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Department of English launches reader experience lab
Christa Teston, an associate professor of English at The Ohio State University, runs the department’s reader experience, or RX, lab. A spinoff of UX labs, which study user experience for products…
Ohio State launches accelerated online language courses for new learners
Ohio State has launched five self-paced beginner language courses in Catalan; Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian; Persian; Polish; and Romanian, aimed at businesspeople, journalists, doctors and other…
Ohio State experts explore role of arts, sciences in promoting economic opportunity
The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences (ACS) brought together students, faculty and alumni to present research spanning a variety of disciplines aimed at better supporting…
Black Girlhood Studies: Ashley Smith-Purviance shines a light on young Black women’s experiences in the world
Assistant Professor Ashley Smith-Purviance, who joined the faculty in the Department of African American and African Studies at Ohio State in August of 2022, specializes in Black Girlhood Studies…
Ohio State, state of Ohio launch $20 million ‘SOAR’ Study
Led by clinicians and researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine, in collaboration with several Ohio universities, the SOAR Study will investigate…
2023’s Top Stories in the Arts and Sciences
A lot happened in the College of Arts and Sciences in 2023. We wanted to take a look back at some of our top stories from the past 12 months, and we look forward to sharing another year of…
Ohio State students travel to Dubai for climate conference
In early December, delegations from around the world gathered in Dubai for the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28). Among the 70,000 attendees were 10 undergraduate students, two…
Role of AI in literature is topic of Ohio State lecture by Pulitzer Prize finalist
If artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve and becomes capable of producing first-rate literature, will the technology eventually replace human writers? Author, journalist and professor…
‘It’s almost been an escape for me’
When third-year journalism major Tyler Danburg puts on a headset, his focus is on the sporting event in front of him — the one he’s broadcasting.
Whether it be play-by-…