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College of Arts and Sciences Stories

Dr. Francine Childs, HON ’97, EMERT ’05, addresses the crowd at an Aug. 28, 2013, event held at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Scholarship honors professor emerita who inspired students to ‘be the change they wish to see’

September 23, 2020 7 min

A new scholarship at Ƶ is paving the way for students to continue the legacy of Professor Emerita Dr. Francine Childs, the first Black professor to be granted tenure at OHIO.
The Afyouni family poses outside the Convocation Center on graduation day for Nader, BBA ’19, and Amal, BA ’19.

Alumni family gives back to their home away from home

September 21, 2020 6 min

Ƶ graduate Manaf Afyouni and his children were inspired to create a scholarship in hopes that the recipients would have the same meaningful experiences that the family had in Athens.
Claudia González Vallejo

González Vallejo appointed program director at National Science Foundation

September 18, 2020 2 min

Dr. Claudia González Vallejo, professor of psychology, has been appointed to a program director position with the National Science Foundation’s Division of Social and Economic Sciences.
Red oak acorns

University, local community invited to collect red oak acorns on College Green Sept. 19

September 17, 2020 3 min

Students, faculty, staff and the Athens community are invited to help collect red oak acorns at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, on the College Green, following socially distant and mask protocols.
Loren Lybarger
Palestinian Chicago: Identity in Exile

OHIO professor Lybarger challenges stereotypes, depicts complex identities in new book on Palestinian Chicago

September 15, 2020 3 min

OHIO professor of Classics and World Religion Loren Lybarger’s newly released book, “Palestinian Chicago: Identity in Exile,” takes a look at Palestinian immigrants living in Chicago.

Constitution Day 2020 graphic

OHIO faculty to discuss "Institutionalized Racism in Education and Policing" during Constitution Day

September 10, 2020 2 min

Ƶ faculty members will discuss “Institutionalized Racism in Education and Policing” during the annual Constitution Day event, 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17.