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The First Cohort of OSUN Student Leadership Fellows Report Back on Community Projects

The first cohort of OSUN Leadership Fellows have successfully completed the inaugural year of a new program dedicated to students who are serving in student government or are interested in developing their leadership skills.

Inaugural Graduates of Masters Program in Human Rights and the Arts Present MA Theses

Students in OSUN's Center for Human Rights and the Arts MA program recently presented thesis projects based on their original research at the intersection of human rights and the arts. Installations, performances, and written work explored a diverse set of issues particular to the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, and the US.

Is the University in Crisis? Addressing Threats to Undergraduate Liberal Arts & Sciences Education

At a talk sponsored by OSUN's Liberal Arts and Sciences Collaborative, Samuel Abraham, co-founder of the European Consortium of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said the rise in prominence of global ranking systems, the devaluation of teaching, and the propensity for undergraduate specialization were key issues bringing into question the purpose of undergraduate liberal arts education.
More OSUN News
  • Connecting the Dots: Gender Equity Events Highlight Common Struggles
  • Voices from the Margins: Universities as Frontline Responders
  • Advancing the Conversation: Global Commons Releases Its Third Issue
  • Leveling the Learning Curve: OSUN Partners Seek to Expand the Walls of Higher Education
  • Meet the 2023/2024 OSUN Global Engagement Fellows
  • Taking Responsibility: Student Organizers Lead on Humanitarian Aid

OSUN Events

  • 5/30
    Tuesday

    Geographies and Temporalities of Higher Education for Displaced Students: Gender and Psychological Experiences in Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps
    9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT/GMT-4 Online Event
  • 6/06
    Tuesday

    2023: A Year of Science Shop
    6:00 am – 7:00 am EDT/GMT-4 Online Event
  • 6/12
    Monday

    Elkana Symposium on Reimagining Teaching and Learning
    6:00 am – 11:00 am EDT/GMT-4 Online Event
  • 6/13
    Tuesday

    Counterveillance and Cultures of Transparency: Rethinking How We "See In" to Prison
    9:00 am – 10:30 am EDT/GMT-4 Online Event
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