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Activists in Motion Recognized as a Program of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship
The Office of Outreach & Engagement selected Activists in Motion (AIM), led by Associate Professor Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown, as one of Ohio State’s 2025 Programs of Excellence in Engaged…

PhD Candidate and Graduate Teaching Associate Alyssa Stover wins Ray Travel Award
The Ohio State University Council of Graduate Students awarded PhD Candidate Alyssa Stover with an Edward J. Ray Travel Award for Scholarship and Service in the amount of $1000. Stover is using…

PhD Student Sidra Bell featured in Dance Magazine
How Pivoting to Choreographing Full-Time Changed 3 Former Dancers’ Lives, Creative Processes, and Work
by Lauren Wingenroth

Emerita Professor Melanye White Dixon's essay and afterword published
Dr. Dixon's essay on dancer Mary HInkson ("Black Body Between the Lines: Mary HInkson Dancing Graham and Transforming White Spaces") and several other dance essays have been…

Pachanga E Poder: A Latinx, Latin American and Caribbean Social Dance Incubator
March 18 - 22, 2025
Developed by Department of Dance Assistant Professors Irvin Manuel Gonzalez and Alfonso Cervera, Pachanga e Poder is community-driven research incubator. The event brings…

Professor Cervera joins FUSION as an artist in residence for 2025
Professor Cervera will join FUSION for a three-week residency, during which he will create a new work premiering in Japan in 2025. This piece will explore the intertwined histories of Japan and…

Lecturer and Class Accompanist Seth Alexander to sit on panel for OHIO ARTrepreneurship Summit
Alexander will be talking to current students at his alma mater Ohio University about a career in the arts.

Daniel Roberts' dance film Waters premieres at the Dark Music Days Festival in Iceland January 25, 2025
Waters is a 16-minute video dance filmed at Vatnasafn (the Library of Waters) in Stykkishólmur, Iceland, features an international cast and consists of…

Stage & Production Specialist Nico Lawson's work featured in Creative Lives: Staff Artists & Makers Exhibition
Creative Lives: Staff Artists & Makers Exhibition
January 14 - January 25, 2025
11:00AM - 6:00PM
Urban Arts Space
Many individuals who take art classes, study the arts, or learn…