College of Arts and Sciences

A&S Events 2012-2013 

• May 13-17, 2013 (BTSU 206 & 207) - Digital Cultures in the Age of Big Data
• May 20, 2013 - First 6-week Summer Session Begins
• June 17, 2013 - 8-week Summer Session Begins
• July 1, 2013 - Second 6-week Summer Session Begins
• August 26, 2013 - Fall Classes Begin

A&S News 

Awards Recognize Excellence

2013

• Dr. Wendy Manning, Department of Sociology, Distinguished Research Professor
• Dr. Joe Chao, Department of Computer Science, Community Involvement Award
• Kimberly Spallinger, Department of English, Community Involvement Award
• Dr. Allie Terry-Fritsch, School of Art, Elliot L. Blinn Award
• Dr. Cordula Mora, Department of Psychology, Elliot L. Blinn Award
• Dr. Timothy Messer-Kruse, Department of Ethnic Studies, Olscamp Research Award

2012

• Dr. Stephannie Gearhart, Department of English, Master Teacher Award
• Dr. Neocles Leontis, Department of Chemistry, Lifetime Achievement Award
• Dr. Katerina Rüedi Ray, Director of the School of Art, Chair/School Director Leadership Award
• Dr. Susan Brown, co-Director National Center for Family and Marriage Research, Olscamp Research Award
• Dr. Ksenija Glusac, Department of Chemistry, Outstanding Young Scholar

• Retiring faculty granted emeritus status
• BGSU helps football players train for media careers
• Pargament to give Pepperdine commencement address - Yahoo Finance
• Alumnus Dick Maxwell leads campus NFL "boot camp" - Toledo Blade
• Susan Brown on recession and birthrates for less-educated women - L.A. Times
• Zickar on debate over student voting - Sentinel-Tribune
• Trustees give green light to BCI faculty, new master's degree
• Matt Donahue at India conference - Toledo Free Press
• Faculty gain tenure and promotion
• Tim Messer-Kruse on the Haymarket Trial - Kansas City Star
• Kenneth Pargament on spiritual struggle of Boston amputees - Religion News Service
• Racism not cured by 'Kumbaya' - Sentinel-Tribune
• BGSU team wins design award for Toledo project
• Susan Brown on 'gray divorce' - The Columbus Dispatch
• BGSU student film to screen in Wolfe Center - Sentinel-Tribune
• How heavy metal is infiltrating higher education - The Verge
• Best Practices in Business Analytics Symposium Friday
• Ethics of Self-defense workshop unites top scholars
• Digital Cultures Institute sparks dialogue
• Chuck Coletta on Superman anniversary - Associated Press
• Questions bloom in 'Spring Awakening' - Sentinel-Tribune
• Scholars to convene at BGSU to discuss ethics of self-defense
• Heavy Metal: scholars celebrate a rock genre's cultural bang - Wall Street Journal
• Faculty excellence spotlighted at awards ceremony
• BGSU gets hands on for Earth Month
• Heavy Metal Conference - WTOL
• 'Chemo Paintings' exhibit includes community events
• Russell Mills on closing of air control towers - Bloomberg News
• Susan Brown on the gray divorce boom - LA Times
• Jeremy Wallach on Heavy Metal Conference - The Blade
• Susan Brown on increase in couple living together - Yahoo News
• Raymond Swisher on youth's views on mortality - The Daily Nebraskan
• Leadership is focus of 2013 Baker Lecture
• Ohio history academy, Reddin Symposium at BGSU
• Tribute to Raymond Frey planned
• Heavy Metal Conference at BGSU - Toledo Free Press
• Susan Brown on effects of same-sex parenting - Seattle Times
• BGSU is nexus for heavy metal scholars
• Forensics specializations broaden options
• Pargament on spirituality, religion, mental health - Health News Digest
• Coletta on 'Tonight Show' Switch - Christian Science Monitor
• Consul-general to share benefits of learning Japanese
• Jaimy Gordon to read from 'Lord of Misrule'
• IO psychology grad program ranked third in nation
• Graduate education plan garners national recognition
• BGSU Africana Studies Conference to host Caribbean artist
• Environmental activist to keynote BGSU Latino studies conference
• Marine bacteria may prove source for new antibiotics
• Susan Brown on delayed marriages and unwed births - USA Today
• Andrew Schocket on why the government should hold on to FM - The Bakersfield Californian
• Reference book fills knowledge gap on Tanzania
• Gray divorce - Palm Beach Post
• Dr. Matt Donahue to present research in India - Toledo Free Press
• Digital Cultures Institute to explore humanities realm
• 'The Exceptional Woman: Hail Her or Fail Her?'
• Africana Studies Conference to host Caribbean artist
• NCFMR research shows more women out-earning spouses - USA Today
• CFDR cited in story on marriage after 50 - Market Watch
• Symposium to examine relational spirituality and families
• Meserves announce donation to BGSU athletics - 13abc
• Wester explores gothic view of African American history
• Language Services Group teaches students German - Sentinel-Tribune
• 'Romance of Race' reveals rich cultural history
• Last Lecture in Brief
• BGSU artists win top prizes in Toledo Area Artists Exhibition - Sentinel Tribune
• What happened at Haymarket? - National Review Online
• Young adults often reconcile with old love - UPI
• Deadspin rides Manti Te'o hoax story to renown - The Daily Beast
• BGSU study examines relationship 'churning' - Sentinel-Tribune
• Peace Corps expands Fellows partnership with BGSU
• Montana Miller: our so-called digital life - The Blade
• Donahue on the reinvention of Vanilla Ice - Miami Herald
• University community boosts campaign
• State of the Region Conference offers economic outlook
• Students take on MLK Day service challenge - Sentinel-Tribune
• Former child stars' bad behavior a negative influence on youth - USA Today
• Gajjala traces thread of the 'subaltern' in online worlds
• Messer-Kruse book named 'Outstanding Academic Title'
• Danziger's role at BGSU is now history - Sentinel-Tribune
• Teen dating violence affects well-being in adulthood - USA Today
• Baby boomers and remarriage - CNN
• Miller book explores folk drama in 'Playing Dead'
• BGSU 'Christmas Carol' sings - Sentinel-Tribune
• BGSU Carnivale celebrates visual, performing arts - The Blade
• Kanwischer caps fruitful year with Art Miami
• Arts take center stage this week
• Kids' Tech University opens world of science - Sentinel-Tribune
• ODNR names new chief of communications - The Outdoor Wire
• Award-winning Alan Heathcock to speak about writer's life
• BGSU radio station hosts concert to showcase talent - Toledo Free Press
• Navigating the humanities with the Scholar's Dashboard
• Political Science faculty discuss election - 13abc
• Are baby boomers pushing up the divorce rate? - The Huffington Post
• Winter Wheat festival to feature award-winning alumnus
• National leader in psychology of religion recognized with Samaritan award.
• Eckmann on the 'superstorm' impact in northwest Ohio - Sentinel-Tribune
• Bullying takes center stage in BGSU opera - Sentinel-Tribune
• Skaggs honored for life of military scholarship, duty
• New Music fest kicks off - The Blade
• Eva Marie Saint pleased with new theater - Sentinel-Tribune
• Increase in older divorce rates puzzling - The State Journal Register
• Lifelong Lillian Gish fan donates collection to BGSU
• Aging, alone - Chicago Tribune
• Students dive into BGSU marine lab - Sentinel-Tribune
• Shedding light on night vision
• Eve Marie Saint to return for theatre dedication
• Science becomes nexus for learning through iEvolve
• Messer-Kruse on Wikipedia policies - NPR
• Miller on the enduring ritual of political rallies - New York Times
• Matt Donahue, a heavy metal scholar - Calgary Herald Swerve
• Miller discusses President Obama visit - CNN
• Butterworth on Tim Tebow and faith - The Washington Post
• Yale dean to discuss future of plants
• Miller on the Romney, Obama duel on the China trade policy - The Hill
• Miller on the cult of crazy crashing - Philly.com
• BGSU foster 'culture of care' for suicide prevention
• Miller on Lucas County early voting location - WTVG
• New process creates infrared LEDs using quantum dots
• Graduate student, faculty investigate the mating choices of penguins - Science Newsline
• Dazzling murals light up Old South End - The Blade
• More baby boomers opting to live together - Health Day
• Miller on the women's vote this election - WUPW
• More Baby Boomers Opting to Cohabit, Not Marry - Healthfinder.org
• Dubow and Tompsett comment on violence's impact on children - The Blade
• Novel technique to synthesize nanocrystals that harvest solar energy - Science Newsline
• Big Data Symposium looks to future
• More older adults choosing cohabitation over marriage - Sentinel-Tribune
• More older adults choosing cohabitation over marriage - ABC News Radio
• More older adults choosing cohabitation over marriage - FOX News
• Miller on the rise of 'YOLO' as a mantra - Columbus Dispatch
• Butterworth comments on the Olympics - Salon.com
• Miller on education funding and the Presidential election - FOX News
• Wolfe Center for the Arts recognized for sustainability, design
• Student works with dolphin that inspired movie - WTVG
• Wolfe Center for the Arts wins green award - WTVG
• Wolfe Center for the Arts wins green award - WNWO
• Messer-Kruse book wins award
• Nye on Time.com: Interest measures good predictors of job success
• Coletta on why “Spiderman” is pulling in viewers – Christian Science Monitor
• Hagenbuch on how crises can define a brand - The Blade
• Guzzo on cohabiting women having more babies - Herald-Times Reporter
• BGSU, Owens students show off their summer projects - Sentinel-Tribune
• Language group hopes to prep local firms - The Blade
• Brown on Hollywood reboots and remakes - The Blade
• A Haymarket revisionary - In These Times
• Brown discusses the Gray Divorce Revolution - Today
• What type of worker are you? - Time.com
• Coletta on remembering Andy Griffith - Christian Science Monitor
• Bearing witness to the Holocaust - Sentinel Tribune
• Survivors of Holocaust speak out in local film - The Blade
• Jeff Brown on the trend toward realistic female heroines - Deseret News
• Susan Brown discusses baby boomer divorce - CNN
• New Degree Programs get Green Light
• Highhouse to keynote professional conference.
• Glass artists, enthusiasts blowing into Toledo as national event starts.  - The Blade
• BGSU central to glass festivities. - Sentinel-Tribune
• Wallach book on heavy metal across the globe cited. - The Jakarta Post
• Wallach on the heavy metal witch hunt - Pop Matters
• BGSU integral part of studio glass anniversary events
• Green on 'Living with the Dead'
• Lawrence Coates toasts release of third novel - Sentinel Tribune
• Members of BGSU's I/O psychology program honored - Sentinel Tribune
• Brown on dads as the new moms - Wall Street Journal
• Miller on the swing county in the swing state - MarketWatch
• BGSU prof co-edits book on international relations - Sentinel Tribune
• Gorman to follow mindfulness path to Thailand
• Book examines foreign policy perspective of smaller nations
• Graphic design students’ work projected in Havana
• Miller on President Obama’s re-election campaign  - The Guardian
• Cohabitation before marriage not linked to divorce, says NCFMR study - Chicago Tribune
• Guzzo on the parental safety net - USA Today
• Faculty honored by peers for scholarship, service
• 'Chicago' dazzles - Sentinel Tribune
• Guzzo comments on study on children and unmarried parents - USA Today
• BGSU’s Nwauwa awarded two chieftaincies in Nigeria
• BGSU debate team among top in the nation - Sentinel Tribune
• Coletta on the popularity of 'Mad Men' - The Record
• ‘Canada by Design’ creates nation brand - Sentinel Tribune
• BGSU geographer maps path to success
• Wolfe Center for the Arts gives BGSU new point of pride - Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Travel inspires BGSU student's new business - Sentinel Tribune
• Africana Studies Conference to host actor, filmmaker Anthony Sherwood
• Dave Mason to discuss 'Canada by Design' at Reddin Symposium
• Brown discusses “gray divorce” - NPR’s "Talk of the Nation," Fox Business
• Wine, ambitions flow in ‘The Garden of the World’
• ‘Nights’ offers 1001 delight - Sentinel-Tribune
• Messer-Kruse and the problem with Wikipedia accuracy - The Atlantic
• Santino on memorials for homicide victims - The Blade 
• Peña to direct new School of Cultural and Critical Studies
• NCFMR on unmarried Baby Boomers - AdWeek
• Ekstrand blogging for Harvard, to talk at SxSW
• International journalist to address potential for peace
• Miller on ‘Conklin & Company Take 3’ - WTVG
• Geopolitical analyst to visit BGSU - Sentinel Tribune
• Heavy metal resonates with listeners worldwide 
• Researchers model potential of toxic algae photoreceptors - Phys.Org.com
• Alumnus to oversee content for Scripps newspaper group 
• 2012-2013 ICS Fellowship Recipients
• Geography major answers call from National Geographic
• Pargament on the spirituality of health - The Huffington Post
• Lee on the health benefits of marriage and cohabitation - My Health News Daily
• Film series to explore outer limits of music - Sentinel-Tribune
• Carels on the psychology of 'The Biggest Loser' - WebMD Medical News
• Wind turbine study analyzes bird flight patterns
• BGSU benefactor endows prize for filmmakers - Toledo Free Press
• Miller discusses pitfalls for Mitt Romney in Ohio - WTVG