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New Drum Majors Named
The Ohio State University Marching Band has a new head drum major, Nathan MacMaster, and new assistant drum major, John LaVange, for the 2015 season. Tryouts were held Saturday, April 25, in the…
Researchers from Ohio State and the UK Study How Music Brings People Together
Cognitive ethnomusicologists at The Ohio State University collaborated with researchers from Durham University in the UK to conduct leading research, published in early April, about how music…
Gender-Inclusive Housing Initiative Inspired by Undergraduate Research of Young Alumnus
Chase M. Ledin (BA ’14) has been instrumental in Ohio State’s process of implementing gender-inclusive housing, which allows people of many genders — specifically students who identify as LGBTQ —…
Urban Arts Space Named ‘Best Gallery’
For the fourth year in a row, the Arts Initiative's Urban Arts Space has been named Best Art Gallery in the Columbus Alive reader's poll, announced late…
Buckeye Cloggers and Folk Musicians Perform in China
Four Ohio State students, a staff member and their faculty organizer took some true down-home Ohio culture halfway around the world to China over spring break. Bob Eckhart, who directs the…
Marching Band on Hand for Congressional Honor Ceremony
Fifteen members of The Ohio State University Marching Band, led by Christopher Hoch, associate director, and Russel Mikkelson, director of bands, traveled to Washington D.C. to take part in a…
Manga Showcased in Ohio State Symposium and Exhibition
Ohio State will host a symposium on April 4 exploring the history and future of manga [Japanese comics] as well as an exhibition exploring this unique genre. Manga has become an international…
Ann Hamilton and SITI Company: 'the theatre is a blank page'
Renowned visual artist Ann Hamilton and New York's SITI Company present the world premiere of the theatre is a blank page April 23-26 at the Wexner Center for the Arts. This unique, immersive…