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Campus legends, horrors and lore
Human knowledge is rooted in storytelling. Early humans developed the cognitive machinery necessary to make sense of their lives through narrative, and then they began to write these stories down…

Get scared with these Halloween movie picks
Draw the curtains. Dim the lights. Secure the popcorn. And get ready to be scared.
We checked in with some Arts and Sciences experts to hand-pick some choice horror movies for your…

Hello, piccolos! More than 70 piccolos to join TBDBITL on Saturday
When the opportunity arose, professor in the School of Music Katherine Borst Jones didn’t need time to think. How could she say no to this?
After all, it’s not every day piccolos get…

ESPN's Kevin Blackistone headlines Sports and Society Initiative event on athletic compliance
Athletic compliance is a term often heard when a university is caught in an athletics violation or scandal, but what does it mean?
Generally, athletic compliance is a university’s…

Elena Foulis on heritage language learning
Elena Foulis, coordinator for service-learning and heritage language senior lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, in partnership with Stacey Alex, the Center for Latin…

National Hispanic Heritage Month Playlist
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we turned to a few Ohio State experts in all things music and culture to handpick some significant songs and compositions by Latinx artists and…

College of Arts and Sciences to offer Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Certificate
Starting autumn 2019, The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences will offer a certificate in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This 12-credit hour certificate is open to degree-…

Modern Head sculpture dedicated, new Lichtenstein chairs installed
Earlier this month, Ohio State President Michael V. Drake led a celebratory dedication of the Modern Head sculpture following a formal…

NSF awards $27M to instrumentation projects led by Arts and Sciences faculty
More than $27 million from the National Science Foundation will fund two new facilities at Ohio State led by faculty in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Department of…