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2020 High Points
Though 2020 was challenging, there was no shortage of triumph in the College of Arts and Sciences community. We are proud to curate some of this year’s high points, and whatever 2021 brings, we…

Theatre and film unite in renamed Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts
By boldly integrating creative disciplines, the Department of Theatre in the College of Arts and Sciences will change its name to the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts.
The…

FRIT offers new major: French and Francophone Studies
Hagerty Hall, home to the Department of French and Italian.
The Department of French and Italian has added another interdisciplinary major to its…

Hybrid Arts Lab exhibits explore racial injustice, diversity
Black Lives Matter protesters gather outside the Ohio Statehouse in downtown Columbus. Photo credit Joshua Edmonds.
Every day for three weeks…

Ahead of free conversation, Coyote Peterson reflects on time at Ohio State
Like any true Buckeye, Coyote Peterson stares down wolverines.
Since he started his Brave Wilderness channel back in 2013, Nathaniel “Coyote”…

Myers' analytical, meticulous mind drives her joy of math and ballet
As a senior in high school outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Tori Myers had no idea what she wanted to study in college. She knew she always enjoyed…

Pass/non-pass option in Arts and Sciences
Gretchen Ritter, executive dean and vice provost, and David Horn, associate executive dean for undergraduate education, sent the following message to Arts and Sciences undergraduate students on…

From Don Vito to Tony Soprano, Mafia Movies deconstructs organized crime in film and TV
Students in Renga's course are asked to examine representations of gender in films like "The Godfather," one of the most famous mafia movies in…

Music education student starts project to keep beat going during pandemic
Daniel Zipin playing flute with the Ohio State Symphony Orchestra.
Late in elementary school is one of the most important times in children’…