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A conversation about care and compassion
Káyọ̀dé Odùmbọ́ní, a PhD in English student, created the Care and Compassion awards to highlight how important values like empathy and consideration are in…
Write Mind, a creative writing workshop to improve mental health
Christina Szuch, an embedded clinician for the College of Arts and Sciences, started Write Mind, a creative writing workshop for the Counseling and…
The Final Girl: more than a trope
The year is 1978, viewers watch as Laurie Strode fights for her life against the masked Michael Myers. Laurie is the only survivor of John Carpenter’s…
Collaborative writing course offers valuable insights to STEM students
“No matter what a STEM student chooses to do, the better they can write and communicate, it’s only going to add value to whatever their career path is,” said Susan Lang, professor in the…
A literary dream: English students explore a mystical book collection
Walking into a library with floor to ceiling shelves brimming with books is every English major’s dream. Stuart Rose’s shelves are mystical, filled with…
Monsters, Ecopoetics, Shakespeare: classes fulfilling the new GE requirements
You may have heard about the new general education requirements for the incoming first-year students of 2022 and beyond at Ohio State. If you are wondering how to begin navigating this new…
Spotlighting our alumni
For the past several months, we’ve been reaching out to our alumni to find out your English story. Here are just a few of the fantastic responses we’ve received, sharing how the English major has…
What I Didn’t Say: A play about Parkinson’s written and performed by Matthew Moore
Imagine you are in your prime years, with everything you could have dreamed of in life: a good career, family and friendships. One day you feel your muscles become rigid, your hands trembling…
Literature and Culture of London: May 2022
Standing in the yard of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, the crowd roars in laughter as Claudio takes a tumble or Benedick hikes up a trellis. The groundlings still when Beatrice singles out a member…