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Dancing digitally: Instructors and students connect across screens
Professor Susan Van Pelt Petry’s contemporary dance class used to meet three days a week in a large studio in Sullivant Hall for technical training, conditioning, learning sequences and performing…
Lord Denney's Players adapt play into 'Much A-Zoom About Nothing'
The show must go on.
It’s as true on Broadway as it is for Lord Denney’s Players (LDP), a theater troupe housed in the Department of English.
LDP was all set to raise the curtain…
Otter named 2020 Guggenheim Fellow
Christopher Otter, an associate professor in the Department of History, has received a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship.
“I am honestly very humbled to receive this award!” said Otter via email…
Social distancing book recommendations
Looking for a new book or wanting to rediscover old favorites as you heed social distancing guidelines from home? Faculty and friends of the Department of English have you covered with some of…
From math to Cheez Whiz: MFA student puts her one-of-a-kind spin on art
Art has been the heart of Kristen Phipps’ story since day one. As a kindergarten student, she liked drawing activities more than her classmates did…
Industry artists teach AAAS courses on hip-hop and film
A group of curious students surrounds Jason Rawls, who cracks a smile as one of them approaches an impressive DJ turntable setup.
“You don’t have to push it,” he tells her before…
Liberal arts and entrepreneurship entwine in alumna's leather goods store
When it comes to running her recently launched collection of handmade leather accessories, Jessica Alcalde ’09 draws upon her education in more ways than one.
Sure, someone with a bachelor…
Alumnus shares unifying music through 'Dreams of Hope'
When Henry Panion III, MA '83, PhD '89, was first commissioned to compose a new musical work and put on a concert featuring violins restored from Holocaust concentration camps — known as the…
Celebrating the beginning of the Lunar New Year
The Ohio State community celebrated the Lunar New Year with traditional East Asian dances, cuisine, music and more. The event was put together by the Center for Languages, Literatures and…