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Meet Ohio State’s first vice provost for the arts
Art History Professor Lisa Florman is nurturing campus cooperation and spreading the good that arts do, especially for students.

Urban Arts Space celebrates inaugural community artist-in-residence Arris’ J. Cohen
The Ohio State University’s Urban Arts Space (UAS) has named Arris’ J. Cohen as the center’s inaugural community artist-in-residence. UAS marked the occasion with a Sept. 13…

Ohio State Energy Partners grants support innovation
Ohio State Energy Partners (OSEP), the university’s comprehensive energy management partnership, has announced 2023-24 grants for projects that advance access to STEM education for people with…

2023 Student Academic Success Research Grants awarded
The Student Academic Success Research (SASR) Grants program is pleased to announce its 2023 round of grantees. This year, the SASR Grants program was expanded to include creative arts…

Music alum Orlay Alonso shares how a liberal arts education shaped his career
When asked what advice he would give to current and future students, School of Music alumnus Orlay Alonso said, “There is no one single path. There are a million possibilities, but it all depends…

How 5 campus mentors approach sharing their wisdom
It was Zachry Bailey’s first theatre production as a stage manager at Ohio State, and he was ready to quit.
For a couple of years before, he’d wavered on pursuing theatre at all,…

Dance degrees focus on more than performance
A dance degree means learning how to be an entrepreneur, not just a dancer. That’s a core belief of Charles O. Anderson, chair of the Department of Dance at The Ohio State University.
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Ohio State launches hip-hop studies program
For Jason Rawls, a Columbus native, teaching at The Ohio State University is an honor. “It’s a huge deal. It means the world,” he said. “I grew up going to Ohio State games so to actually be…

Want to increase resiliency in kids? Teach creativity
Train elementary school students how to be creative and you can help increase their resilience in the face of real-life problems, new research suggests.
In a small study, researchers…