The 2025 Intensive Portuguese Abroad for Spanish Teachers (IPAST) Program combines remote Portuguese instruction with a three-week immersive experience abroad.
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Language learning and immersion in Brazil - IPAST 2025
2025 International Photography Competition opens
All Ohio State students, staff, faculty, visiting scholars and alumni are invited to submit photos to the 2025 International Photography Competition.Vibrant celebration of African culture and heritage at annual festival
The Center for African Studies partnered with African Studies at Ohio University, Kent State Center for African Studies and Wexner Center for the Arts to host a booth at the Columbus African Festival on July 26-27 in Genoa Park.Buckeyes Abroad: Owen Blevins
Operations management major Owen Blevins reflects on his summer internship experience at Nextbeat Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan.Buckeyes Abroad: Katie Maier
Junior history major Katie Maier reflected on the Education Abroad Network (TEAN): Tokyo Internship program.Buckeyes Abroad: Hayden Morrison
Junior computer engineering major Hayden Morrison reflects upon the Kyoto University of Advances Sciences (KUAS) Research Internship program.Eighteen undergraduates awarded Freeman Foundation scholarships
Eighteen undergraduate students have been awarded scholarships to engage in summer internships in East Asia, providing them with valuable work experience and the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the region's culture.McClimans, Middle East Studies Center awarded grant for food sovereignty initiative
The Seeds of Middle Eastern Culture led by Melinda McClimans, assistant director of the Middle East Studies Center (MESC) recently was awarded a $10,000 Documenting Impact Grant by the Office of Outreach and Engagement.A sweeping study of 7,000 years of monuments in South Arabia
New research brings together 7,000 years of history in South Arabia to show how ancient pastoralists changed placement and construction of monuments over time in the face of environmental and cultural forces.
In a study published today (May 28, 2025) in PLOS One, an international team of archaeologists documents how monuments changed as the climate transitioned from a humid environment to, eventually, an arid desert.
Delegation from Ghana visits Ohio State to strengthen sister-city relationship
On May 20, the Ohio State Center for African Studies hosted a delegation of ministers from the Government of Ghana to strengthen the Columbus-Accra sister-city relationship and foster additional collaboration between Ohio State and Ghanian institutions.