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New Robert F. Gagel/Margo Cox Endowment Fund Provides Scholarship to Honor Wolfgang Fleischhauer
The Department is grateful to learn of the Robert F. Gagel/Margo Cox Endowment Fund, established in November 2016 with gifts from Robert F. Gagel, MD (BA/MD 1971). The fund will provide a scholarship…
Felice M. Grad Endowed Scholarships
The Felice M. Grad Endowed Scholarship Fund was established in April 2016 by the Board of Trustees of The Ohio State University with a gift from the estate of Ms. Felice Marcus Grad. Who was…
At the Fringes of Humanity: GGSA conference 2017
The Germanic Graduate Student Association has hosted its ninth annual graduate student conference here at The Ohio State University. This year’s theme was “At the Fringes of Humanity: The Cyborg and…
In Memoriam
Heimtraut F. Taylor(1939-2017)We mourn the passing of Heimy Taylor, who died at her home surrounded by family on March 21, 2017. We remember her modesty, dedicated and committed teaching, superior…
Mr. Gaines in Berlin
John (Jay) Gaines, alumnus of the 2016 Dresden Summer Language Program, is currently an intern in the Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin! He reports that work has been…
Birkhold awarded Universität Luzern Fellowship
Matthew H. Birkhold has been selected by the Universität Luzern as the 2017 visiting researcher at the Institute lucernaiuris. The Institute is an international hub for the interdisciplinary…
An exciting learning adventure
Over the course of the Spring 2017 semester, Graduate Teaching Associate Carolin Müller is undertaking an exciting new teaching project that engages issues of migration in German language acquisition…
Fischer Edits Special Issue: Transcultural Literary Studies
Bernd Fischer, professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures, has edited a special issue of Humanities 2016, 5(4), 86: "Transcultural Literary Studies: Politics, Theory, and Literary Analysis."The…
Reitter is Co-Editor of New Book on the Research University
Paul Reitter, professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures and director of the Humanities Institute, is co-editor of The Rise of the Research University: A Sourcebook (University of Chicago…