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Lucille Toth's Award

Dr. Lucille Toth receives the 6-Year Distinguished STEP Faculty Mentor Award

Dr. Lucille Toth, Associate Professor in Newark, has received the 6-Year Distinguished STEP Faculty Mentor Award, recognizing exceptional excellence in advancing STEP's…

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22nd Annual Student Research and Scholarship Forum

FRIT was proudly represented at Newark’s 22nd Annual Student Research and Scholarship Forum by four exceptional students whose work highlights the department’s commitment to…

Deborah Idowu

PhD Student Deborah Idowu Honored with Prix Henriette Walter d’Article

Deborah Idowu, a first-year French and Francophone Studies PhD student in the Department of French and Italian at The Ohio State University, has been named co-winner of the prestigious…

2026 Feb 26 BH book launch

La Guerre des os Book Launch Celebrating Professor Hoffmann

The Department of French and Italian and French Center of Excellence were pleased to celebrate our own Benjamin Hoffmann, College of Arts and Sciences Designated Professor of French Literature,…

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