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Dissertations completed during Summer 2013
During Summer 2013, the following students graduated with a Ph.D. from our Department:
Gabriel Fuchs on "Renaissance receptions of Ovid's Tristia" (Advisor: Frank Coulson)
Samuel…

Michael Jean has been awarded a Mellon Fellowship at the Vatican Film Library in St. Louis
Michael Jean has been awarded a Mellon Fellowship at the Vatican Film Library in St. Louis to research Vatican manuscripts of Pomponio Leto's commentary on Ovid's Fasti. Leto was an…

2013 Scholarships and Awards
The Department of Classics is thrilled to announce this year’s scholarships and awards made available by its generous supporters.
Undergraduate StudentsThe Undergraduate Award of Excellence…

Denman Undergrad Research Forum
Two of our Classics majors participated in the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum on March 28, 2013.
The Denman Undergraduate Research Forum was created in 1996 and is a cooperative…

IN MEMORIAM: Emeritus Professor Charles Luther Babcock
Professor Charles Babcock came to Ohio State in 1966; serving as chair of the Department of Classics and first dean of the College of Humanities. He received numerous awards from Ohio State,…

New Professor of Greek
The Department of Classics extends a warm welcome to J. Albert ‘Bert’ Harrill, who joins our ranks as our new full professor of Greek and Latin this Autumn Semester. Professor Harrill is the…

Alumni Update: Mehmet-Ali Ataç
Mehmet-Ali Ataç, Ph.D. (M.A. The Ohio State University) is an Associate Professor in Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology at Bryn Mawr College. Mehmet-Ali received his Ph.D.…

Alumni Update: Yannis Tzifopoulos
Yannis Tzifopoulos, Ph.D. (The Ohio State University, 1991) Associate Professor of Greek Literature and Epigraphy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki just published Paradise Earned: The…

Alumni Update: Tim Winters
Timothy F. Winters, Ph.D. (The Ohio State University 1989), Professor of Classics, Austin Peay State University, recently received the Clarksville Chamber of Commerce their Distinguished Community…