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Recent News
Dr. Megan Quimper is the Recipient of the CAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Engagement 2025-2026
Dr. Megan Quimper in Liberia
Last April, Dr. Megan Quimper was part of a physician leadership team traveling to Liberia to assess the feasibility of establishing a…
CAS Hosts High Level Angolan Delegation on Campus
Ohio State welcomed an Angolan government delegation to campus on April 10, 2026 at the Wampler Family Conference Room in the Kunz-Brundige Franklin County Extension Building. João Ernesto dos…
Please Donate to the Center for African Studies Renaissance Fund 2026
Center for African Studies Renaissance 2026
Established by the Center for African Studies, the Renaissance Fund augments the Center’s vitality. Income will be allocated by the Director of…
Africa acacias ‘go for broke’ to grow, use up water to survive drought
Study is first genome-scale analysis of iconic umbrella acacia
Emily Caldwell
Ohio State News
Young umbrella acacia trees in Africa survive severe drought by…
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Senior Lecturer of Swahili, Director of African Languages, Center for Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Graduate Teaching Associate in French and Francophone Studies, Department of French & Italian
