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Funding furthers research on connection between music, health
Hannah Bachman, a fourth-year student pursuing a dual degree in music theory and neuroscience, and Daniel Shanahan, assistant professor of music theory, discuss their work surrounding…

Meet the Asian American star of Legally Blonde, the Musical
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She’s not blonde, and she’s not a Gemini vegetarian. But third-year student Cindy Tran Nguyen is owning the role of Elle Woods, the California sorority…

Q&A with music alum and Cuban-American pianist Orlay Alonso
Ohio State alumnus Orlay Alonso (DMA, 2015) is a musician in every sense of the word. As a faculty member at Capital University’s Conservatory of Music, a co-host for WOSU Radio’s Musica Cubana,…

A monster story for modern times
A 500-year-old Austrian count has taken up residence at the Roy Bowen Theatre, and he's on the hunt for human flesh.
Fourth-year theatre major Dakota Drown stars in the production …

The Ohio Field School: Student research on-site in Scioto County
Folklore isn’t all old wives tales and urban legends — it’s about documenting cultures and communities here and now. That’s why the Center for Folklore Studies (CFS) at Ohio State has been…

School of Music student places third in national flute competition
It was the first day of band, and Daniel Gallagher was a fourth-grader testing different instruments.
He tried percussion, but wasn’t feeling it. He picked up a trumpet, but it…
Janet Parrott named director of ACCAD
Janet Parrott, associate professor and chair of the Department of Theatre, was recently appointed director of the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD), effective Aug. 30, 2018…

History, innovation entwine at renovated Pomerene Hall
The arts and sciences are converging at the newly renovated Pomerene Hall on Neil Avenue, which now houses the Department of History of Art and the undergraduate data analytics major, as well as…

Humanity and the Humanities: A Day with Frederick Luis Aldama
Reflection by Breanne LeJeune of the Department of English, 2017
It’s 11 o’clock on an unseasonably hot September morning, and long lines of elementary school students walk single-file…