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Funding furthers research on connection between music, health
Hannah Bachman, a fourth-year student pursuing a dual degree in music theory and neuroscience, and Daniel Shanahan, assistant professor of music theory, discuss their work surrounding…

Meet the Asian American star of Legally Blonde, the Musical
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She’s not blonde, and she’s not a Gemini vegetarian. But third-year student Cindy Tran Nguyen is owning the role of Elle Woods, the California sorority…

Q&A with music alum and Cuban-American pianist Orlay Alonso
Ohio State alumnus Orlay Alonso (DMA, 2015) is a musician in every sense of the word. As a faculty member at Capital University’s Conservatory of Music, a co-host for WOSU Radio’s Musica Cubana,…

A monster story for modern times
A 500-year-old Austrian count has taken up residence at the Roy Bowen Theatre, and he's on the hunt for human flesh.
Fourth-year theatre major Dakota Drown stars in the production …

The Ohio Field School: Student research on-site in Scioto County
Folklore isn’t all old wives tales and urban legends — it’s about documenting cultures and communities here and now. That’s why the Center for Folklore Studies (CFS) at Ohio State has been…

School of Music student places third in national flute competition
It was the first day of band, and Daniel Gallagher was a fourth-grader testing different instruments.
He tried percussion, but wasn’t feeling it. He picked up a trumpet, but it…

History, innovation entwine at renovated Pomerene Hall
The arts and sciences are converging at the newly renovated Pomerene Hall on Neil Avenue, which now houses the Department of History of Art and the undergraduate data analytics major, as well as…

Band alumnus with aphasia marches in TBDBITL reunion
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Rob Gast (right) stands with his fiancé, Matt Hall, at Ohio Stadium.
It was a brisk…

Former art chair Harvey named head of Applied Arts at Royal College of Art
Rebecca Harvey, former professor and chair of the Department of Art, was recently named head of Applied Arts at the Royal College of Art in London, which is considered by the QS World…