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Zoology alumna has spent career saving penguins
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Dee Boersma has been called the Jane Goodall of penguins.
An adorably curious, roughly 2-foot-tall Magellanic penguin she’s named Turbo greets…

Honoring Excellence ceremony recognizes service, achievement by distinguished alumni
Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences Honoring Excellence Dinner and Ceremony recognizes a distinguished few of our more than 200,000 alumni. Their accomplishments are tangible evidence of…

Department of Art's Carmen Winant receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Carmen Winant, the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Endowed Chair of Studio Art and associate professor in the Department of Art, has received a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship in Photography…

Executive Vice President and Provost Bruce A. McPheron on Voices of Excellence podcast
Executive Vice President and Provost Bruce A. McPheron recently sat down with the “Voices of Excellence from the Arts and Sciences" podcast to discuss his work and how Ohio State should be a key…

100% TBDBITL campaign raises more than $8.6 million for marching band scholarships
Through the concentrated, 18-month 100% TBDBITL campaign, Buckeyes came together to raise more than $8.6 million for marching band student scholarships. With this transformational impact to…

Art alumna's new film making international splash
On the surface, art alumna Jennifer Reeder’s film, “Knives and Skin,” is a bold, dark and unexpected teen drama packed with curious characters and unique artistic details. Bubbling below the film’…

Outreach program brings middle school girls to ACCAD
Maria Palazzi remembers teaching a class that had no women in it.
“It was striking to me,” she recalled, “that this thing I love so much — computer animation — that there were no women…

2018 Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award Winners
Five Arts and Humanities faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences have been chosen to receive the 2018 Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Awards:
Sara Crosby,…
English PhD student researches teenage girls and 90s pop culture
The image of the teenage girl was central to 1990s pop culture (think “Clueless,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “10 Things I Hate About You”).
And in turn — between “Full House” and “Boy…