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Student Spearheads Recognition of POW/MIA Soldiers in Ohio Stadium
Brianne Szymanski, a fourth-year student majoring in history, came up with an idea to dedicate a POW-MIA chair in the Ohio Stadium. Last month, Ohio State unveiled the special chair, to remain empty…
Earle Bruce to Dot the “i” in Script Ohio on Saturday
Former Ohio State football coach Earle Bruce will take his place in one of the most memorable traditions in college athletics as he dots the “i” in Script Ohio on Oct. 1, during pregame of the Ohio…
Gonzalez-Torres Artwork to Come Down with Long’s Bookstore Demolition
When the iconic Long’s Bookstore building at 1836 N. High St. meets the wrecking ball in early October, Félix González-Torres’s “Untitled (For Parkett),” a billboard-sized artwork, will come down…
Eleven Pilot Projects to Support Humanities and Arts Discovery Theme
The Division of Arts and Humanities awarded a $1.1 million grant, from the university’s Humanities and the Arts Discovery Theme, to a select group of 11 pilot projects to begin in the 2016-2017…
Breaking Barriers with the Bard: Shakespeare and Autism
A new study showed improvement in the social and communication skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using a signature approach pairing the recitation of Shakespeare’s rhythmic…
40th Annual Waller Lecture Series: Graduate Students Keeping Pioneer Plant Scientist’s Legacy Alive
Graduate students have organized and presented the Annual Adolph E. Waller Memorial Lectures since 1976. Established by Waller’s bequest, these students (first botany, now molecular genetics) take…
NSF Research Training Group Grant Takes Ohio State Topology to Next Level
Mathematician Matthew Kahle is PI on a five-year, $1.72 million NSF Research Training Group Grant, supporting an interdisciplinary working group in algebraic topology, applied topology and related…
New Book Line on Ohio/Midwest Subjects Launched by University Press
The Ohio State University Press’s new imprint, Trillium, publishes books about Ohio and the Midwest to help people learn more about the unique history, diverse culture and natural environment of the…
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…