It was a career choice that also ended up saving her life when she was mere moments away from being executed during the Liberian Civil War. Continue reading ‘Witness to war’

Students First fund helps make dreams come true

February 17, 2010

Campus Campaign

By Adam King

Under the best of scenarios, Brittany Goad was looking at years and years of paying off student loans to realize her dream of graduating from college. But not going to college was an abhorrent option for someone who found learning almost as important as breathing. Continue reading ‘Students First fund helps make dreams come true’

Food for thought

February 17, 2010

Medical Center lunch and learn offers free food, free film and rich conversation

By Julia Harris

The PBS documentary Unnatural Causes is not the kind of movie families take home from the video store for lighthearted together-time around the television.

Instead, it’s a sobering look at the socioeconomic and racial inequities that exist in American health care — things like infant mortality in African American communities or the effect of poverty and stress on overall health. Continue reading ‘Food for thought’

Alutto: Time to tackle tenure, promotion issues

February 17, 2010

By Jeff McCallister

Joe Alutto used his two previous State of Academic Affairs addresses to the University Senate to lay out a broad, ambitious agenda for change.

This year, he got down to specifics.

Alutto highlighted four issues he said would, over the next five to 10 years, redefine Ohio State as a national and international leader for innovative research and teaching and gave some specific strategies to nudge the university forward, including nearly half his speech delving into the issue of tenure and promotion practices here.

While he reiterated the absolute necessity of a tenure system — calling it “essential to the free exchange of ideas as well as the development of new ways of thinking about and seeing the world” — he also said tenure shouldn’t be granted “haphazardly, hurriedly or with inadequate information or involvement.”

“This means that the issue of whether there is demonstrated impact in terms of research, teaching and service must be addressed before a positive decision can be justified,” he said. “Such impact assessments must deal not only with past and current behavior, they must also anticipate future contributions.”

He asked for faculty to work with him over the next year to find a more fair way to reach the decision, a “different calculation than that produced by such formulaic measures of output as quantity of publications, average SEI scores, number of committee assignments accepted and so on.”

He then turned the discussion into one on promotion standards, cases in which tenure has already been agreed to and celebrated.

“The next question is what should be the basis for advancement from associate professor (with tenure) to professor (with tenure),” he said. “One answer, and the one that is most reflected in our formal documents and policies, is ‘more of the same.’ That is, a full professor is supposed to have more publications, greater teaching achievements and higher service contributions to justify promotion. Wonderfully, for many faculty members, this is exactly the pattern we see played out. They continue to perform powerfully on all dimensions.”

In reality, however, he said promotion decisions are almost always based heavily on the number of publications, with little regard to teaching and service excellence.

“The faculty member whose primary impact and distinctive contributions are in the areas of dissemination of knowledge through teaching or service to the university or professional associations will tend to be passed over for promotion to full professor — unless a department can find a way to ‘fudge’ a demonstrated level of research impact,” he said. “This approach is insidiously harmful.”

He said he would begin working with faculty and administrative groups to correct the problems, making sure there are clear criteria for assessing a faculty member’s total impact to the university and making sure teaching and service records are not overlooked.

Alutto’s other three major areas of future impact on the university:

♦ The creation of “truly national centers of distinction.”
He said Ohio State faculty don’t do enough to leverage internal funding to get even more national funding. “The impression is that at Ohio State the objective is to ‘win the OSU competition and get the OSU money’ rather than to ‘win the OSU competition and leverage it with greater federal or industrial funding to build a recognized national reputation,’” he said.

“Some of those receiving central funds think that winning the award is the end game, rather than the start of an effort for true national competition and recognition for focused excellence,” he said. “This is something we must change if we are to fulfill our institutional potential. Making this change will become a priority in the years ahead as my office and the Office of Research provide opportunities for true ‘seed’ funding.”

♦ Better capitalization of Ohio State research.
“Ohio State is among the very best universities in generating research support from industrial, governmental and foundation sources, yet we rank at the very bottom of our peers in terms of funds generated from commercialization of technology,” he said. “We will need to make certain that we develop the support systems that will facilitate the success of faculty whose research contains the seeds for economic and job creation value. This is essential to our state, the well being of our university and the attraction and retention of faculty with such entrepreneurial passions.”

He said that new processes under development would allow faculty to develop their innovations closer to economic viability before it gets sold to private industry. “Far too often we take our intellectual property and sell it too early in the process,” he said.

♦ Finding ways to capitalize on the university’s $1.3 billion Medical Center expansion, Project One.
“The true meaning of Project One and our prior investments is not simply new office, laboratory and hospital facilities, although we certainly should rejoice in these,” Alutto said. “The true meaning is the impact they will have throughout the university. First and foremost, they will allow us to attract scholars doing foundational research not only in the practice of medicine but in virtually all the basic sciences.

“We should be asking questions about how appointments in medical sociology and health care policy can be leveraged through Project One; how appointments in health economics can assist the development of personalized medicine; how literature and humanistic approaches can be used to facilitate medical understanding and treatment; how knowledge of branding and operational processes can reduce service delivery costs; how national policy on research can be influenced by what we learn at Ohio State; how teaching programs can be created because of our new organizational and facilities structures; and how teaching programs throughout the university can be enriched.

“My point is this: if we do not seek to find connections between our broad foundational sciences, connections that strengthen our health sciences as well as the arts and sciences and professional colleges, we will not experience the full benefit from our unique investments.”

Trustees, 2/18/10

February 17, 2010

The Ohio State Board of Trustees approved a variety of personnel, fiscal and construction-related matters at its meeting Feb. 5.

Ticket prices to increase
The board approved increases in athletic tickets:
• Football tickets for the 2010 season will increase $7 per game for all reserve price tickets, $4 per game for faculty and staff and $1 for students.
• Men’s basketball tickets for the 2010-11 season will increase $1 per game for all public tickets and 50 cents for faculty/staff and student tickets. Upper-level end zone tickets will remain $10 and will be sold on the day of games at the Schottenstein ticket office.
• Golf Course membership dues will increase 3 percent for faculty/staff, alumni/affiliates and members’ children, 13 and over. Dues for Ohio State student memberships and for members’ children under 13 will increase 2.7 percent. Daily greens fees for all groups remain unchanged.

Capital request adopted
The board adopted the proposed FY 2010 – FY 2015 capital project funding plan. The university is requesting $1.96 billion from the state for six years. The board also approved a cap of $450 million in additional debt in FY 2011.

Faculty rules amended
The board approved adopting several amendments to the Rules of the University Faculty regarding membership in faculty committees.

Board appointments approved
The board ratified several appointments to various boards:

Newark Regional Campus Board
• Marcus Yoder of Martinsburg, student member.

University Hospital Board
• Kevin Reeves, through June 30, 2010.
• Shirley Roger-Reece, through June 30, 2010.

James Cancer Hospital Board
• Guy Cole Jr., through June 30, 2010.
• Sander Flaum, through June 30, 2010.
• Jordan Miller Jr., through June 30, 2012.

University Hospital East Board
• Gene Harris, through June 30, 2010.
• Sue Zazon, through June 30, 2010.

Classified Civil Service Rules amended
The board adopted several amendments to the Classified Civil Service Rules regarding probationary periods, performance management, removals, suspensions and demotions of Classified Civil Service employees.

Departments renamed, reorganized
• The Department of Radiation Medicine has been renamed the Department of Radiation Oncology to better reflect the department’s integration with The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute.
• The academic programs in welding engineering have been transferred from the Department of Integrated Systems Engineering to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, with no changes to degree programs in either of the units.
• The Department of Entomology has been relocated solely within the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences rather than a joint alignment with the College of Biological Sciences.
• The Veterinary Teaching Hospital has been renamed the Veterinary Medical Center, comprised of three subcomponents: The Hospital for Companion Animals, the Hospital for Farm Animals and the Galbreath Equine Center.

SAS Building lobby named
The board approved naming the lobby of the new Student Academic Services Building after Martha Garland, who retired recently as vice provost and dean of undergraduate admissions.

Dairy parlor named
The board approved naming the dairy parlor at the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster the Dairymaster USA Inc. Dairy Parlor. The parlor is located at the Drake Agricultural, Research, Educational and Extension Laboratory in Apple Creek. Dairymaster USA has provided gift-in-kind, including consulting, dairy equipment design, layout and specification for new equipment for the dairy parlor and installation of the parlor.

Internal spaces named in new Ohio Union

The board approved the naming of several rooms and spaces within the new Ohio Union in recognition of university donors and friends: Room 3148 – Rosa M. Ailabouni Room; 3156 – Barbie Tootle Room; 2120 – Ohio Staters Inc. Traditions Room; 2144 – Ohio Staters Inc. Founders Room; 2154 – Student-Alumni Council Room; 3152 – Hays Cape Room; 2131/2133 – Archie M. Griffin Grand Ballroom; 3020C – Davis Foundation Interfaith Prayer and Reflection Room; 3030 – Stanley D. Gottsegen Lounge; 0165 – Hobart Corporation Student Station in the Instructional Kitchen; 1130 – Ben and Arlene Roth Lounge; 3000 – Sigma Phi Epsilon Lounge; 3150 – Tanya R. Rutner Room; 0165 – Sara Lee Foodservice Student Station in the Instructional Kitchen; 3146 – Suzanne M. Scharer Room; 1044 – Joe-Ann Schmahl Memorial Suite; 2150 – (including balcony) Sphinx Centennial Leadership Suite; 1070 – US Bank Conference Theater.

Personnel appointments
• Floyd Akins, associate vice president in the Office of University Development.
• Martha Garland, acting vice president in the Office of Student Life, for up to a total of six months.
• Kathy Matney, associate vice president and executive director of the Medical Center.
• Hazel Morrow-Jones, associate provost in the Office of Academic Affairs and director of The Women’s Place.
• Beth Necamp, vice president and chief communications officer in the Medical Center.
• Randy Nelson, professor and holder of the Dr. John D. and E. Olive Brumbugh Chair in Brain Research and Teaching in the College of Medicine, through Aug. 31, 2013.
• Tatiana Oberyszyn, associate professor and holder of the Jack C. Geer, MD, Professorship in Pathology in the College of Medicine, through Sept. 30, 2014.
• Matthew O’Rourke, associate vice president of strategic planning in the Office of Academic Affairs.
• Christine Poon, professor and holder of the John W. Berry, Sr. Chair in Business in the Fisher College of Business.
• Umit Ozguner, professor and holder of the Transportation Research Center Inc. Chair in Intelligent Transportation Systems in the College of Engineering, through June 30, 2011.
• Evelyn Freeman, executive dean of the regional campuses, through June 30, 2012.

Emeritus titles granted
• James Beuerlein, professor emeritus in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science.
• Jerry Bingham, professor emeritus in the School of Environment and Natural Resources.
• Frank Calhoun, professor emeritus in the School of Environment and Natural Resources.
• David Coplin, professor emeritus in the Department of Plant Pathology.
• Donald Eckert, professor emeritus in the School of Environment and Natural Resources.
• Gerald Edgar, professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics.
• Charles Gribble, professor emeritus in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures.
• Richard Lembach, professor emeritus in the Department of Ophthalmology.
• Michael Moran, professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
• Kottil Rammohan, professor emeritus in the Department of Neurology.
• Allan Samansky, professor emeritus in the Moritz College of Law.
• Deborah Angell, associate professor emeritus in Ohio State University Extension.
• Roger Baur, associate professor emeritus at the Agricultural and Technical Institute.
• Donald Larson, associate professor emeritus in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
• Timothy Long, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
• Landon Rhodes, associate professor emeritus in the Department of Plant Pathology.
• Sally Rogers, assistant professor emeritus in University Libraries.
• Stephen Hudkins, assistant professor emeritus in Ohio State University Extension.
• Sarah Lindsey, assistant professor emeritus.
• Cynthia Oliveri, assistant professor emeritus in Ohio State University Extension.
• Stephen Rogers, assistant professor emeritus in University Libraries.
• Carolyn Wilson, assistant professor emeritus in Ohio State University Extension.

Resolutions in memoriam
• Ivan Boh, professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, who died on Sept. 11.
• Alan Brown, associate professor emeritus in the Department of English, who died Sept. 17.
• Seifrid Bruny, professor emeritus in the Ohio State University Extension, who died Dec. 22.
• Leonard Ebel, clinical associate professor emeritus in the College of Dentistry, who died Oct. 8.
• Walter Frajola, professor emeritus in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, who died Sept. 17.
• Pauline Hetz, professor emeritus in the Ohio State University Extension, who died Nov. 29.
• Lloyd Lutz, instructor emeritus in the Ohio State University Extension, who died Dec. 12.
• William McWorter, associate professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics, who died Oct. 22.
• Keith Mixter, professor emeritus in the School of Music, who died Oct. 23.
• Fairfax Watkins, professor emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, who died June 25.
• Benjamin Williams, professor emeritus in the College of Dentistry, who died Aug. 27.

University Development report accepted
The board accepted the report from The Ohio State University Development Fund and The Ohio State University Foundation as of Dec. 31, 2009. The report included the establishment of 31 new named endowed funds totaling $2.6 million in private giving to the university.

Commercial paper notes authorized
The board approved the authorization, issuance and sale of General Receipts Commercial Notes, Series J.

Construction projects
The board authorized the university to enter into or increase the following professional services contracts:
• Construction of an east regional chilled water plant to connect buildings in the Academic Core North that are not currently served by the McCracken Chiller Plant. Professional Services contract amount is $10 million. Total project cost is $41 million to be provided by university bond proceeds.
• Renovation of Hopkins and Hayes halls to accommodate the occupants and functions from Haskett Hall, which is being demolished. Professional services amount is $1 million. Total project cost is $7.3 million to be provided by state appropriations.

The board authorized the university to enter into construction contracts for the following projects:
• Construction of a two-story addition to the College of Medicine’s Prior Health Sciences Library. Construction amount is $11.5 million. Total project cost is $13 million to be provided by state appropriations and College of Medicine general funds.
• Renovation of Hopkins and Hayes halls. Construction cost is $6.3 million. Total project cost is $7.3 million to be provided by state appropriations.
• Renovation of Kennedy Commons as first phase of the Food Service Master Plan to renovate traditional dining commons to better accommodate student demands. Construction cost is $9.7 million. Total project cost is $12.5 million to be provided by university bond proceeds.
• Renovation of five student housing facilities: Stradley, Siebert, Park, Smith and Steeb halls in the south campus area and construction of additions between Stradley and Park and between Smith and Steeb. Construction cost is $152.7 million. Total project cost is $171.6 million to be provided by university bond proceeds.
• Replacement of deteriorated roadways, curbs and sidewalks on Woodruff Avenue and Tuttle Park Place. Construction cost is $9.5 million. Total project cost is $11.5 million to be provided by university bond proceeds.

Amendments to leases
The board authorized the university to extend the three-year lease of approximately 25,000 square feet of office space to a five-year term. The space, located at 2740 Airport Drive in Columbus, will be used by the university’s Office of Information Technology, which will provide the funds for the lease extension.
The board also authorized extending a long-term lease with Gowdy Partners III LLC to provide for construction of a building addition of medical office space for a Radiation Oncology Center to be located at 739 W. Third Ave.

Retirement Plan amended
The board authorized the university to amend and restate The Ohio State University Alternative Retirement Plan to conform to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and other applicable laws, regulations and administrative authority.

Harding Retirement Plan amended
The board approved ratification of an amended and restated Harding Hospital Employees’ Retirement Plan Agreement to conform to regulations affecting tax-sheltered annuity plans in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Disaster leave benefit implemented
The board authorized the university to implement a Paid Disaster Leave Benefit, which will provide for a short-term paid leave benefit for those faculty, staff and graduate associates who are prevented from assignable work due to a declared university disaster.

Audit report accepted
The board accepted the audit of the university’s financial statements for 2008-09 conducted by Deloitte and Touche, The accounts, records, files and reports of the university were found to be in satisfactory condition.

University, Alumni Association align

A new affiliation agreement will more closely align Ohio State’s Alumni Association with the university.

The agreement was unanimously approved by the Alumni Association Board of Directors in January and ratified by OSU trustees Feb. 5. It resulted from a year-long study of best practices in alumni engagement among leading public and private universities. The Alumni Association’s 120,000 active members will be asked to vote this spring on changes to the association’s constitution to reflect the new relationship.

Under the agreement, the Alumni Association will remain a member-based organization, but by working in new ways with the university, it will expand its reach beyond dues-paying members.

“This strengthened partnership will enable us to collaborate more readily and to engage alumni and friends much more deeply,” President Gordon Gee said. “The result will be innovative, robust programming that fully leverages the vast talents of all of our constituents.”

Programs and initiatives being explored include career services, enhanced alumni networking, regional engagement, lifelong learning opportunities, volunteer recruitment and coordination.

Archie Griffin will remain president and CEO of the Alumni Association and will assume the additional role as senior vice president for alumni relations of the university and become a member of Gee’s senior leadership team. The Alumni Association’s 57 full-time employees will become university employees but remain dedicated to their alumni relations work.

The Alumni Association has a potential audience that now numbers more than 470,000 living alumni around the country and throughout the world. “By this very deliberate partnership with the university, I believe we will bring even greater value to alumni, friends and fans everywhere,” Griffin said.

Under the new arrangement, promoting the work of the university and engaging Ohio State alumni will be a coordinated effort of the offices of University Communications, University Development and the Alumni Association. It also will better align alumni relations activities in Ohio State’s 18 colleges and five regional campuses with overall university goals.

Calendar, 2/18/10

February 17, 2010

Conferences
Feb. 22, “Cap & Trade: The Implications of Carbon Regulation and Pricing,” Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center Auditorium, 2201 Fred Taylor Drive, registration required, aede.osu.edu/programs/outlook or 292-2701.

Feb. 26-27, Mershon Center for International Security Studies conference, “The Cold War in the Third World,” Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., visit mershoncenter.osu.edu/events for more information.

March 4-5, Humanities Institute, Human Rights Representation in the Arts and Humanities Conference, “Human Rights: Confronting Images and Testimonies,” Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., shuman.1@osu.edu.

Dance
Feb. 25-27, MFA Concert: James Graham, 9 p.m. Feb. 25, 2 p.m. Feb. 26, 3 p.m. Feb. 27, Sullivant Theatre, 1813 N. High St., admission, 292-7977.

Events
Feb. 18, University Libraries Read Aloud Program, Saundra Akers will read various selections including passages from her work in progress, 3-4 p.m., 202 Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave., library.osu.edu/blogs/readaloud.

Feb. 24, Biometric Health Screening, 7:40 a.m.-noon, 107D Maintenance Building, 2000 Tuttle Park Place, registration and appointment required, yourplanforhealth.com.

Feb. 26, Winter Quarter Artists Reception, 5-7 p.m., OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., 292-8861.

March 3, Biometric Health Screening, 8-11:20 a.m., 115 Biomedical Research Tower, 460 W. 12th Ave., registration and appointment required, yourplanforhealth.com.

March 4, University Libraries Read Aloud Program, Noreen Palmer will read selected readings, 3-4 p.m., 202 Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave., library.osu.edu/blogs/readaloud.

Exhibits
Through Feb. 28, “The Journey” by Paul Henri Bourguignon (1906-1988), Faculty Club, 181 S. Oval Drive, ohiostatefacultyclub.com or 292-2262.

Through March 3, “Gesture (inclusive),” Hopkins Hall Gallery + Corridor, 128 N. Oval Mall, free, 292-5072.

Through March 7, “The American Weigh: Christopher Steele Collection,” OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, 292-8861.

Through March 12, “Abstractions,” Peter Crow, Deb Hall and Judith Kalina, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Mon.-Fri., Pearl Conard Gallery, Ohio State Mansfield,
1760 University Drive, (419) 755-4255.

Through March 15, “Searching for God,” various artists from Ohio to Israel, Ohio State Marion, reception 4-6 p.m. Feb. 22, Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery, Morrill Hall,
1465 Mt. Vernon Ave., (740) 389-6786.

Through March 27, “Art, Documentary and Propaganda in Wartime China,” the photography of Sha Fei (1912-50), OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, 292-8861.

Through March 27, “Transitions: The Dresden Project,” photographs by Fredrik Marsh, OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, 292-8861.

March 1-April 9, Knowlton School of Architecture Exhibition, “Surplus Rising,” Julia Christensen, Oberlin College, Banvard Gallery, 115 Knowlton Hall, 275 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-1012.

March 3-April 30, “Explorations,” the paintings of Karin Dahl, Faculty Club, 181 S. Oval Drive, ohiostatefacultyclub.com or 292-2262.

Films
Feb. 18, African American and African Studies Community Extension Center, Black History Month Documentary Series, “The Rebirth of a Nation: A Documentary About the Honorable Elijah Muhammad,” 6:30 p.m., Community Extension Center, 905 Mt. Vernon Ave., free, 292-3922 or
aaascec@osu.edu.

Feb. 24, Winter 2010 Latin American Film Series: Re-Visioning Bolivia, “Los Andes no creen en Dios (The Andes Don’t Believe in God)” (Antonio Eguino, 2007), 7:30 p.m., 180 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, free and open to the public, clas.osu.edu/filmSeries.php.

March 4, Slavic and East European Studies Film Series, “Nikita!” (Mikhalkov, 2007), 7 p.m., 100 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, free and open to the public, oia.osu.edu/events.html.

Lectures
Feb. 18, Humanities Institute Neighborhood Institute Working Group, David Scobey, Bates College, time to be announced, Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., conn.23@osu.edu.

Feb. 18, Department of Statistics Winter Seminar 2010, 3:30 p.m., 170 Eighteenth Avenue Building, 292-5194.

Feb. 19, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Mementos, Keepsakes and Tokens 2009-10 Lecture Series, “From Roman Medallions to Scandinavian Runic Amulets: Migration Period Bracteates as Heirloom Jewelry,” Nancy Wicker, University of Mississippi, 2:30 p.m., 090 Science and Engineering Library, 175 W. 18th Ave., cmrs.osu.edu or 292-7495.

Feb. 19, Institute for Chinese Studies, China in Global Context Lecture Series, “Machinations and Manipulations: Brief Observations in Respect to Faking the Photographic Image in China,” Thomas Hahn, Cornell University, 1:30 p.m., 045 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, ics.osu.edu.

Feb. 19, Institute for Chinese Studies, China in Global Context Lecture Series, “Rhyming, Tempo and Humor in Early Cantopop,” Marjorie Chan, Ohio State,
2:30 p.m., 062 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, ics.osu.edu.

Feb. 22, Mershon Center for International Security Studies Lecture Series, “Multiple Masculinities in US Military Culture,” Jesse Crane-Seeber, University of Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, noon, 120 Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., lecture is free, please respond to russell.16@osu.edu by Feb. 18.

Feb. 22, Department of Physics, Christopher Aubin, The College of William and Mary, 3:30 p.m., 4138 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

Feb. 22, Department of Physics, Andrey Chubukov, University of Wisconsin, 11:30 a.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

Feb. 23, Mershon Center for International Security Studies Lecture Series, “Military Intervention and the Protection of Civilians in Afghanistan,” Susanne Schmeidl, The Austrailian National University, 3:30 p.m., 120 Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., lecture is free, please respond to russell.16@osu.edu by Feb. 19.

Feb. 23, Department of Physics, Thomas Weiler, Vanderbilt University, 4 p.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

Feb. 24, Mershon Center for International Security Studies Lecture Series, “The United States and the Global Human Rights Imagination,” Mark Bradley, University of Chicago, noon, 120 Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., lecture is free, please respond to russell.16@osu.edu by Feb. 22.

Feb. 24, Humanities Institute Lusoglobe Working Group, “Lost Allusions: Machado de Assis in an International Context,” Michael Wood, Princeton University, noon, Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., pereira.37@osu.edu.

Feb. 24, Knowlton School of Architecture Baumer Lecture Series, “Winter/Spring 2010: Economy,” Michael Speaks, University of Kentucky, 5:30 p.m., Knowlton Hall Auditorium, 275 W. Woodruff Ave., knowlton.osu.edu or 292-1012.

Feb. 24, Biomedical Engineering lecture, “Engineering Arterial Grafts: Bench-to-Startup-to-(hopefully) Bedside,” David Vorp, University of Pittsburgh, 4 p.m., 115 Biomedical Research Tower, 460 W. 12th Ave., lake.26@osu.edu or 292-1285.

Feb. 25, Mershon Center for International Security Studies National Security Speaker Series, “It’s The Region, Stupid: The Real Dangers of US Failure in Afghanistan-Pakistan,” Jonathan Landay, McClatchy Newspapers, 3:30 p.m., Saxbe Auditorium, Moritz College of Law, 55 W. 12th Ave., registration required, landay.eventbrite.com.

Feb. 25, Department of Statistics Winter Seminar 2010, Danel Draguljic, Ohio State, 3:30 p.m., 170 Eighteenth Avenue Building, 292-5194.

Feb. 25, Humanities Institute LiteracyStudies@OSU, “The Underground Book Railroad: Women Prisoners and the Art of Reading,” Megan Sweeney, University of Michigan, 4 p.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., hanson.94@osu.edu.

Feb. 25, Humanities Institute Religious Studies Roundtable, 6 p.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., wiles-op.1@osu.edu.

Feb. 25, Office of Research Symposium Series, “A Big World in the Small Stories We Tell: Humanities Research and Writing in a Global Environment,” Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona, 3-4:30 p.m., Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave., registration required, research.osu.edu/ortec.

Feb. 25, Department of English special event, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley will read from her works of poetry, 7 p.m., 311 Denney Hall, 164 W. 17th Ave., free and open to the public, bowers.236@rf.ohio-state.edu.

Feb. 26, 2010 Authors and Conversation Soul Food Luncheon Series, “Rising Road: A True Tale of Love, Race and Religion in America,” Sharon Davies, Kirwan Institute, 11:30 a.m., Hale Center, 153 W. 12th Ave., white.4@osu.edu.

Feb. 26, Humanities Institute, Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies, “Women’s Literacies,” 11:30 a.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., hanson.94@osu.edu.

Feb. 26, Humanities Institute Qualitative Inquiry Working Group, “Activism, Ethics and Performance in Qualitative Research,” Soyini Madison, Northwestern University, 2 p.m., 4012 Smith Lab, 174 W. 18th Ave., stout.127@osu.edu.

Feb. 26, Humanities Institute Public Sphere and Modern Social Imaginaries Working Group, “The Nineteenth-Century Novel in Latin America: Toward a Public Sphere?” Fernqando Unzueta, Spanish and Portuguese, 2:30 p.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., fischer.5@osu.edu.

Feb. 26, Humanities Institute LiteracyStudies@osu, History of the Book Reading and Discussion Group, “The Future of the Book,” David Staley, History, 3:30 p.m., 311 Denney Hall, 164 W. 17th Ave., hanson.94@osu.edu.

Feb. 26, Institute for Chinese Studies, China in Global Context Lecture Series, “Taiwan Indigenous Peoples under Japanese Colonial Rule,” Paul Barclay, Lafayette College, 2:30 p.m., 062 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, ics.osu.edu.

March 1, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Colloquium Series, “Some Statistical Issues in Measuring DNA Methylation,” Rafael Irizarry, 2:30-3:30 p.m., 355 Jennings Hall, 1735 Neil Ave., mbi.osu.edu/seminars/current_colloquia.html.

March 1, Center for Folklore Studies, Maria Herrera-Sobek, University of California-Santa Barbara, 3:30 p.m., 311 Denney Hall, 164 W. 17th Ave., cfs.osu.edu/activities/spcevents/default.cfm.

March 1, Department of Physics, Eduadro Fradkin, University of Illinois-UC, 11:30 a.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

March 1, Department of Physics, Radovan Dermisek, University of Indiana, 3:30 p.m., 4138 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

March 2, Ohio State Marion Science Café, “Geology of the Serpent Mound Disturbance,” Greg Schumacher, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 7 p.m., The Infinity Restaurant, Harding Hotel, 267 W. Center St., Marion, marion.ohio-state.edu/sciencecafe.

March 3, Humanities Institute Project Narrative, “Focalization and Character Narration in German Narrative,” Katra Byram, Ohio State, and Silke Horstkotte, University of Newfoundland, 4 p.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., phelan.1@osu.edu.

March 3, University Libraries Science Café, “Inspiring and Advancing Women in Engineering,” Glenda La Rue, 6:30 p.m., South Campus Gateway Movie Theater,
1550 N. High St., tinyurl.com/osusciencecafe.

March 4, Department of Statistics Winter Seminar 2010, Annie Qu, University of Illinois, 3:30 p.m., 170 Eighteenth Avenue Building, 292-5194.

March 4, Humanities Institute Lusoglobe Working Group, “The Constant Gardner: Henry Koster in Brazil, 1809-1815,” José Luiz Passos, UCLA, noon, Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., pereira.37@osu.edu.

March 4, “Beyond the Decorative Surface: Strategies for Getting Your Work Seen,” Fredrik Marsh, 6:30-8 p.m., OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free and open to all, respond to uaseducation@osu.edu or 292-8861.

Meetings
Feb. 18, Lunch and Learn, “Therapeutic Touch,” noon-1 p.m., 115 Stillman Hall,  1947 College Road, registration required, osuhealthplan.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894.

Feb. 19, Veterans Lunch Series, open to all Ohio State faculty, staff, alumni and students, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Rooms A-D, Faculty Club, reservation required, free, contact forrest.73@osu.edu or 292-7047.

Feb. 22, Lunch and Learn, “Herbals and Supplements: How to Choose Which One is Right for You,” noon-1 p.m., 1039 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval Mall, registration required, osuhealthplan.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894.

Feb. 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22, Lunch and Learn, Get Fit with Maria, “Hatha Yoga…Mmmmmmmmmm!: Series Two,” 5:30-6:30 p.m., 316 Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Ave., registration required, osuhealthplan.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894.

Feb. 24, Lunch and Learn, “Symptom Reduction of Depression and Stress,” noon-1 p.m., 226 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall, registration required, osuhealthplan.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894.

March 4, Lunch and Learn, “ADHD and Diet: What Everyone Should Know,” noon-1 p.m., 130 Biomedical Research Tower,
460 W. 12th Ave., registration required, osuhealthplan.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894.

Music
Feb. 18, Melton Center for Jewish Studies, Luminescent Orchestrii, 8 p.m., Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Road, admission, Citymusiccolumbus.com or 433-9963.

Feb. 18, Ohio State Marion, “Shut Up and Sing,” InChant, 6:30 p.m., Morrill Hall Auditorium, 1465 Mt. Vernon Ave., free admission for faculty, staff and students, $5 general admission, (740) 389-6786.

Feb. 19, HS Choral Festival, 8:30 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 247-7036.

Feb. 19-20, Drums Downtown VII, 8 p.m., Riffe Center’s Capitol Theatre, 77 S. High St., admission, CAPA at 469-0939 or Ticketmaster at 431-3600.

Feb. 22 and 28, A Bicentennial Celebration of Chopin and Schumann: Faculty, Guests and Alumni, 8 p.m. Feb. 22, 4:30 p.m. Feb. 28, Weigel Auditorium,
1866 College Road, admission, 247-7036.

Feb. 24, Symphonic Band, 8 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 247-7036.

Feb. 26-27, Percussion Ensemble Festival, 10 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 292-9522.

March 2, Gospel and Spiritual Ensemble, 8 p.m., Hughes Auditorium, 1899 College Road, admission, 247-7036.

March 3, Melton Center for Jewish Studies, pianist Michal Tal, 8 p.m., Weigel Hall, 1866 College Road, admission, meltoncenter.osu.edu.

March 4, Winter Concert, 8 p.m., Sullivant Theatre, Sullivant Hall, 1813 N. High St., admission, 247-7036.

Schottenstein
March 4-6, 2010 State Tournaments, Boys Wrestling, visit schottensteincenter.com for times, Value City Arena, admission, schottensteincenter.com or ticketmaster.com.

Theater
Feb. 18-21, 25-27, March 4-6, Department of Theatre, “Men in White,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18-20, 25-27 and March 4-6, 3 p.m. Feb. 21, Roy Bowen Theatre, Drake Performance and Event Center, 1849 Cannon Drive, admission, 292-2295.

Feb. 25-28, March 4-6, Department of Theatre, “O Pioneers!” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25-27 and March 4-6, 3 p.m. Feb. 28, Thurber Theatre, Drake Performance and Event Center, 1849 Cannon Drive, admission, 292-2295.

Feb. 25-28, Ohio State Lima Department of Theatre, “Antigone” by Sophocles, 8 p.m. Feb. 25-27, 2 p.m. Feb. 28, admission, 419-995-8382.

Training
Feb. 18, Office of Research, “Electronic PA-005 Training,” 10:30-11:30 a.m., 1960 Kenny Road, registration required, research.osu.edu/ortec.

Feb. 19, College of Social Work Training, “Physiology of the Brain and Mental Illness: Some Treatment Options,” 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m., 115 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road, earn 6 CEU/clock hours, open to the public, for description and registration visit csw.osu.edu/trainingforprofessionals/trainingcalendar/100219.

Feb. 22, College of Social Work Training, “Understanding Yourself and Others,” 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m., 115 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road, earn 6 CEU/RCH clock hours, open to the public, for description and registration visit csw.osu.edu/trainingforprofessionals/trainingcalendar/100222.

Feb. 23, Office of Research, “Orientation to Research Administration at The Ohio State University,” 8:30 a.m.-noon, 1960 Kenny Road, registration required, research.osu.edu/ortec.

Feb. 23, Financial Training and Documentation, “University Expenditures Policy,” 9-11 a.m., 231 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.ohio-state.edu/hrfin/trainingregistration.html.

Feb. 23, Financial Training and Documentation, “Tax Obligations and Compliance at OSU,” 1-4:30 p.m., 231 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.ohio-state.edu/hrfin/trainingregistration.html.

Feb. 23, Feb. 25, Mar. 2, Ohio Supercomputer Center, “OSC Remote MATLAB Services Workshop Series,” 9:30-11 a.m. and 2:30-4:00 p.m., Hagerty Hall, Room 0171A, 1775 College Road, registration required, http://www.osc.edu/supercomputing/training/advanced_matlab/register.shtml or 247-8670.

Feb. 24, Human Resources Training, “Manage Additional Pay,” 1-4:30 p.m., 191 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.osu.edu/hrfin/hrschedule/html.

Feb. 25-26, Financial Training and Documentation, “The Procurement and Payment Process,” 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. both days, 231 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.ohio-state.edu/hrfin/trainingregistration.html.

Feb. 26, College of Social Work Training, “Introduction to Motivational Interviewing,” 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m., 115 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road, earn 6 CEU/clock hours, open to the public, for description and registration visit csw.osu.edu/trainingforprofessionals/trainingcalendar/100226.

March 1, Office of Research, “Research Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students,” 1:30-3 p.m., 1960 Kenny Road, registration required, research.osu.edu/ortec.

March 2, Human Resources Training, “Manage Positions and Create Job Openings,” 8:30 a.m.-noon, 191 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.osu.edu/hrfin/hrschedule/html.

March 2-3, Financial Training and Documentation, “Debits and Credits,” 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. both days, 231 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.ohio-state.edu/hrfin/trainingregistration.html.

March 3, Management Advancement for the Public Service, “Effectively Managing Generational Differences,” 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Road, admission for non-members, registration required, glennschool.osu.edu or 292-3242.

March 4, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Events on Teaching, “Infusing Sustainability into Redesign/Design of Courses,” 11:30 a.m.-
1 p.m., 300 Younkin Success Center, 1640 Neil Ave., registration required, ucat.osu.edu/participate/ftad_events/registration.html or 292-3644.

March 4, Management Advancement for the Public Service, “Diversity: Exploring Blind Spots in Yourself and in Others,” 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Road, admission for non-members, registration required, glennschool.osu.edu or 292-3242.

Wexner
Through Feb. 28, The Box: Joe Sola, “St. Henry Composition,” Mon.-Wed. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Thu.-Fri. 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., The Box is located across from the Wexner Center Store, free, 292-3535.

Through April 11, On View: Cyprien Gaillard, “Disquieting Landscapes,” Wexner Center Galleries, admission (free to visitors the first Sunday of the month and every Thursday after 4 p.m.), 292-3535.

Through April 11, On View: Alyson Shotz, “Standing Wave,” Wexner Center Galleries, admission (free to visitors the first Sunday of the month and every Thursday after 4 p.m.), 292-3535.

Through April 11, On View, “Hard Targets,” Wexner Center Galleries, admission (free to visitors the first Sunday of the month and every Thursday after 4 p.m.), 292-3535.

Feb. 18, Field & Screen: Films About Our Food, “Black Gold” (Marc and Nick Francis, 2005) and “Darwin’s Nightmare” (Hubert Sauper, 2004), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 19, Classics, Robert Breer Restorations, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 20, Classics, “Pandora and the Flying Dutchman” (Albert Lewin, 1951), introduced by Tim Lanza, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 24, Players: Sports on Film, “The French” (William Klein, 1982), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 25, Field & Screen: Films About Our Food, “Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution” (Jean-Paul Jaud, 2008) and “Babette’s Feast” (Gabriel Axel, 1987), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 25-27, Gesture at Large: An Interdisciplinary Conference, 3:30 p.m.

Feb. 25, 9 a.m. Feb. 26, 7 p.m. Feb. 27, Film/Video Theater, 292-3535.

Feb. 26-27, New Documentary, “Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman” (Eric Bricker, 2008), introduced by Eric Bricker Feb. 26, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

March 1-31, The Box: Laura Larson, “Electric Girls in the Invisible World” (2008), Mon.-Wed. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Thu.-Fri. 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., The Box is located across from the Wexner Center Store, free, 292-3535.

March 2, Artist’s Talk, Spectator/Sport: A Panel on Athletics, Art and Masculinity, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, free, 292-3535.

March 4, Out @ Wex, “Eyes Wide Open” (Haim Tabakman, 2009), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

Workshops
Feb. 19, Center for Folklore Studies Symposium, “Folklore, History and Memory: Ireland and Beyond,” keynote speaker Guy Beiner, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 311 Denney Hall, 164 W. 17th Ave., cfs.osu.edu/activities/spcevents/default.cfm.

Feb. 26, College of Social Work, “Introduction to Motivational Interviewing,” 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m., 115 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road, earn 6 CEU/RCH clock hours, open to the public, preregistration required, csw.osu.edu/trainingforprofessionals/trainingcalendar.

Young Writers Workshop seeks applicants
Deadline Feb. 26
The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English will host the second annual Young Writers Workshop thanks to a generous donor. Thirty talented young writers from Columbus City Schools will spend a week on campus this summer, taking daily workshops and writing courses taught by OSU faculty, alumni of the Masters in Fine Arts program and current graduate students, as well as have time to work on their own writing every day. Evening activities will include readings, picnics with visiting writers and an open mic reading of their own work.

Applications are available at english.osu.edu/programs/creativewriting/ywworkshop.cfm, in Columbus City Schools high school English classes and from the Creative Writing Program. Call or e-mail Kelli Fickle (292-2242; fickle.7@osu.edu) for a hard copy of the application. Professor Michelle Herman (herman.2@osu.edu) can answer any questions about the program’s format or the application process.

All applicants will be judged on the basis of a writing sample and statement of interest only, and all writing samples will be anonymized. Full scholarships are awarded to all students admitted to the program. Participation is limited to CCS students of current sophomore and junior ranking (i.e., those who will be rising juniors or seniors in the summer of 2010).

Faculty & Staff, 2/18/10

February 17, 2010

Book
Ali Keyhani, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Integration of Green and Renewable Energy in Electric Power Systems (Wiley, 2009), with Mohammad Marwali and Min Dai.

Grants
Srinivasan Parthasarathy, Computer Science and Engineering and Biomedical Informatics, received a $499,997 National Science Foundation Information and Intelligent Systems grant for “Global Graphs: A Middleware for Data Intensive Computing.”

Elizabeth Renker, English, won the New Honors Course Competition and received funding for a new undergraduate class, “Archival Research Methods and American Literature, 1865-1910,” in the University Honors and Scholars Center.

Deborah Steward, Nursing, was awarded a $442,954 Health Resources and Services Administration grant for her project, “Enhancing the Quality of Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Education.” The objectives of the project are to increase the number of graduate students prepared as neonatal nurse practitioners who will provide care to high-risk neonates from central Ohio and the 29-county area of southeastern Ohio that comprise the Appalachian area, prepare graduate students to manage the increasing complexity of care required by high-risk neonates admitted to the NICU and examine the impact of an increasingly diverse population on the approach to management of high-risk neonates in the NICU.

Jacques Zakin, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received a $136,852 National Science Foundation Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems grant for “Investigating the Use of Light-Responsive Surfactant Fluids in Turbulent Drag Reduction.”

Presentations
David Clampitt, Music, presented a series of lectures on “Beethoven’s Op. 30 and the Grosse Fugue,” at the Kent Music Conference, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, June 23-27; and presented “Pairwise Well-formed Words,” at WORDS 2009, University of Salerno, Italy, Sept. 17.

Samir Ghadiali, Biomedical Engineering, presented the keynote address “Prevention of Cellular Injury and Inflammation during Low Volume Ventilation: A Pharmaco-Mechanical Approach,” at the 2nd Symposium on Natural and Artificial Ventilation, Aachen, Germany, Aug. 31-Sept. 3.

Claudio Gonzalez-Vega, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, gave the keynote speech “Diversity, Freedom and Pluralism,” at the official celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Academia de Centroamerica, Sept. 30; and presented  “Lessons from Microfinance for the Global Financial Crisis,” University of Costa Rica, Oct. 1.

Joe Guada, Social Work, presented “The Impact of Family Factors on the Functioning of African American Consumers Living with Schizophrenia,” at the 61st annual Institute on Psychiatric Services, New York, NY, Oct. 8-11.

Jesus Lara, Landscape Architecture, presented “Sustainable Urban Design Approaches for Phoenix through the Transfer of Knowledge of Best Practices,” at the American Collegiate of School of Planning conference Reinvesting in America: The New Metropolitan Planning Agenda, Crystal City, Va., Oct. 1-4; and “Global Perspectives for Urban Sustainability: Toward Responsive and Adaptive Environments that Focus on People and Place,” at the School of Architecture/Landscape Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, Te Aro Wellington, New Zealand, Aug. 13.

L. Scott Lissner, ADA Coordinator’s Office, presented “Keeping It Legal: Updates on Rulemaking for the Americans with Disabilities Act,” with Irene Bowen and Jack Catlin, at the Association for Higher Education and Disability’s Fourth Annual Management Institute, New Orleans, La., Feb. 6.

Kristen Mosier, Office of Research, presented “PI Portal Practice Lab,” Columbus, Dec. 8.

Randy Nelson, Neuroscience, Randy Moses, Electrical Engineering, and Sebastian Knowles, English, presented “Tips from the Pros: Strategies for Successful Grantsmanship,” Columbus, Nov. 3.

Mary Louise Poling, Art Education, presented the keynote address “Research-Based Teaching Strategies that Make a Difference,” at Bowling Green State University Division of Art Education, Oct. 26.

Cheryl Sowash and Heather Cairney, Office of Research, presented “Electronic PA-005 Training,” Columbus, Nov. 10.

Publications
Angela Brown, Optometry, and Del Lindsey, Psychology, OSU Mansfield, “World Color Survey Color Naming Reveals Universal Motifs and Their Within-Language Diversity,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Vol. 106, No. 47 (2009).

Philip Brown, History, “Kenkyusha no gazoriyo taiken: Rekishigaku no genba kara” (“Researchers’ Experience Using Images: From the Perspective of Historical Research”), in Kaigai Nihon kenkyusha no gazo riyo jijo (Conditions of Image Use by Overseas Japanese Studies Scholars), eds. Yasue Akio and Koide Izumi, (Tokyo: The North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources, 2009), pp. 59-63.

David Clampitt, Music, was lead author for two papers presented at the Second Biennial Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., June 19-22, and which were published in the proceedings, Springer Verlag, Vol. 38, CCIS Series.

Richard Dutton, English, “The Famous Victories and the 1600 Quarto of Henry V,” Locating the Queen’s Men, 1583-1603: Material Practices and Conditions of Playing (Farnham: Ashgate, 2009), eds. Helen Ostovich, Holger Schott Syme and Andrew Griffin, pp. 135-44.

Gabriella Modan, English, “Trajectories of Language: Orders of Indexical Meaning in Washington, DC’s Chinatown,” with Jennifer Leeman, in Reshaping Cities: How Global Mobility Transforms Architecture and Urban Form (London: Routledge 2010), eds. Michael Guggenheim and Ola Söderström, pp. 167-88.

Alan Randall, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, “We Already Have Risk Management – Do We Really Need the Precautionary Principle?” International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol. 3, No. 1 (2009), pp. 39-74.

Carolyn Sommerich, Integrated Systems Engineering, “College Students and Computers: Assessment of Usage Patterns and Musculoskeletal Discomfort,” Work, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 285-98, with K.L. Noack and G.M. Mirka.

Kevin Tavin, Art Education, co-authored an article, “Art Education Beyond Reconceptualization: Enacting Curriculum Through/With/By/For/Of/In/Beyond/As Visual Culture, Community and Public Pedagogy,” in Curriculum Studies Handbook (Routledge, 2010), ed. Erik Malewski.

Recognition
Theodore Allen, Integrated Systems Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Society for Quality for outstanding technical and research accomplishments, including publication in ASQ’s most prestigious journals, the training of more than 1,000 students in the quality discipline, the development of software used by thousands worldwide and his many years of involvement with ASQ through technical presentations and service.

Stuart Cooper, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been awarded the Society for Biomaterials 2010 Founders Award. This award is specifically given for long-term, landmark contributions to the discipline of biomaterials. The award will be formally presented at the Society for Biomaterials annual meeting, Seattle, Wash., April 21-24.

David Dennis, History, was awarded a Presidential Fellowship from the Graduate School.

Kenneth Goings, African American and African Studies, was quoted in the article “Church told to reapply in bid to use vacant Reynoldsburg pool hall,” in the Sept. 29 edition of The Columbus Dispatch.

William Marras, Integrated Systems Engineering, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Surgery, received the 2009 Paul M. Fitts Education Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society for methods he uses to encourage his students to think critically and innovatively, using an interdisciplinary approach to advancing this discipline.

Jack Nasar, City and Regional Planning, has been selected for the Environmental Design Research Association Achievement Award for Designing for Designers: Lessons Learned from Schools of Architectures (Fairchild Publications: 2007), a book he co-authored with Wolfgang F.E. Preiser and Tom Fisher.

Carolyn Skinner, English, was interviewed on “Talk about Talk,” a radio program affiliated with Colgate University’s Speaking Union about her article “’She Will Have Science:’ Ethos and Audience in Mary Gove’s Lectures to Ladies,” Jan. 27 (web.me.com/the_other_john_adams/Talk_About_Talk/Podcast/Podcast.html).

Qinghua Sun, Environmental Health Sciences, was selected to receive the Society of Toxicology’s Inhalation and Respiratory Specialty Section (IRSS) Young Investigator Award. Research within the IRSS addresses the impact of airborne chemicals and particles on the body. The Young Investigator Award is given to a scientist who has made significant contributions to the field of inhalation or respiratory toxicology. The society’s special section also named Sun the winner of theIRSS Paper of the Year Award for his publication “Ambient Air Pollution Exaggerates Adipose Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in a Mouse Model of Diet Induced Obesity” that appeared in the journal Circulation in February 2009.

John Vaughn, Student Health Services

February 17, 2010

John Vaughn is a physician in Student Health Services. In addition to his clinical work, he oversees outreach strategies with an emphasis on the use of social media.

What are your five favorite books and why?
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman MacLean.
MacLean was an English professor at the University of Chicago and wrote this novella/story collection — his first fiction — at the age of 70. It is a very moving story about how the people we love the most are often the ones we are least able to help, written in some of the most beautiful prose I’ve ever read.

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway.
Hemingway’s memoir of his life in Paris in the 1920s has it all: Great writing, great stories and great characters, and it completely immerses you in a time and place that seems almost too good to be true.

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubenstein.
The title pretty much sums it up.  An absurd, hilarious — and true — story about the world’s worst professional hockey player turned modern day Robin Hood, the economic free-for-all of Eastern Europe in the ’90s, the battered history of Hungary and the lengths to which people will go for a chance at a better life.

The Thurber Carnival by James Thurber.
Not only is Thurber Columbus’ (and Ohio State’s) most famous literary figure, it just amazes me that the stories and essays he wrote more than 80 years ago are still funny today.

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Undeniable proof that short fiction is still relevant. Each story contains characters who are at once foreign and yet completely familiar. Collectively, they create a world that seems to somehow explain our own.

What’s your “guilty pleasure” — a book you love but don’t often talk about because it’s not “serious” literature?
The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. An historical fantasy series in which dragons and their crews serve as aerial support during the Napoleonic Wars. A cool idea, richly imagined and well executed — great page turners.

What is the last book you’ve bought?
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby. I’ve been a big fan ever since I saw him at a reading here at Ohio State a few years ago. His books are kind of written off as “light” reading, but he hits on some big themes in that casual voice, which is a lot harder than it looks.

What book would you most want your kids to read? What would you want them NOT to read?
The book I most love to read with my 6-year-old daughter is The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch.  A great spin on the traditional princess story — not only does the princess do the rescuing, she dumps the prince when he turns out to be a jerk. I can’t think of a better message for girls.

And for my 4-year-old son, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak: A classic that I loved as a child and that still perfectly captures the wild rumpus of boyhood.

What would I want them NOT to read? Anything with vampires, brats (especially those spelled with a “z”), or anything else that smacks of impending tweener-hood.

What classic novel was a disappointment to you?
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I thought it was much better when Seth Grahame-Smith added zombies to it.

What genre of literature do you prefer to read (history, fiction, biography, etc.) and why?
Fiction; because as corny as it sounds, when it is done well, I think it gets closer to the truth than the vast majority of non-fiction published today.

Booktalk highlights the literary opinions of faculty and staff at Ohio State. To nominate a colleague for a future Booktalk, e-mail Julia Harris at harris.587@osu.edu.

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