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Petry's class dancing through Zoom

Dancing digitally: Instructors and students connect across screens

The Department of Dance has grappled with how to answer the question, “How does one dance in a virtual setting?” Luckily, they also have instructional technologist Chris Summers, whose background in…

Lord Denney's Players produced 'Much Ado About Nothing' via Zoom

Lord Denney's Players adapt play into 'Much A-Zoom About Nothing'

Rather than putting on a live play, Lord Denney's Players shifted to a pre-recorded production that was assembled largely on Zoom. The actors, all abiding by social distancing guidelines, spoke their…

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Jordan Davis and the Buckeyes behind Can't Stop Columbus

Alumna Jordan Davis wanted to do more to help Columbus respond to the coronavirus, and a group of Buckeyes from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Fisher College of Business helped make her…

Christopher Otter

Otter named 2020 Guggenheim Fellow

Associate professor of history Christopher Otter was awarded a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship. English alumna Aimee Nezhukumatathil, who is currently a professor at the University of Mississippi, also…

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Social distancing book recommendations

In a new era of isolation and social distancing brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we turn to a medium most comforting: books. As such, faculty and friends of the Department of English have shared…

Laura Seeger in Sedona

Laura Seeger keeps calm and carries on

As the Department of History transitioned courses online, Laura Seeger's leadership shepherded the department to success.

Alex McCarthy

Geography alum coordinating local county's emergency response to COVID-19

Geography alumnus Alex McCarthy serves as the director of the Tuscarawas County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, and he's helping guide his community through the COVID-19 crisis.

Goldwater scholarship recipients

Three arts and sciences students receive 2020 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships

Arts and Sciences juniors Emily Osborne, Eitan Rothberg and Sarthak Shah have received the most prestigious national award for undergraduate researchers in science, math and engineering.

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Astronomy postdoc and alumnus receive NASA Hubble Fellowships

Visiting Scholar David Martin and PhD graduate Tom Holoien join the 2020 NASA Hubble Fellowship Program, which enables outstanding postdoctoral scientists to pursue independent research across NASA.