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  • MFA Candidate in  Digital Animation and Interactive Media wins Lápiz de Acero 2023 award.

    Matt Swift | December 11, 2023
    Congratulations to Alberto Vega Rivera, who is the recipient of the Lápiz de Acero 2023 design award in the video game category. The winning project, Oí Marimbí, is an educational and adventurous game for children filled with interactive musical challenges. Players complete activities to learn how to play the marimba. The video game was created with the interest of rescuing the ancestral sounds of...

  • PhD student seeks to combat stigma, build resilience

    Matt Swift | December 7, 2023
    From the College of Public Health Stacy Endres-Dighe focuses on HIV prevention among rural Appalachian Ohioans who inject drugs. Stacy Endres-Dighe was a child when she learned about the chilling impact of stigma on health. Her uncle died during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic after delaying testing and treatment because of the way society viewed AIDS patients at the time. “It had this ripple...

  • Alum Elon Simms named Mayor Andrew J. Ginther’s next chief of staff

    Matt Swift | November 29, 2023
    From the College of Social Work Elon Simms – a two-time social work graduate, Hall of Famer and world-changer extraordinaire – will serve as Mayor Andrew J. Ginther’s next chief of staff. Simms will succeed Ken Paul. The transition will occur in early 2024. “Columbus is in the midst of unprecedented growth, and I look forward to serving alongside the mayor and leading a team committed to ensuring...

  • 2023-24 Presidential Fellowship Recipients

    Matt Swift | November 17, 2023
    The Graduate School is happy to announce the 2023-2024 Presidential Fellowship recipients. The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School to recognize the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final phase of their dissertation research or terminal degree project. Congratulations to this exceptional cohort of...

  • Graduate Associate Leadership Award Nomination Deadline Nov. 13th

    Matt Swift | October 25, 2023
    Each year the Graduate School recognizes the outstanding leadership of graduate associates through the Graduate Associate Leadership Award (GALA). Read more about the award, nomination eligibility and selection criteria on the GALA page. More information about GALA Recipients will be selected and awarded $1000 each. Students (master’s or doctoral level) must be nominated by a graduate faculty...

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