News Stories by College

Ph.D. student Milad Azarm helps rewrite theater history with groundbreaking research

October 3, 2025 4 min

Milad Azarm has resided in Athens less than four years but has already made a lasting impact on the town’s theatrical community and the academic world.

Sustainability and Art

Students help launch sustainable Fiber and Dye Garden at OHIO

September 22, 2025 3 min

Students are helping launch a sustainable Fiber and Dye Garden, an interdisciplinary project combining art and science to grow plants like flax, hemp and indigo for use in papermaking and ecological research.

Cutler Hall appears through fall colors on College Green.

Faculty Excellence

OHIO faculty invited to PTOP training

September 18, 2025 2 min

Two ��Ƶ faculty fellows have developed a Canvas course to assist peers in preparing for, conducting and debriefing using the CTLA's Peer Teaching Observation Program (PTOP) model.

Forever OHIO

Regional arts guardian Jeff Chaddock to be celebrated as OHIO’s 2025 Alumnus of the Year

September 18, 2025 3 min

��Ƶ will honor Jeff Chaddock, BSC ’88, as the Alumni Association’s 2025 Alumnus of the Year, recognizing his professional success, philanthropy, and lasting impact on Appalachian Ohio.

Student Success

Q&A: ��Ƶ MFA Sculptor Tabeena Wani earns international recognition for powerful work

September 12, 2025 4 min

Tabeena Wani has garnered significant national and international acclaim in 2025 for her evocative and culturally grounded work. Her recent recognitions underscore the power of her voice as a Kashmiri artist and the resonance of her work across disciplines and borders.

Students walk up Richland Avenue in Athens during Welcome Week 2025

Forever OHIO

OHIO grows enrollment to more than 30,000, including more than 8,000 new students

September 10, 2025 5 min

��Ƶ total enrollment grew nearly four percent again this fall with 8,195 new students enrolling across our eight campuses and OHIO Online, including our largest, most high-achieving freshman class to date.

Global Arts Festival

Call for papers for the sixth annual Global Arts International Conference at ��Ƶ

September 9, 2025 3 min

The College of Fine Arts invite creative researchers, teachers and practitioners in the arts to submit proposals as part of the Global Arts International Conference.

Athena Cinema

“From the Hills & Hollers” film series brings OHIO alum Carter Sickels back to Athens for special screening of “The Evening Hour”

September 9, 2025 4 min

“From the Hills & Hollers” film series to screen “The Evening Hour,” a 2020 film based on OHIO alum Carter Sickels’ novel of the same name, on Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. Sickels will speak prior to the film.

Meet the Dean

Meet the new Dean of the Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

September 3, 2025 5 min

This summer, the Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts welcomed a new leader; artist, educator, playwright and lifelong arts advocate Roxanne Schroeder-Arce.

Community Engagement

Athens Roller Derby bridges OHIO and community through sport and solidarity

August 25, 2025 6 min

At the heart of Athens Ohio Roller Derby is a powerful community of skaters, many of them part of the OHIO community, who bring grit, strategy and school spirit to the track. What starts as a skating clinic often turns into a lifelong connection, both to the sport and to the region.

A group of faculty in academic regalia sit in a row

Faculty achievements

Faculty Experts Roundup

August 22, 2025 12 min

News from the summer includes travel, awards, published books and international performance.

Athena Cinema

The Athena Cinema announces Fall 2025 programming, including new Hispanic Film Series

August 22, 2025 4 min

The Athena Cinema is proud to announce an exciting lineup of Fall 2025 programming, featuring the return of many beloved showcase series alongside the debut of several innovative new ones.

Faculty Excellence

Faculty perspective: Connecting institute learning to statewide assessment work

August 19, 2025 10 min

Christi Camper Moore, Ph.D., associate professor of dance and graduate chair of Arts Administration in the Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts, shared her experience attending the Assessment Institute.

Blurred images of students in motion crossing College Green

Warm Welcomes

Becoming Bobcats: BSO welcomes a new class

July 31, 2025 4 min

With help from across the University, Bobcat Student Orientation brought more than 10,000 students and family members to campus this year, delivering an "amazing experience."

Tantrum Theater

A place for creation, Tantrum Theater continues to elevate new work with performance of “Unfamiliar Moon”

July 10, 2025 5 min

Tantrum Theater, ��Ƶ's professional theater company, continues to advance its mission of innovation by developing "Unfamiliar Moon," a new jukebox musical by Steven Strafford-Elkins. Built around the rich catalog of folk-jazz artist Vance Gilbert, the project exemplifies OHIO’s commitment to cultivating original work through deep collaboration among students, alumni, faculty and industry professionals.

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