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Endowed Chair Fund in Latin Palaeography
Through a generous gift of her estate, Virginia Brown established the Virginia Brown Endowed Chair Fund in Latin Palaeography at Ohio State. This past fall, her husband James Hankins, professor of…

Recent graduate student, Anna Peterson, accepts tenure-track position at Penn State
Penn State short-listed two OSU alums for their tenure track position, and Anna Peterson (PhD 2010 under Professor Tom Hawkins) has now accepted the position. Congratulations, Anna!
Prof. Jusdanis Awarded NEH Fellowship
Professor Gregory Jusdanis, Director of the Modern Greek Program, has been awarded an ASCSA National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for year 2014-15. Prof. Jusdanis will spend…

Sping 2014 Graduate Student Accomplishments
Congratulations to Kelly Dugan and Brandon Bourgeois who have been admitted to the Lincoln College Seminar in Greek Palaeography to be held at Lincoln College, Oxford in July 2014.
Katie…

Rocki Wentzel Receives Tenure at Augustana College
Rocki Wentzel was recently granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor at Augustana College. Rocki earned her Ph.D. from Ohio State in 2008. Her dissertation, directed…

Congratulations to Emily Bonk!
Congratulations to Emily Bonk, double major in Classics and Mathematics, on graduating in December with the B.A. With Honors Research Distinction in Classics. Her honors thesis is entitled…

Congratulations, Dr. Agapi Stefanidou!
Agapi Stefanidou successfully defended her dissertation, "The reception of epic kleos in Greek tragedy" on Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Professor Tom Hawkins served as her advisor and…

Professor Harrill Receives Fellowship
J. Albert Harrill, Professor, Classics, received a returning Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship to carry out research at the Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität Münster, Germany, during summer 2014…

Christopher Brown STEPPING IT UP
Dr. Christopher Brown was recently mentioned in an UWeekly article on the Second-Year Transformational Experience Program (STEP).
“The cool thing about STEP is you have so many different…