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'An artist's duty' — Miller ’19 paints to reflect the times, celebrate Black joy
As Francesca Miller ’19 stands poised in front of a blank wall — her canvas — in downtown Columbus with marching and chanting and hurt all around her, she ponders what activist and musician Nina…
Service-learning experiences provide profound learning opportunities
Students of Elena Foulis' course "Spanish in Ohio: An Experiential Course" at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Center in Columbus in 2018.
On paper,…
‘Picturing Black History’ dissects photos portraying Black experience
Kenya Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta, left, laughs with U.S. Federal Judge Thurgood Marshall in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 11,…
Arts and Sciences faculty leading 10 Seed Fund for Racial Justice projects
Twelve team projects — 10 of which are led or co-led by faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences — were recently awarded funding in the second round of Ohio State’s Seed Fund for Racial Justice…
Logan discusses the lingering economic impact of the Tulsa Race Massacre
A panorama showing much of the destruction in the aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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Anonymous donors gift $25K to Arts and Sciences Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Student Support Fund
By Kristin Gonterman
The past year has been one of struggle, grief, pain and frustration for many in the United States and across the Buckeye community. The pandemic created uncertainty…
Student's award-winning documentary addresses Ohio’s Black infant mortality crisis
During the three years Barento Taha spent working on his first film, he regularly found himself in spaces that pushed him outside his…
Undergraduate's book explores Black representation in animation
Animation has always held a special place in Darius Gainer’s life. He grew up watching Cartoon Network and Disney movies, the “Batman” animated series and…
Wendy Smooth serves on Kamala Harris Project advisory board
For the duration of Vice President Kamala Harris’ tenure, Wendy Smooth, associate professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies, will be watching…