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Annual concerto competition continues despite COVID challenges
Miriam Burns runs the Ohio State Symphony Orchestra’s annual concerto competition, which awards its winners an opportunity for that coveted soloist spotlight. This year, she knew she couldn’t let the…
Q&A: German Club Co-President Dani Blumenfeld reflects on finding community in student orgs
German Club Co-President Dani Blumenfeld shares how she's adapted the club to meet the needs of students, how German Club has enhanced her college experience and why she originally decided to minor…
Christina Allen puts food security on the menu for Columbus residents
Christina Allen will launch Food Leads, a program to incorporate nutrition in Type 2 diabetes treatment, using funding from Ohio State's prestigious President's Prize. The work builds on years of…
2020 High Points
2020 was daunting and challenging, but the College of Arts and Sciences maintained its high level of excellence and innovation. We put together some of this year's high points that showcased how the…
A new way to detect subatomic particles from deep space
Steven Prohira is a neutrino hunter. The postdoctoral researcher at Ohio State's Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics is principal investigator on a new project, the NSF-funded Radar Echo…
With PhD in hand, postdoc scholar joins the band
“I’m 12 years older than some of them,” said Smiles, 30, who is now in his third different university marching band. “That kind of melts away when we’re really focused on learning our music or our…
FRIT offers new major: French and Francophone Studies
The Department of French and Italian has added another interdisciplinary major: French and Francophone Studies. The new major gives students interested in French and Francophone cultures more…
Learning with Miss Natalia teaches kids diversity and inclusion
Natalia Colón Alvarez discovered her love of working with kids this summer, and now she's using YouTube as a platform to teach young students about diversity.
Putting 'Education for Citizenship' into action this election
In the weeks leading up to an unprecedented election, Gretchen Ritter, executive dean and vice provost of the College of Arts and Sciences, has a message for the Arts and Sciences community.