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Humanities Grads Gainfully Employed and Happy
New data suggest that STEM majors are not the only route to success.
By Scott Jaschik | February 7, 2018
What's the worst college major for your career, according to …
French Graduate Students contribute to Kim Thúy's Publication
When Québécois writer, Kim Thúy, visited our department last spring, she was so impressed by the graduate students that she met that she asked them to contribute a creative piece for a forthcoming…

Return to Roots: Juan Tramontin (Italian minor)
Major: Logistics
Minor: Engineering and Italian
Class of 2020
Written by Rebecca Slavik
Juan Tramontin was born in Caracas, Venezuela to a Lebanese mother and an Italian father…

Growing Up with French: Elise Gallerno
Elise Gallerno
Third Year
Double Major French and Business
By Megan Wadas
You mentioned that you're Canadian-American. When did you move to the US and from where?So I was…

Troy Weider (French Major) Wins Grant Money for Undergraduate Research
Troy Weider (Class of 2018) won an Undergraduate Research Scholarship, an International Research Grant, and a Global Mobility Grant from OURCI to do research in Texas and Alsace, France this past…

Announcing the Lecturer Travel Award
Lecturers in The Department of French and Italian who have had a paper accepted at a professional conference, who have a research or professional development project that requires travel, or who…

Simone Cristicchi at OSU
We had an incredible time hosting Italian composer, actor, and writer, Simone Cristicchi. Thank you to Simone and to everyone who made this happen!
Simone Cristicchi (composer, actor, writer…

Rancière: Aesthetics and the Question of Disciplinarity
On September 21-22, 2017, as part of the Havens Lecture series, The Department of French and Italian hosted a two-day symposium featuring renowned French philosopher, Jacques Rancière.…

Italian SITE Program 2017-18
The SITE Program (Study, Intercultural Training and Experience) is a paid internship program for English Teaching Assistants in the schools of the Region of Lombardy,…