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Benjamin Hoffmann, College of Arts and Sciences Designated Professor of French and Francophone Literature and Director of the Center of Excellence in the Department of French and Italian, was named a Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (“Knight of the Order of Academic Palms”), a French national order bestowed on distinguished academics and teachers and for valuable service to universities, education and science. 

On March 31, 2025, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Patrick Louchouarn recognized students and faculty from The Ohio State University who are recent Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays recipients and Fulbright student semifinalists, as well as visiting Fulbright students and scholars from around the globe, during a reception at the Faculty Club.

Sixteen students from four Ohio colleges and universities competed in the 14th annual Undergraduate Olympiada of Spoken Russian, which was held on February 22 at Bowling Green State University.

Ten students from The Ohio State University earned top three finishes in various levels of language proficiency.

Ohio State faculty and instructors interested in learning how to design a global and intercultural learning experience with international partners are encouraged to apply to participate in the 2025 Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)/Virtual Exchange Learning Community, which will take place throughout autumn semester.

To prepare military personnel for an upcoming deployment to Africa, The Ohio State University has partnered with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 412th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne).

Mitch Lerner, professor of U.S. diplomatic history with a focus on Korea and director of the East Asian Studies Center (EASC), has been named a recipient of the President and Provost’s Award for Distinguished Faculty Service.

The India Health Conference – Challenges in Disease Management and Outcome brought together more than 150 participants, including researchers, public health experts and policymakers from India and the United States, to tackle critical healthcare issues.

Getting K-12 students excited to learn about other cultures through engaging activities is just one of the reasons Leila Vieira, assistant director of the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), is a recipient of Ohio State’s 2025 Community Engaged Practitioner Awards. 

As a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellow at The Ohio State University, Sucharita Sen has found her time both personally enriching and professionally transformative. Her Fulbright project examines how everyday nonsexual intimacies between colonizers and the colonized in British India upheld imperial hierarchies while masking colonial violence.