Isabelle Hoover '23

Classics collide in Medici art research with violent themes

Isabelle Hoover ’23 was eager to pursue a senior Independent Study project at The College of Wooster that would marry her majors in art […]

Dan Axmacher '12

Classical studies alumnus uses research skills as rare books librarian

Dan Axmacher ’12 spent his time at The College of Wooster as a classical studies major, where he researched the ancient Mediterranean and its […]

Vivian Holliday, emerita professor of classical studies

Wooster mourns passing of Vivian Holliday, first female dean of faculty and emerita professor of classical studies

Vivian Holliday, emerita professor of classical studies at The College of Wooster passed away on Dec. 24, 2022, in Wooster, Ohio. Holliday, who began […]

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APEX Fellowship | Katherine Shambaugh

Major: Classical Studies – Classical Languages Class Year: 2024 Organization: Cornell University As an intern for Cornell University’s Classics Department in Ithaca, NY, I […]

Hoover and Emily Baragwanath, associate professor of classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, at the 2021 Eta Sigma Phi annual undergraduate research conference at The University of Georgia.

Wooster student presents research on Italian Renaissance artwork at regional conference

Isabelle Hoover, an art history and classical studies major at The College of Wooster, presented her research at the annual meeting of the Classical […]

Katherine Shambaugh '24

Classical studies major develops open-access digital Greek lexica

A student at The College of Wooster, Katherine Shambaugh ’24 immersed herself in the Classics Department at Cornell University through her APEX Fellowship. A […]

African Queens: The Unknown Voices of the Archaeological Record​

Name: Raena Gamble Major: Archaeology Minors: Classical Studies, Art History Advisors: Dr. Siavash Samei The marginalization of female voices is a common occurrence throughout […]

Amina Hull

APEX Fellowship | Amina Hull

Major: Classical Studies – Classical Languages Class Year: 2022 Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hamed Goharipour As an intern for Ruth Allen, the curator […]

Amina Hull '22

Museum internship illustrates alternative career plans in classical studies

A classical studies major at The College of Wooster, Amina Hull ’22 wanted to apply her interest in the study of ancient Mediterranean languages […]

Dante King '21

Connection revealed between epic poetry and toppling of confederate monuments

In his research on classical history and liter­ature, Dante King finds relating the work to modern-day circumstances to be one of the most exciting […]

Erin Robichaud

Helen of Troy? A Reexamination of Helen’s Speech in the Iliad

Name: Erin Robichaud Majors: History, Classical Studies Advisors: Dr. Madonna Hettinger, Dr. Josephine Shaya In most interpretations, Helen of Troy’s beauty makes her a […]

Morgan Barnett

Boudica and Agrippina: An Analysis of the Representation of Female Power in Tacitus and Dio

Student Name: Morgan Barnett Major: Classical Studies Advisors: Dr. Josephine Shaya, Dr. Monica Florence (second reader) This paper argues that the representations of Agrippina […]

Jade Robison ’16

Archeologist Jade Robison ’16 protects the past so stories can be told for future generations

Jade Robison’s work as an archeologist at the National Park Service’s Tonto National Monument in Arizona, with 100 active archeological sites, is most definitely […]

Barbara Burrell, associate professor of Roman Archaeology in the Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati

Classical Studies co-sponsors lecture in archaeology

Barbara Burrell, associate professor of Roman Archaeology in the Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati, to present ‘Archaeology and Ancient Texts: Friends or Enemies?’

Rebecca Kennedy

Rebecca Futo Kennedy to Present “The Ancient Roots of Modern Scientific Racism”

Associate Professor at Denison and Director of the Denison Museum to speak on Thursday, Feb. 27

Seth Pevnick to Present “Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World at the Cleveland Museum of Art”

Seth Pevnick, Curator of Greek and Roman Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, will present, “Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World at the […]

Seth Pevnick to Present “Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World at the Cleveland Museum of Art”

Curator of Greek and Roman Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art to speak at The College of Wooster on Jan. 30

Araam Abboud

Re-creating ancient remedies

Araam Abboud combines classics and biochemistry and molecular biology in one I.S.

Wooster Junior Earns First-Place at Statewide Voice Competition

Eli Culley wins his category at Ohio Chapter of NATS annual student auditions

dante king

Wooster First-Year Student Finishes Second in Translation Contest for Intermediate Latin

Dante King earns second-place in Eta Sigma Phi’s prestigious national competition