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College of Arts and Sciences faculty and staff receive 2024 University Outreach and Engagement Awards
Ohio State's University Outreach and Engagement Awards honor faculty, staff, students and community partners for outstanding achievement in producing engaged scholarship and community impact.…

Arts and Sciences faculty receive university awards
Eight faculty members and lecturers in the College of Arts and Sciences have received teaching and service awards from The Ohio State University. They were surprised with the recognitions during…

Q&A faculty spotlight: Ana Del Sarto
Ana Del Sarto is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Professor Del Sarto's areas of specialization include Latin American cultural studies, literary, cultural and…

All About the Upcoming Total Eclipse
On April 8, a total solar eclipse will be crossing the United States, and Ohio has a front row seat to the celestial show. In this episode, we talk with two experts about the upcoming eclipse and…

Eclipse folk tales show different relationships between people and the sun
Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth remembers exactly where he was during the 2017 solar eclipse: on a pontoon boat on the Tennessee River.
“At the moment of totality, there were several other pontoon…

These students are making Columbus a warmer place
New American kids and teens are getting one-on-one help and mentoring from members of Community Connectors at Ohio State, including Rahma Anjum, a senior from the Toledo area double majoring…

What does Shakespeare mean around the world?
Amrita Dhar first encountered the works of William Shakespeare in India, where she was born and raised. From the beginning, she felt an ownership over the works of Shakespeare. Reading his plays…

To survive, colleges must evolve into ‘knowledge enterprises’ that serve communities
Founded in 1818, Franklin College in New Athens, Ohio, was one of the first colleges in the state. Sadly, it closed just over a century later, in 1919. Why? A failure to adapt, said David J.…

Announcing the 2024 Arts and Sciences Alumni Award honorees
Buckeyes Give: Top impact stories from 2023-24
Each spring, the College of Arts and Sciences’ Alumni Awards ceremony recognizes a distinguished few of our more than 215,000 living alumni…