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FRONTIERE Spring 2026
FRONTIERE Spring 2026
In this issue
Words from our Chair
Two of the most uplifting days this fall were our high school immersion days. In Italian, this was a renaissance of an annual program sidelined by the…
French Immersion Day
The Department of French and Italian hosted the first in what will hopefully be an annual Immersion Day inviting high school French students and their teachers to campus. It was a joyous day. In this…
Italian Immersion Day Draws Investment from Italian Government
Una meraviglia – Italofonia at FRIT! Starting in Fall 2025, the Department of French and Italian inaugurated the first Italian Immersion Day on October 7…
Congratulating our Autumn 2025 Undergraduate Award Recipients
The Department of French and Italian strives to give undergraduate and graduate students funding to continue their exploration of French and Italian at home and abroad. From conferences and research…
Graduate Research Awards
Read what our graduate students are researching! We are able to help them present their research at professional conferences partially thanks to the Bulatkin Endowment Fund in French and Italian,…
Spotlight: French 3802 - Made in Quebec: From Poutine to Pop Music & Everything in Between
Professor Wynne Wong is making waves in the Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations GE space with a dynamic new course on Quebec Studies. French 3802,…
Taking Off with FRIT Internships
The Department of French and Italian is committed to making world language more accessible to all Ohio State students. Part of that initiative includes creating and facilitating new professional,…
FRIT Folks are Publishing!
Contemporary Italian Youth Television, Lucca Barra, Danielle Hipkins, Catherine O'Rawe, and Dana Renga, eds.Featuring pieces from Italian Professors Dana…
Reading Rare Books
One of the many definite and unsung benefits of being an Ohio State student is having membership to a world-class library system. Being part of that library system entitles students to access our…
New Study Abroad Experience in Siena
Landscape Stories: Art and Ecology in Siena. Mapping Tuscany’s beauty and innovations!Are you passionate about art, art history, sustainability, food culture, and land stories? The…
OnBoard(hers) Travels to Texas
Exploring Identity and Belonging: Dr. Lucille Toth’s On Board(hers) Project at UTSAIn October 2025, Dr. Lucille Toth, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at The Ohio State…
Remembering Albert N. Mancini Means More Italian Programming
Thanks to the wonderfully generous family of Professor Emeritus Albert N. Mancini, the Department of French and Italian is able to host programming on a variety of Italian language topics. Our…
Center of Excellence Leads Ohio State in French Cultural Studies
The French Center of Excellence hosted a series of programming designed to introduce Ohio State students to French cultural, literary, and linguistic experts in their fields. Autumn 2025 saw four…