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Ohio State to Host ‘The War to End All Wars: U.S. National World War I Centennial Symposium, 1916-2016’
The Department of History, in partnership with the U.S. World War One Centennial Commission, will host a symposium marking the 100th anniversary of the war. “The War to End All Wars: U.S. National…
China Global May 2016 Education Abroad Program
Mark Bender, professor in Chinese and chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, took seven students to southwest China for the China Global May 2016 Education Abroad Program.
Arts and Sciences Launches New Environmental Humanities Program
A new Environmental Humanities Program, funded by an Arts and Humanities Divisional Grant and Ohio State's Humanities and the Arts Discovery Theme, seeks to position Ohio State as the leader in…
High School Students Discover the Humanities and Science
Thirty-eight high school students from around the country came to Ohio State to learn about where creativity comes from; why Austen’s Emma is better than The Hunger Games; and what brain mechanisms…
American Religious Sounds Project awarded $200,000 grant from Henry Luce Foundation
The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a two-year, $200,000 grant to The Ohio State University Foundation for support of the American Religious Sounds Project, a collaborative multidisciplinary…
Gift to Center for Folklore Studies Funds Ohio Field Schools
The Center for Folklore Studies has received a $100,000 grant from the Columbus Foundation to support two Ohio Field Schools. This credit-bearing, four-to six-week opportunity will take place in May…
The Best of the Best: ASC’s 2016 Distinguished University Professors
At their June 3 meeting, university trustees granted Distinguished University Professorships to Peter Culicover, Humanities Distinguished Professor of Linguistics, and Tina Henkin, the Robert W. and…
School Teachers to Explore ‘Silk Road’
Scott Levi and a group of 25 middle school and high school teachers – from all over the U.S. – are exploring Central Asia’s Silk Road this summer via a three-week institute.
Margaret Newell Book Wins James A. Rawley Prize
Margaret Ellen Newell, professor and vice chair, Department of History, has received the 2016 James A. Rawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians (OAH).