Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies
Artificial Intelligence in Translation and Interpretation
*This article is a part of the series āArtificial Intelligence and Its Applications: Perspectives from Across Kent State,ā highlighting the applications of AI in different fields and including insights from students and faculty. Stay tuned for a future article covering design, or check out previous ā¦
Translation Studies Program Set to Celebrate 35 Years of Success
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ās Translation Studies program will be celebrating its 35th anniversary on April 12-13 and the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies with a full schedule of festivities and programming for its students, faculty, and alumni. āWe have the most comprehensive tranā¦
Kent State Professor to Lead American Translators Association
Geoffrey Koby, Ph.D., professor of Translation Studies and German at Ā鶹¹ū¶³, has been studying German since he was a freshman in high school. He was recently elected as president-elect of the American Translators Association (ATA), the largest professional language translation asā¦
MCLS Professor Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for 2023-2024
Brian James Baer, Ph.D., a professor of Russian and Translation Studies at Ā鶹¹ū¶³, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Estonia for the 2023-2024 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. He will be teaching and cā¦
MCLS Professor Receives National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowship
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently announced that Teresa Villa-Ignacio, Ph.D., an associate professor of French and Translation in the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies at Ā鶹¹ū¶³, is one of 22 translators selected to receive a Literature Translation Fā¦
Kent State Senior Honored With Prestigious Fulbright Scholarship
In an impressive close to her undergraduate career, Ā鶹¹ū¶³ Honors College senior Mallory Woods was recently awarded the prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Award (ETA). A native of Fairview, Pennsylvania, Woods is completing a major in translation with a Spanish concentration and minors in economics and Italian studies while also finishing a certificate program in teaching English as a foreign language.
āGlobal Understandingā Brings Cultural Awareness to Northeast Ohio
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ is merging research with global connections in the Global Understanding Research Initiative (GURI). The recently displayed āWe the Peopleā and the upcoming āImport/Exportā exhibition provide cultural kaleidoscopes with local and international reflectors.
Kent State Classics Researcher Uncovers Ancient Burial Site in Italy
A routine research trip to Italy turned into the archaeological discovery of a lifetime for a Ā鶹¹ū¶³ Classics professor this summer. Sarah Harvey, Ph.D., Professor of Classics in the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies in Kent Stateās College of Arts and Sciences, saiā¦
Model Kent State Language Academy Continues With 12th Year of Federal Funding
While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, Ā鶹¹ū¶³ has been helping some area high school students learn to converse in Russian and Chinese to facilitate greater global understanding and a less contentious tomorrow.
