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"Dream of Hope" concert in the 16th Street Baptist Church

Alumnus shares unifying music through 'Dreams of Hope'

When Henry Panion III was commissioned to put on a concert featuring violins restored from Holocaust concentration camps — known as the Violins of Hope — in Birmingham, Alabama, he…

Abraham Badu-Tawiah and Steffen Lindert

Chemistry's Badu-Tawiah and Lindert named 2020 Sloan Research Fellows

Abraham Badu-Tawiah and Steffen Lindert, assistant professors in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, have are recipients of 2020 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships.

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.

From left: Sterling Wesley as Ira Aldridge, Ashley Bice as Margaret Aldridge,  and Betsy Huggins as Ellen Tree in The Ohio State University Department of Theatre’s production of Red Velvet. Photo by J. Briggs Cormier

'Red Velvet' details first black actor to play Othello

The Department of Theatre presents "Red Velvet," a play chronicling the career of Ira Aldridge, the first black actor to portray Shakespeare's Othello. The production, guest directed by actor,…

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2019 Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award Winners

Five Arts and Humanities faculty members have been recognized due to their creative teaching and extraordinary records of engaging, motivating and inspiring students.

Gretchen Ritter

Dean Ritter encourages civic engagement through research and education

Gretchen Ritter, executive dean and vice provost of the College of Arts and Sciences, discusses the advantages of an arts and sciences education and her research on women's citizenship and democracy…

Metcalf and Brunner-Sung

Brunner-Sung's film "Character" premieres at Sundance

Vera Brunner-Sung, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre, directed and produced the short film "Character," sharing the story of Mark Meltcalf and reflecting on his career. The film will…

An artist's impression of the powerful, super-luminous supernova ASASSN-15lh, discovered by ASAS-SN in 2015, as it would appear from an exoplanet located about 10,000 light years away in the host galaxy of the supernova. (credit: Beijing Planetarium/Jin M

Kochanek and Stanek receive Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize

Professors of Astronomy Christopher Kochanek and Krzysztof Stanek have jointly received the American Astronomical Association's 2020 Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize, awarded for their innovative…

An excerpt from John Backderf's "Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio."

Journalism alum to release graphic novel as 50th anniversary of Kent State shooting nears

Journalism alumnus John "Derf" Backderf once penned controversial and biting political cartoons for "The Lantern." Soon, he'll release his fourth graphic novel, "Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio," which…