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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…

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 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…

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 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…