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Undergraduate astronomy student honored with Goldwater Scholarship
Mackenzie Scott, a third-year honors student majoring in astronomy and astrophysics and physics with a minor in history, was recognized by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships and Excellence in…

Noyes named director of Mershon Center
Dorothy Noyes, an Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor in the Department of English and professor of comparative studies, has been named director of the Mershon Center for International…

2021 Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award winners
Four arts and humanities faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected to receive a 2021 Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award:
Scott…
Spanish alumna’s new film inspired by worldly experiences at Ohio State
Kristen Bernardi Rader on a cliff in Barcelona. Photos courtesy Kristen Bernardi Rader
Spanish alumna Kristen Bernardi Rader’s dream of…

2022 Honoring Excellence recognizes service, achievement by distinguished alumni
Each spring, the College of Arts and Sciences' Honoring Excellence ceremony recognizes a distinguished few of our more than 220,000 living alumni whose accomplishments are tangible evidence of the…

Undergraduate student impresses with three majors, but dedicates herself to much more
When Emily Nothnagle set foot on Ohio State’s campus, she couldn’t have predicted the winding path she’d end up on.
Nothnagle isn’t just a triple-major in music, anthropology and…

Blending history and memoir, Lindsey's 'America, Goddam' examines violence against Black women
As Treva Lindsey developed her upcoming book, she felt its initial title was missing something.
Then one day, Nina Simone spoke to her.
Nina Simone performs her protest…

Creative writing MFA alum named NEA Fellow, reflects on book about Ukraine
It’s April 2014 — just a few weeks after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula — and Sonya Bilocerkowycz MFA ’17 is walking through a small cemetery in western Ukraine with her…

On cusp of retirement, Herman publishes novel with inspiration from former student
Department of English Professor Michelle Herman used to watch in amazement as internationally renowned magician Joshua Jay — then a student of hers —…