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Professor Salome Fouts Receives Distinguished Teaching Award
Salome Fouts, senior lecturer and the director of African Languages at the Center for Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, has received the Provost's Award for Distinguished Teaching by a…
OSU Model African Union represents Guinea and Liberia at International Simulation, Win Awards
For the eighth consecutive year, OSU students from the Model African Union (MAU) organization took part in the annual international simulation hosted by Howard University in Washington, DC…
Artist Moyo Okediji explores “Semioptics of Yoruba Language” in Owomoyela Fund lecture
This year’s Oyekan Owomoyela lecture, “Semioptics of Yoruba Language: Word as Image”, delved into the confluence of spoken and visual word in Yoruba painting sculpture, installations, proverbs,…
Voices from the Field Spring 2018
Researchers working in Africa in any field—from social science to hydrology to epidemiology—need data to be able to develop and guide best practices and produce actionable scholarly results.…
Ghana 4H Youth visit OSU as part of “Our Common Home” project
Three young Ghanaians and two adults representing Ghana 4H and YMCA recently spent a week visiting Columbus and experiencing programs that engage youth in agriculture. The visit was a culminating…
Voices from the Field: Challenges and Opportunities of Data
The Center for African Studies, Global Water Institute and the Global One Health Initiative are continuing the Voices from the Field brown bag speaker series featuring multidisciplinary…
Mandela Washington Fellowship Celebrates Second Year
For the second summer, the Center for African Studies and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs co-hosted a six week Public Management Institute for 25 Mandela Washington Fellows. Twenty-five…
Model African Union brings home awards
A delegation of 16 Model African Union students traveled to Washington D.C. this past February to participate in the National Model African Union conference. Convening every year at Howard University…
"Voices from the Field" brown bag series
The Global Water Institute and the Center for African Studies announce a new informal lunchtime forum to highlight the work of Ohio State faculty who have had significant experience working in…