"Drawing is a very meaningful time for me to meditate," said acclaimed South Korean animation director Ahn Jae-huun through interpreter and Ohio State associate professor Danielle Pyun during his recent visit to campus.
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Ohio State hosts U.S.-Japan Digital Innovation Hub and Advanced Technology Workshop
Industry, higher education and government officials from the United States and Japan strengthened and reaffirmed the importance of cooperation between the two countries in critical and emerging technologies at a recent two-day workshop.
The U.S.-Japan Digital Innovation Hub and Advanced Technology Workshop, held on The Ohio State University campus on Sept. 11-12, hosted talks with American and Japanese experts on semiconductors, quantum information science, artificial intelligence (AI) and space exploration.
Babić awarded Fulbright Slavic Scholar position on campus for spring 2025
Marko Babić, researcher and lecturer in the Department of Political Sciences and International Studies of the University of Warsaw, has been named Fulbright Slavic Scholar at Ohio State for spring semester 2025.
Area Studies Centers award $1.15 million in FLAS fellowships
The East Asian Studies Center, Center for Latin American Studies and Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies have awarded $1.150 million in student support this year in the form of 50 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship grants to Ohio State students spanning 16 graduate programs and 22 undergraduate majors. Funding for FLAS Fellowships comes from the U.S.
Smith and Yusko honored with Distinguished Staff Awards
Janet Smith, assistant director of outreach for the East Asian Studies Center and Amanda Yusko, program manager for the international student team in the Office of International Affairs, are recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Staff Award, the highest honor bestowed upon staff at Ohio State.
Feliciano cooks up leadership skills as Taste of OSU chair
What’s it like to help organize one of The Ohio State University’s biggest annual events? Just ask Shadiyah Feliciano, Taste of OSU 2024 student chair.
Immigration memoir project bridges communities and cultures
“My experience here has been full of many different emotions—from homesickness to the joy of friendship,” said a high school student named Diana about her experiences in the United States. Diana is from Kazakhstan and is an exchange student at Westerville Central High School. Diane and 12 of her classmates, hailing from a dozen different countries including Brazil, Haiti, Japan, Nepal and Ukraine and arriving in the United States for many different reasons, visited Ohio State on February 20 to share stories of their cultures and experiences.
Fulbright Scholar Poczta-Wajda joins Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Agnieszka Poczta-Wajda, a visiting Fulbright Slavic Award recipient from Poland’s Poznan University of Economics and Business, has joined the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures for spring semester 2024.
New Queer Focus series explores gender and sexuality in Eastern Europe and beyond
"Queer Focus" brings together more than a dozen experts and scholars across disciplines specializing in the study of Eastern Europe and Eurasia to explore some of the most pressing questions for the field today.