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2022’s Top Stories in the Arts and Sciences
As we turn our calendars to 2023, we take a step back to evaluate the incredible College of Arts and Sciences stories we told in 2022. We are proud to present some of our top stories of the last…

Playwright Kennedy sees Broadway debut with "Ohio State Murders"
“I was asked to talk about the violent imagery in my work: bloodied heads, severed limbs, dead father, dead Nazis, dying Jesus. The chairman said, we do want to hear about your brief years here at…

Timashev Family Music Building is for ‘everyone’
Michael Ibrahim, the newly appointed director of The Ohio State University School of Music, knew the university was special when he agreed to take the job last spring.
“When I took the…

Arts and Sciences community motivated to ride in Pelotonia
Jeremie Smith and Maggie Wetzel with their children, Isaac, Rowan and Luke.Pelotonia means a lot to Arts and Sciences staff members Jeremie Smith and…

Heller appointed chair of Department of French and Italian
Sarah-Grace Heller, associate professor in the Department of French and Italian, has been appointed chair of the department for a four-year term, effective July 1, 2022. A FRIT faculty member…

Whittington named chair of Department of History of Art
Karl Whittington, associate professor in the Department of History of Art, has been promoted from interim chair to chair of the department for a four-year term, effective July 1.…

Münch brings worldly experience and ideas to new role as chair of the Department of Design
Fabienne Münch’s career can be defined by one word: redesign.
From a small design studio to an international home and office furnishing company to higher education, Münch has altered…

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
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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…