ten were transported to local hospitals and one suspect was killed according to multiple sources . Local law enforcement and the FBI launched an investigation . According to authorities, Artan was inspired by terrorist propaganda from the Islamic State and radical Muslim cleric Anwar al - Awlaki . </P>

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