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Four Arts and Sciences faculty named to leadership roles
Arts and Sciences faculty were selected to college leadership roles: Susan Olesik, Dean for Natural and Mathematical Sciences; Christopher Jaroniec, Associate Dean for Research and Creative Inquiry;…
What history can teach us about pandemics
Nicholas Breyfogle, associate professor in the Department of History, is leading a project to create publicly-available materials and events that place the current coronavirus pandemic in historical…
Office of Research awards COVID-19 funding to Arts and Sciences studies
A new university funding program under the Office of Research that aims to rapidly address critical health and community problems related to COVID-19 has awarded funding to nine total research…
Lord Denney's Players adapt play into 'Much A-Zoom About Nothing'
Rather than putting on a live play, Lord Denney's Players shifted to a pre-recorded production that was assembled largely on Zoom. The actors, all abiding by social distancing guidelines, spoke their…
Jordan Davis and the Buckeyes behind Can't Stop Columbus
Alumna Jordan Davis wanted to do more to help Columbus respond to the coronavirus, and a group of Buckeyes from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Fisher College of Business helped make her…
Otter named 2020 Guggenheim Fellow
Associate professor of history Christopher Otter was awarded a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship. English alumna Aimee Nezhukumatathil, who is currently a professor at the University of Mississippi, also…
Social distancing book recommendations
In a new era of isolation and social distancing brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we turn to a medium most comforting: books. As such, faculty and friends of the Department of English have shared…
Laura Seeger keeps calm and carries on
As the Department of History transitioned courses online, Laura Seeger's leadership shepherded the department to success.
Berkowitz raises profile of interpreters at coronavirus briefings
Marla Berkowitz, a senior lecturer in Ohio State's American Sign Language Program and the only certified deaf interpreter in Ohio, is tasked with interpreting Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's daily…