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Holi color toss outside the Bharatiya Hindu Temple in Powell, Ohio. Credit: Lauren Pond

Eight-year study on the sound of religion culminates in interactive auditory exhibit at Urban Arts Space

 

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Timiket celebration in Columbus. Photo courtesy Lauren Pond…

Joni Boyd Acuff

Acuff appointed chair of Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy

Joni Boyd Acuff, professor in the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy (AAEP), has been named the department’s chair for a four-year term, effective July 1, 2022, pending…

Barry Shank

Shank appointed director of Humanities Centers Consortium

Barry Shank, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor and undergraduate studies chair in the Department of Comparative Studies, has been appointed director of the Humanities Centers Consortium (…

Charles O. Anderson

Charles O. Anderson joins Department of Dance as new chair

For Charles O. Anderson, dance wasn’t always a lifelong passion.

As the first of his family to attend college, everyone was rooting for him to find a fulfilling career path. He…

A jeering crowd follows three Black youths in 1963 (Getty Images)

Ohio State, Getty Images partner to uncover untold stories and pictures of Black history

The Ohio State University has collaborated with Getty Images, a global visual content creator and marketplace, to launch Picturing Black History, a joint initiative to recontextualize and surface…

Michael Ibrahim headshot

Michael Ibrahim joins School of Music as new director

Food. Water. Air. Music.

For Michael Ibrahim, those are the necessities of life.

“For me not to have music would feel like an unimaginable loss,” Ibrahim said. “There is something…

A young blond girl looking through the window at a bakery

Spanish alumna’s new film inspired by worldly experiences at Ohio State

Kristen Bernardi Rader on a cliff in Barcelona. Photos courtesy Kristen Bernardi Rader

Spanish alumna…

Treva Lindsey

Blending history and memoir, Lindsey's 'America, Goddam' examines violence against Black women

As Treva Lindsey developed her upcoming book, she felt its initial title was missing something.

Then one day, Nina Simone spoke to her.

Nina Simone performs her protest…

Live from the Multiverse Album Cover

Sonic Arts Ensemble records album from across the globe


A screenshot from a Sonic Arts Ensemble recording session where visual effects are incorporated live as the…