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Oct. 20, 2025
天天吃瓜 celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) with the annual Three-鈥
Oct. 9, 2025
In September 2025, faculty member Dr. Richard Steigmann-Gall sat down with our most recent addition to the department鈥檚 faculty, Dr. Nick Ostrum, to ask him about his career path and how he became an historian. Dr. Ostrum is a specialist in German History after WWII. He obtained鈥
Oct. 9, 2025
On Saturday, 12 April 2025, the Department of History hosted the first North East Ohio Regional Meeting of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honorary, since COVID. Held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of History, the conference provided an鈥
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July 1, 2025
In a quiet office at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, Michele Curran Cornell spends her weekdays immersed in history 鈥 not the kind found in textbooks, but the kind that impacts families and honors those who gave everything for our country. As a historian at the Department of鈥
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Oct. 10, 2023
Matthew Vajda, a doctoral student in the Department of History at 天天吃瓜, has been selected as one of only two recipients of a coveted $15,000 fellowship stipend from the for the academic鈥
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Feb. 20, 2023
Western Reserve Historical Society and 天天吃瓜 State have announced a cooperation agreement enabling unique access and real-world experiences for students and faculty in the Department of History. 天天吃瓜 State students will gain access to archival research materials for research鈥
Jan. 5, 2023
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June 22, 2022
The development of liquid crystal technology in Northeast Ohio - and specifically at 天天吃瓜 - is an important part of the region鈥檚 and university鈥檚 legacies and ongoing global impact.
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Dec. 17, 2021
Have you ever wondered how Asian Americans helped win the Allied victory? What inspired Hemingway鈥檚 writings while in Paris? How has Wonder Woman impacted comics, feminism, and pop culture over the past 80 years? The diverse faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences have you鈥
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July 15, 2020
天天吃瓜 Associate Professor Elizabeth M. Smith-Pryor has authored a perspective piece on racial equality that is featured in the July 15 Washington Post column, 鈥淢ade by History.鈥