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Shkurti: Plans in place to weather potential financial storm

March 17, 2010

OSU’s on solid ground for now, but trouble could loom in fiscal 2012, he tells University Senate

By Jeff McCallister

In one of his last official acts before his pending retirement, Senior Vice President for Business and Finance Bill Shkurti warned University Senate that more tough financial times likely are on their way. Continue reading ‘Shkurti: Plans in place to weather potential financial storm’

Newsbriefs, 3/18/10

March 17, 2010

Dentistry to conduct free head and neck cancer screenings
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute and the College of Dentistry will provide free head and neck cancer screenings by appointment from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. April 16.

Screenings will be held on the fourth floor of the Cramblett Medical Clinic, 456 W. 10th Ave. Parking will be compensated. Appointments can be made on a first-come, first-served basis by calling (800) 293-5066.

A few possible symptoms of head and neck cancer include a persistent sore, or sores, of the mouth; hoarseness lasting longer than three weeks; or a sore throat or swelling in the neck lasting more than six weeks.

Lissner selected for National Summit on Disability Policy 2010
L. Scott Lissner, Ohio State’s ADA coordinator and member of the Ohio Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities, has been selected as one of 300 delegates for the National Summit on Disability Policy sponsored by the National Council on Disability. While the Disability Policy Summit commemorates the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, it will be a working meeting resulting in recommendations to guide national disability policy and programs for the next decade.

Participants will gather July 25-27 in Washington, DC, to focus on 10 key policy areas: Civil rights, education, emergency management, employment, health care, housing, international affairs, statistics and data, telecommunications and technology, and transportation. In addition to his daily work, Lissner’s teaching, his membership on the Columbus Advisory Committee on Disability Issues and ADA-OHIO as well as his work for the Association on Higher Education and Disability will contribute to his assignment to the Educational Policy Team.

Flexible Spending Accounts approach year-end filing deadline
The Office of Human Resources is reminding faculty and staff who participated in the Flexible Spending Accounts program for the 2009 Plan Year that the deadline for submitting reimbursement requests is March 31. Forms may be sent via US mail, postmarked by March 31, or dropped off by 5 p.m. at South Campus Gateway, 1590 N. High St., Suite 300.

Employees can verify their current account balance at hr.osu.edu/fw/login.fwx?command=link&appcode=/fsa. Forms are available at hr.osu.edu/forms/#FSA. For more information, contact service@hr.osu.edu or 292-1050 or visit hr.osu.edu/benefits/flexiblespending.aspx.

OSU Campus Suicide Prevention Program teaches how to intervene successfully
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students. The OSU Campus Suicide Prevention Program offers free one-hour trainings, “QPR: Question, Persuade and Refer,” to help you recognize the warning signs for suicide and teach you how to intervene to get the student help. A survey of workshop participants one year after training found 97 percent felt confident to intervene, and 89 percent said the training greatly increased their confidence in intervening with suicidal individuals. To schedule training, contact Wendy Winger at OSUsuicideprevention@ehe.osu.edu.

New electronic research support tools: Research Online and e-Protocol
The Office of Research is offering two new electronic tools to support research activities on campus. Research Online, a new electronic research administration toolbox, organizes all of the Web-based tools, software and downloadable forms that support research in one place at researchonline.osu.edu. e-Protocol begins the transition from paper to electronic protocol submissions.

As of now, protocols can be submitted electronically to the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and the Institutional Biosafety Committee using “e-IACUC” and “e-IBC.” Register to access e-Protocol at eprotocol.osu.edu.

OSU’s Battelle Center aims to help promote STEM education
The Battelle Center for Mathematics and Science Education Policy, housed at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs, and The Business-Higher Education Forum have unveiled a new project that will develop powerful new analytic tools designed to help states strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education across the pre-kindergarten through graduate-school pathway.

The STEManalytics Project is designed to help states develop and use modeling and other analytic tools to identify policies that can help achieve state goals for STEM education, workforce quality and economic growth. This effort will benefit policymakers and educators in examining state-based STEM education reform initiatives and their links to state economic and workforce goals.

Ohio is serving as the initial pilot for the development of the STEManalytics suite.

Rec Sports facilities free this week with university ID
Through March 21, anyone with a valid university ID is invited to use the recreational facilities for free, including the RPAC and RPAC Aquatic Center, the ARC on West Campus, the Jesse Owens Recreation Centers and the Tom W. Davis Climbing Center and Outdoor Adventure Center inside the ARC. Family members are welcome at the RPAC or ARC during observed family hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Register at the RPAC Welcome Center or the ARC’s front desk with a valid university ID. For more information visit recsports.osu.edu.

Calendar, 3/18/10

March 17, 2010

Dance
March 18-April 2, “MFA Installations: Rodney Veal, Lindsay Caddle LaPointe, Lily Skove,” OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, 292-8861.

Events

Ohio Supercomputer Center summer programs available
Deadline: Mid-April
Summer Institute is a residential program held June 20-July 2 that teaches high school students about high-performance computing through hands-on programming and visualization and builds team skills through small-group projects. The Young Women’s Summer Institute, held July 25-31, helps 6th- and 7th-grade girls develop computer, math and science skills and discover new careers. For more information, visit osc.edu/education.

ELT group to talk technology, semester conversion
March 19
The Exploring Learning Technologies group is hosting a discussion on integrating technology and the semester conversion from 10-11:30 a.m. in 143 PAES. The group will look at ways of using technology to help with the planning and will touch on the opportunities available to integrate educational technology into courses. Anyone is welcome to join the meeting. To attend, please respond to fathauer.4@osu.edu.

March 26, Faculty Club, Sixth Annual Art Auction, charity art auction to benefit the Faculty Club building endowment, preview and silent auction at 6 p.m., live auction at
7:30 p.m., 181 S. Oval Drive, ohiostatefacultyclub.com or 292-2262.

Master Gardeners to teach pruning trees and shrubs
March 27
Franklin County Master Gardeners, OSU Extension will present “Pruning Trees and Shrubs the Right Way” from 9 a.m.-noon in the Wittmeyer Conference Room, Waterman Farm, 2490 Carmack Road. Learn the essentials of pruning and correct pruning practices with Sharon Treaster, expert pruner and OSU Horticulture and Crop Science research associate. Cost is $40. To register, contact Cory Skurdal at 247-6046 or skurdal.1@osu.edu.

Volunteers sought for Plant Sale Volunteer Fair
April 3
OSU Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens is seeking volunteers for its annual Spring Plant Sale held May 6-8. Anyone can support this public garden by volunteering at the annual fundraiser, the Plant Sale Volunteer Fair, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center. Plant expertise is not necessary. For more information, contact Jenny Pope at 292-3848 or pope.71@osu.edu.

Exhibits
Through March 20, “BFA Senior Projects Exhibition – Winter 2010,” Hopkins Hall Gallery + Corridor, 128 N. Oval Mall, free, 292-5072.

Through March 27, “Art, Documentary and Propaganda in Wartime China,” the photography of Sha Fei (1912-1950), 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.

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

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

Through June 12, “Flora in Fashion,” Historic Costume and Textiles Collection Galleries, 279 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Ave., free, costume.osu.edu or 292-3090.

Through June 12, “2010 Arts Scholars Juried Exhibition,” OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, 292-8861.

April 6-29, “Undergraduate Juried Exhibition 2010,” Hopkins Hall Gallery + Corridor, 128 N. Oval Mall, free, 292-5072.

Film

Social Work film fest features White Oleander
April 2
As part of its Friday Night Film Festival Series, the College of Social Work is showing White Oleander at 7 p.m. in 115 Stillman Hall (the McMillin Room). A speaker from Columbus Public Health, Maternal Child Health Department will lead a discussion following the movie. The event is free and open to all OSU and social work alumni, students, faculty and friends. A non-perishable food donation is requested for Mid-Ohio Food Bank. For more information visit csw.ohio-state.edu/alumni/events.

April 12, “Filming the Female Terrorist: Trauma and the Leaden Years,” Ruth Glynn, The University of Bristol, 4:30 p.m., Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, co-sponsored by the Department of French and Italian and the Wexner Center for the Arts, 292-4938.

Lectures

Lianez to discuss ‘Diversity of the Latino Community’
March 24
Join the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences as it hosts the third of four speakers in the 2009-10 Diversity Speaker Series. Tom Lianez, executive director of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, will discuss “The Diversity of the Latino Community” at 4 p.m. at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, 2201 Fred Taylor Drive. Refreshments will be provided beginning at 3:30 p.m. For more information, contact Kathy Lechman 247-7176 or lechman.1@osu.edu.

March 26, 2010 Authors and Conversation Soul Food Luncheon Series, “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” Michelle Alexander, Kirwan Institute, 11:30 a.m., Hale Center, 153 W. 12th Ave., white.4@osu.edu.

March 30, Department of Physics, Howard Milchberg, University of Maryland, 4 p.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

March 31, Knowlton School of Architecture Baumer Lecture Series, “Winter/Spring 2010: Economy,” Beatriz Colomina, Princeton University, 5:30 p.m., Knowlton Hall Auditorium, 275 W. Woodruff Ave., knowlton.osu.edu or 292-1012.

April 1, Department of English Corbett Lecture, “Voices in the Fortress: The Languages of Autism,” John Duffy, University of Notre Dame, 3:30-5 p.m., 311 Denney Hall, 164 W. 17th Ave., 292-6065.

April 1, Department of Statistics Spring Seminar 2010, Drive James Flegal, University of California-Riverside, 3:30 p.m., 170 Eighteenth Avenue Building, 292-5194.

April 1, Department of Physics, “Research Area, Q-Spins: Quantum and Spin Phenomena in Nanomagnetic Structures,” Evgeny Tsymbal, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 11:30 a.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

April 2, Department of History, “Panoramas, Labyrinths, and the Motion Picture City: The Cinema Civically Considered,” John Fairfield, Xavier University, 2:30 p.m., 250 Dulles Hall,
230 W. 17th Ave., stebenne.1@osu.edu.

April 2, Department of History, “The Real and Imagined Migrations of Indigenous Slave Litigants, 1530-1570,” Nancy van Deusen, Queens University, 3:30 p.m., contact 292-2675 for location.

April 2, Department of History/Moritz College of Law, Ohio Legal History Seminar, Ned Foley and Steve Huefner, Moritz College of Law faculty, noon-
1:15 p.m., Faculty Lounge, Drinko Hall, 55 W. 12th Ave., stebenne.1@osu.edu or 292-5359.

April 2, Institute for Chinese Studies, China in Global Context Lecture Series, “Naturalness in Xie Lingyun’s Poetic Works,” Wendy Swartz, Columbia University, 2:30 p.m., 062 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, ics.osu.edu.

April 5, Mershon Center for International Security Studies Lecture Series, “The Rise of the Post-Cold War World,” Lorenz Lüthi, McGill University, noon, 120 Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., lecture is free, please respond to powers.108@osu.edu by April 1.

April 5, Department of Physics, Hae Young Kee, University of Toronto, 11:30 a.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

April 6, Ohio State Marion Science Café, “Ohio State University’s ‘Lake Erie Campus,’” John Hageman, Stone Lab, 7 p.m., The Infinity Restaurant, Harding Hotel, 267 W. Center St., Marion, marion.ohio-state.edu/sciencecafe.

April 6, Department of Physics, Witold (Witek) Nazarewicz, University of Tennessee, 4 p.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

April 7, Department of Physics, Jeremy Gunawardena, Harvard University, 11 a.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

April 7, Department of Physics, “Making Ubiquitinated Proteins with Unnatural Amino Acid Incorporation and Chemical Ligation Techniques,” Xin Li, 12:30 p.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

April 7, Knowlton School of Architecture Baumer Lecture Series, “Winter/Spring 2010: Economy,” Julia Christensen, Oberlin College, 5:30 p.m., Knowlton Hall Auditorium, 275 W. Woodruff Ave., knowlton.osu.edu or 292-1012.

April 7, Humanities Institute, Conversations in the Humanities with Fred Andrle, “From North Korea to Iran to Al Qaeda: Is America Exaggerating the Nuclear Threat?” 7 p.m., Old Worthington Library, 820 High St., lantz.38@osu.edu.

April 7, University Libraries Science Café, “Human Subjects Research – Righteous!” Karen Hale, 6:30 p.m., South Campus Gateway Movie Theater, 1550 N. High St., tinyurl.com/osusciencecafe.

April 8, Department of Statistics Spring Seminar 2010, Drive Jay Myung, Department of Psychology, 3:30 p.m., 170 Eighteenth Avenue Building, 292-5194.

April 8, Department of Physics, Saori Pastore, Jefferson Lab, 1:30 p.m., 4138 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

April 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, “The English Reformation,” discussion-based course led by Kathy Simcox, 6:30-7:30 p.m., OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, respond to uaseducation@osu.edu by April 1, 292-8861.

Meetings
March 18, Lunch and Learn, “Preconception Planning,” noon-1 p.m., 250 Parks Hall, 500 W. 12th Ave., registration required, osuhealthplan.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894.

March 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, 181 S. Oval Drive, reservation required, free, contact forrest.73@osu.edu or 292-7047.

March 23, Lunch and Learn, “Understanding the Sugar, Salt, Fat Formula,” noon-1 p.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., registration required, osuhealthplan.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894.

March 25, Lunch and Learn, “Diet and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome,” noon-1 p.m., 117 Research Foundation, 1960 Kenny Road, registration required, osuhealthplan.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894.

April 8, Ohio State Faculty and Staff Photographic Society, “Dalmatian Coast,” Bob Mauck, Member Theme: Historic buildings and unique peoples, 5:15 p.m., Rooms A, B and C, Faculty Club, non-members welcome, reservation required, 292-2262.

Music
April 7, Contemporary Music Festival 2010: OSU Faculty, 8 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 292-2870.

Schottenstein
March 18-20, 2010 State Tournaments, Girls Basketball, visit schottenstein.com for times, Value City Arena, 555 Borror Drive, admission, schottensteincenter.com or ticketmaster.com.

March 25-27, 2010 State Tournaments, Boys Basketball, visit schottenstein.com for times, Value City Arena, 555 Borror Drive, admission, schottensteincenter.com or ticketmaster.com.

March 29, McDonald’s All American Games, POWERade JamFest, 6:30 p.m., Value City Arena, 555 Borror Drive, admission, ticketmaster.com or
(800) 745-3000.

March 31, McDonald’s All American Games, High School Basketball, girls, 5:30 p.m., boys, 8 p.m., Value City Arena, 555 Borror Drive, admission, ticketmaster.com or (800) 745-3000.

April 6, “Play On Tour,” Carrie Underwood, 7:30 p.m., Value City Arena, 555 Borror Drive, admission, schottensteincenter.com or ticketmaster.com.

Seminar
March 23, Ohio State Marion, US Department of Labor wage and hour laws informational seminar, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., 200 Maynard Hall, 1461 Mt. Vernon Ave., registration and $25 fee required (lunch included), osutrainingtogo.com or (740) 725-6325.

Training
March 18-19, Financial Training and Documentation, “Accounting at OSU,” 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 22, College of Social Work Training, “Hitting the Ground Running,” 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/100322.

March 22-26, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, “Spring Break Course Design Institute,” noon-3 p.m. each day, 150 Younkin Success Center, 1640 Neil Ave., registration required, osucedreg.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x2452c6a6 or 292-3644.

March 23, Office of Research, “NCURA TV – Critical Issues for the Department Administrator,” 1:30-3 p.m., 1960 Kenny Road, registration required, research.osu.edu/ortec.

March 24-25, Financial Training and Documentation, “Stewardship of Endowment and Gift Funds,” 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 30-31, Financial Training and Documentation, “Using General Ledger Reports,” 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. March 30 and 8:30 a.m.-12:30 March 31, 231 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.ohio-state.edu/hrfin/trainingregistration.html.

March 31, Management Advancement for the Public Service, “Adept at Adapting,” 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.

April 1, College of Social Work Training, “The Big Picture: Public and Organizational Policy,” 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/100401.

April 1, Financial Training and Documentation, “University Expenditures Policy,” 2-4 p.m., 231 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.ohio-state.edu/hrfin/trainingregistration.html.

April 6, Financial Training and Documentation, “Accounts Receivable and Accounts Receivable Collection Services,” 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 231 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.ohio-state.edu/hrfin/trainingregistration.html.

April 6, Management Advancement for the Public Service, “How to Create the Optimal Work Environment,” 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.

April 6-7, Human Resources Training, “Manage Job Data,” 8:30 a.m.-noon both days, 191 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.osu.edu/hrfin/hrschedule/html.

April 7, Management Advancement for the Public Service, “Managing Under Pressure,” 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.

April 8, Management Advancement for the Public Service, “Emotional Intelligence: What Makes a Good Leader?” 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.

April 8-9, 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.

Wexner
Through March 18, Wex at Gateway, “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” (Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, 2009), visit wexarts.org for times, Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

Through March 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, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

Through April 11, On View: Cyprien Gaillard, “Disquieting Landscapes,” Wexner Center Galleries, 1871 N. High St., 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, 1871 N. High St., 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, 1871 N. High St., admission (free to visitors the first Sunday of the month and every Thursday after 4 p.m.), 292-3535.

March 18-19, Contemporary Screen, “Hotel Roccalba” (Josef Dabernig, 2008) and “Home” (Ursula Meier, 2008), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

March 20, Retrospective: Jerry Lewis, “The Ladies Man” (1961) and “The Patsy” (1964), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

March 24, Gen Wex presents Trivia Night, 6 p.m., competition begins at 7 p.m., Performance Space, $5 admission, 292-3535.

March 25-26, Classics, New 35MM Print, “Le combat dans l’île” (Alain Cavalier, 1962), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

March 27, Retrospective: Jerry Lewis, “The Errand Boy” (1961) and “The Family Jewels” (1965), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

March 29, Next @ Wex, Joanna Newsom, 8 p.m., Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St., $35 admission, 292-3535.

March 31, Next @ Wex, Deerhunter, 9 p.m., Black Box on Mershon Stage, 1871 N. High St., $15 admission, 292-3535.

March 31, Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change, “Climate and Culture,” 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

April 1, Visiting Filmmaker: Deborah Stratman, “O’er the Land” (2009), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

April 1-30, The Box: Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson, “Sound Design for Future Films” (2006-), 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, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

April 2-3, Classics, New 35MM Print, “Spaceboy” (Mike Olenick, 2009) and “House” (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

April 5, Next @ Wex, The xx with jj, 9 p.m., Performance Space, 1871 N. High St., $15 admission, 292-3535.

April 6, Special Events, The Banff Mountain Film Festival, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

April 6, Glimcher Lecture, David Adjaye, 7 p.m., Mershon Auditorium, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

April 6, Next @ Wex, Girls with Dum Dum Girls, 9 p.m., Performance Space, 1871 N. High St., $14 admission, 292-3535.

April 8, Lecture, “Democracy and Museums,” George Hein, 4:30 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

April 8, Secret Cinema, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., $3 admission, 292-3535.

Workshops

Digital Union hosts Carmen workshops
Through March 31
The Digital Union is offering a variety of Carmen workshops in the Science and Engineering Library. Carmen experts will present a general Quick Start workshop and specialized workshops on Gradebook, Communications and Quizzes. Learn how to streamline your workflow and engage your students with online discussions, surveys, quizzes and other electronic resources. Register at https://registration.it.ohio-state.edu.

A moving experience

March 17, 2010

GPS technology allows Ohio State researchers to show how far some South American cities shifted in recent quake

By Earle Holland, Research Communications

The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the west coast of Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west and shifted other parts of South America as far apart as the Falkland Islands and Fortaleza, Brazil.

These preliminary measurements, produced from data gathered by researchers from four universities and several agencies, including geophysicists on the ground in Chile, paint a much clearer picture of the power behind this temblor, believed to be the fifth-most powerful since instruments have been available to measure seismic shifts.

Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina and across the continent from the quake’s epicenter, moved about 1 inch to the west. And Chile’s capital, Santiago, moved about 11 inches to the west-southwest. The cities of Valparaiso and Mendoza, Argentina, northeast of Concepcion, also moved significantly.

The quake’s epicenter was in a region of South America that’s part of the so-called “ring of fire,” an area of major seismic stresses which encircles the Pacific Ocean. All along this line, the tectonic plates on which the continents move press against each other at fault zones.

The February Chilean quake occurred where the Nazca tectonic plate was squeezed under, or “subducted,” below the adjacent South American plate. Quakes routinely relieve pent-up geologic pressures in these convergence zones.

The research team deduced the cities’ movement by comparing precise GPS (global positioning satellite) locations known prior to the major quake to those almost 10 days later. The US Geological Survey reported that there have been dozens of aftershocks, many exceeding magnitude 6.0, since the initial event Feb. 27.

Mike Bevis, professor of earth sciences at Ohio State, has led a project since 1993 that has measured crustal motion and deformation in the Central and Southern Andes.

The effort, called the Central and Southern Andes GPS Project, or CAP, hopes to perhaps triple its current network of 25 GPS stations spread across the region.

“By reoccupying the existing GPS stations, CAP can determine the displacements, or ‘jumps,’ that occurred during the earthquake,” Bevis said. “By building new stations, the project can monitor the postseismic deformations that are expected to occur for many years, giving us new insights into the physics of the earthquake process.”

Ben Brooks, an associate researcher with the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii and co-principal investigator on the project, said that the event, tragic as it was, offers a unique opportunity to better understand the seismic processes that control earthquakes.

“The Maule earthquake will arguably become one of the, if not the most important, great earthquake yet studied. We now have modern, precise instruments to evaluate this event, and because the site abuts a continent, we will be able to obtain dense spatial sampling of the changes it caused.

“As such the event represents an unprecedented opportunity for the earth science community if certain observations are made quickly and comprehensively,” Brooks said.

Working with Bevis and Brooks on the project are Bob Smalley from the University of Memphis, who is leading field operations in Argentina; Dana Caccamise at Ohio State, who is lead engineer; and Eric Kendrick, also from Ohio State, who is with Bevis now in Chile making measurements in the field.

Along with Ohio State and the University of Hawaii, scientists from the University of Memphis and the California Institute of Technology are participating in the project. Additionally the Instituto Geografica Militar, the Universidad de Concepcion and the Centro de Estudios Cientificos, all in Chile, also were partners.

In Argentina, the Instituto Geografica Militar, the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in Mendoza and the Unversidad Nacional de Buenos Aires are collaborating in the work. UNAVCO, a consortium of more than 50 institutions and agencies involved in research in the geosciences, is providing equipment for the project.

The researchers have constructed a map showing the relative movement of locations after the Maule, Chile earthquake. Images showing that map are available at researchnews.osu.edu/archive/chilequakemap.htm.

Systems in place to head off workplace violence

March 17, 2010

By Jeff McCallister

A professor in Alabama is denied tenure, then takes a gun to a faculty meeting and shoots six of her colleagues — three fatally.

A man in Texas has a grievance with the Internal Revenue Service, so he flies his airplane into a seven-story building that housed the local IRS offices, killing himself and at least two others.

A man at Ohio State gets a poor performance review and is told his job has been terminated, then returns to his workplace with firearms and kills his boss, injures another supervisor and takes his own life.

And all happen within a month of each other.

“It seems that tragic events like these are becoming more common these days,” said Robert Meier, director of the University Faculty and Staff Assistance Program. “We are at the end of a decade that has been unique in history in terms of the stress people have been under, and some people simply are not coping with that stress in a rational way.”

Those events serve as reminders for all students, faculty and staff to be aware of incidents or circumstances that seem to create risks to the university community.

“With the advantage of hindsight, we know that workplace violence does not happen in a vacuum,” Meier said. “People may say, ‘Oh that just came out of the blue,’ but that’s rarely the case. Usually it is preceded by patterns of problematic behavior.”

Ohio State has had services in place for nearly a decade to intervene when problems arise — before they escalate to the level of physical violence. But putting those services in place relies on someone reporting their concerns. Meier said colleagues must be willing to speak out to others if anyone’s actions, words or behaviors cause uncomfortable situations in the workplace.

“If you are concerned, you cannot ignore it,” he said. “That’s the natural tendency: If someone doesn’t know what to do, they tend to do nothing. But if you have concerns, you should access the resources the university offers.”

Actual threats, either verbal or physical, are an obvious red flag, he said. But other changes in someone’s mood or behavior can also be cause for concern: “Someone who usually talks a lot but then suddenly withdraws, someone who’s always happy but then starts acting more sad or angry — when someone starts acting dramatically different it’s usually a sign something’s going on.

“You can always go up to the individual and just ask, ’Are you OK?’” Meier said. “If you’re afraid to approach them, that’s a pretty good sign you should ask for help. But sometimes, that can be very meaningful to a co-worker and will diffuse the situation.”

But if the colleague responds with anger or worse, there are several places employees should go to seek help and are as close as a departmental human resource professional, the Office of Organizational and Human Resource Consulting (OHRC) or the University Faculty and Staff Assistance Program.

“These individuals will help guide an employee through the appropriate process,” he said.

When reasonable attempts don’t work, the final option may be to involve the university’s Crisis Assessment Team, which will meet with leaders from the affected area, conduct a risk assessment and make specific recommendations to be implemented quickly to head off any escalation of the problem.

CAT meets whenever threats are stated or implied. The team assesses the level and validity of the threat, creates an action plan based on the assessment and activates the appropriate response to reduce or eliminate any consequences.

“The most important point is to not tolerate or excuse inappropriate behavior, but rather, reach out for consultation and guidance. Ohio State prides itself on tolerance and diversity, but incivility and violence are not acceptable in any environment.

Social stress may enhance immune response to flu

March 17, 2010

By  Earle Holland

The study showed that the stressed mice had a 10-fold increase in their resistance to an influenza infection, and that this protection lasted at least up to three months after the stressful episodes. Continue reading ‘Social stress may enhance immune response to flu’

Ben McCorkle, English

March 17, 2010

Ben McCorkle is an assistant professor of English at OSU Marion. His areas of interest include rhetorical theory, digital media studies and visual culture. He lives in Columbus and has a basement full of old Macs.

What are your five favorite books and why?
I’m sure if I spent any amount of time thinking about this, my list would change several times over, so I’ll just go with my gut: Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson; The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams; Death on the Installment Plan by Louis-Ferdinand Céline; and Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

I first encountered most of these books during my formative years (late teens/early 20s), and they’ve held up pretty well for me since then. Now that I think of it, most of these deal with fairly dark themes like violence and drug addiction and abject poverty, but even so, I turned out pretty even-keeled after reading them.

Who is your favorite character (villain or hero) in literature?
I don’t know about my favorite per se, but since I started pondering that question, I kept coming back to Julien Sorel from Stendahl’s The Red and the Black. He’s not really a villain or a hero, but a failure at both. He’s incredibly smart, a Latin prodigy from a humble rural background who aspires to live the aristocratic life in 19th century Parisian high society. He’s really not cut out for it at all. He’s actually kind of a cad, but not even the likable kind of cad.

What is the last book you’ve bought?
Jonathan Zittrain’s The Future of the Internet, And How to Stop It. I’m not sure I would want to actually stop the Internet, but I sure am interested in what its future looks like.

What’s your “guilty pleasure” – a book you love but don’t often talk about because it’s not “serious” literature?
I’ll proudly own up to it: Cory Doctorow’s recent novel Little Brother was great. It’s actually considered young adult fiction, so it’s geared more to an adolescent audience, but Doctorow puts together a great tale of youth in revolt for the digital age. It deals with a lot of pressing issues currently affecting digital culture: Privacy, copyright, data security, technologies of surveillance, over-reaching governmental institutions and so on.

What “important book” have you not read and why haven’t you read it?
Up until grad school, I had intentionally never read Melville’s Moby Dick.  I’m not entirely sure why, except that it somehow involved this misguided notion that the book represented the epitome of the literary canon, and at the time I was railing against all of that. I finally did read the novel in an American Lit survey, and I was glad I did (and also a little miffed with myself for not reading it sooner).

What book would you most want your kids to read? What would you want them NOT to read?
Well, I currently don’t have children, but I can guarantee you that no kid of mine will be cracking open any of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight saga while living under my roof. Glittery vampires? Bah. I will, however, put a copy of Max Brooks’ Zombie Survival Guide in his or her little hands as soon as possible because you can never be TOO careful. And I guess I’d push them some A.A. Milne (the Winnie-the-Pooh guy) just so they can retain some of their childhood innocence.

What classic novel was a disappointment to you?
As someone who likes Mark Twain, especially The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, I never quite warmed up to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. As a character, Tom just can’t carry a novel like Huck can — he’s not quite complex enough. Also, there’s not enough rafting for my taste in this one.

What books have helped you most in your career?
Just to offer a couple: Remediation, by Jay Bolter and Richard Grusin, about how media forms evolve over time in our culture, and Kathleen Welch’s Electric Rhetoric, which argues that we need to consider how electronic and digital technologies reshape rhetorical practice.

What are some of your favorite Web sites?
Of course, I follow several academic sites, blogs of colleagues and various databases related to my field, but I also tend to read a lot of blogs about Web culture, gadgets, politics, comics and bicycling. BoingBoing, Gizmodo, The Comics Curmudgeon and Slashdot are four that immediately spring to mind, but there are many others. Many, many others.

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

Tony Buffington, veterinary sciences

March 17, 2010

What is environmental enrichment for pets?
Environmental enrichment creates an environment that permits our pets to engage in normal, species-typical behaviors and activities to meet their physical and welfare needs. Enriched environments minimize anything that the animal might perceive as a threat and promotes overall health by increasing an animal’s perception of control over their environment. Enriched environments also provide tasks and activities that occupy the pet’s time. Enrichment strategies generally fall into five categories:

Food-based enrichment — using food puzzles and feeding toys instead of bowls, for example; sensory enrichment (sight, smell, touch, hear, taste); novel objects — providing interesting objects for exploration; social enrichment — healthy interactions with owners and other animals; and positive training — for both dogs and cats, based on the principle that pets respond to praise with increased effort just like we do and need not be made fearful to learn. In fact, positive praise actually increases pets’ desire to utilize an object or engage in desirable activities to please their owners since they depend so much on the owner for their survival.

Who needs environmental enrichment?
Another name for environmental enrichment used to be animal husbandry, which meant caring for animals so they will care for you. All animals under our care need to be provided with enriched environments. Animals at risk for or suffering from chronic physical or behavioral problems are in special need of enrichment.

How does one provide this enrichment?
Think about what your pet would normally do. For example, cats naturally stalk, hunt and catch small prey items punctuated by climbing, running, hiding from predators and resting during a normal day. Look for activities that encourage or mimic these behaviors. For example:

• Food based enrichment — Hide a small ball filled with food so she can hunt and find it and that can zip around the house like a mouse when batted and pushed to encourage chasing, catching and consuming behaviors.
• Sensory enrichment — Place a fleece-covered perch near a window so that your cat can climb up and observe birds and squirrels at a strategically placed feeder.
• Novel objects — Offer your cat empty cardboard boxes or paper bags to climb on, around, into and through to explore.
• Social enrichment — Households with multiple pets, where the animals are in stable, healthy relationships, offer valuable opportunities to be social with their own species. Cross-species socialization between you and your cat is important, too. This works best when you let the cat interact on her terms. Avoiding punishment and creating predictable interactions with your pet are critical for success here.
• Positive training — Everyone likes to learn something new when it is fun. Be sure sessions are not frustrating, and never use techniques that make your pet fearful. See clickertaining.com.

The OSU Veterinary Medical Center’s Community Practice (vet.ohio-state.edu/CommunityPractice.htm) excels at behavioral health and wellness and care of animals with environmentally related disorders. It also can help you choose what is best for your situation from among the many environmental enrichment items on the market, or it can help you get creative on your own.  Cat owners can also visit indoorcat.org for more information.

Top 3 on 2, 3/18/10

March 17, 2010

Why did you choose to work at Ohio State?
I was an elementary school secretary for 10 years but needed to work full-time. A friend of mine kept encouraging me to apply for a job at OSU, so I finally did. I’m glad she kept pushing me to do that. I’ve seen many of those elementary students graduate and become teachers, so that’s another reward.

What do you like about your job?
I get to talk with licensure candidates who are ready to begin their teaching career. It’s exciting to be part of that process. I also enjoy helping career teachers add endorsements to their teaching license and the conversations in that process.

What would you improve at Ohio State?
It would be so great if we could have door-to-door shuttle service for on-campus medical appointments during the workday. Campus bus service helps, but it’s still quite a walk from the bus stop. Moving my car and then finding a parking place near the appointment and when I return to work really doesn’t work very well.

If you weren’t working at Ohio State, what would you be doing?
My dream job would be a travel journalist. I’d love to get paid for traveling and writing about all those wonderful places and experiences.

What advice would you give a new employee?
Immerse yourself in the spirit of Buckeye pride! Be willing to serve on councils and committees and task forces like Operation Feed. Get involved in ways that influence and enhance your future.

Of what honor or recognition are you most proud?
I received the Distinguished Service Award in 2004, which was an honor. But the best thing is the notes and e-mails I often receive from people, thanking me for guiding them through the licensure process.

What is your favorite activity outside of work?
Travel, scrapbooking, church activities, family and friends. I receive so much from family and friends and have found creative outlets in all my activities.

What are you going to do when you retire?
I’d like to take care of newborns during that “gap” between when mom has to return to work and when the little one is accepted in an infant-care program. Just one at a time, though!

Who is your hero?
I have several heroes. Some are spiritual giants, some are professional mentors and co-workers, some are wonderful family and friends I look up to and from whom I’ve learned so many life lessons.

If you were the university president for a day, what would you do?
Initiate a “Bow Tie Day” — one paid work day per year for volunteering in a service-learning project. I know the university offers many such opportunities.

To nominate a staff member for an upcoming issue, e-mail oncampus@osu.edu.

For the first time in nine years, Ohio State students who participated in this year’s BuckeyeThon (buckeyethon.osu.edu) broke the six-figure mark, raising more than $100,000 for Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Nearly 500 students danced the night and day away during the 14-hour dance marathon Feb. 20 at the Recreation and Physical Activity Center.

Throughout the dance marathon, families of children who have been or are currently being treated at Nationwide Children’s shared their stories of struggle and triumph. Participants said that this provided encouragement and was a reminder of why they were there.

BuckeyeThon is organized by a student-run steering committee at Ohio State. It includes various fundraising events throughout the year, including the dance marathon. BuckeyeThon continues to accept donations throughout the year for the 2011 event.

Faculty & Staff, 3/18/10

March 17, 2010

Books
Richard Hamilton, Sociology, and Holger Herwig, eds., War Planning 1914 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

John King, English, Tudor Books and Readers: Materiality and the Construction of Meaning (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Grants
Dawn Anderson-Butcher, Social Work, and Al Neff, Education and Human Ecology, were awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Education to develop capacities in school districts and county councils across Ohio, especially in relation to their adoption, implementation and evaluation of the Family and Civic Engagement priorities outlined in House Bill 1.

Gail Kaye, Human Nutrition and Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, received $20,000 from the Columbus Foundation to support child obesity prevention programming based on the Food Fit model, 2010.

Bill Loadman and Richard Lomax, Educational Policy and Leadership, received $280,000 from the Ohio Department of Youth Services for “Evaluation of Ohio DYS Striving Readers Contract,” July 2009.

Peter Paul, Teaching and Learning, received a $200,000 grant from the School Study Council of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Education for “Alternate Route Program to Prepare Intervention Specialists in Visual Impairment.”

Paul Sivilotti, Computer Science and Engineering, received a $33,523 award from the Ohio Department of Transportation for the development and integration of ODOT’s geological hazard management system in collaboration with the University of Akron.

Presentations
Jeff Agnoli, Kim Carter and Anna Shadley, Office of Research, presented “Cost Sharing on Sponsored Programs,” Columbus, Nov. 19.

Hilary Apfelstadt, Music, presented sessions on choral conducting and women’s repertoire, at the Colorado Music Educators Association annual conference, Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan. 21-23, 2009; conducted the Kentucky All-State Junior High School Chorus and presented two sessions on repertoire and rehearsal strategies for teachers, at the Kentucky Music Educators Association annual conference, Louisville, Ky., Feb. 3-5, 2009; and was part of a panel of authors who wrote Wisdom, Wit and Will: Women Conductors on Their Art, at the national meeting of the 2009 American Choral Directors Association, Oklahoma City, Okla., March 3-5, 2009.

Aaron Boone, Paul Rodewald and Lucas DeGroote, Environment and Natural Resources, “Neotropical Winter Habitat of the Magnolia Warbler: Effects on Molt, Energetic Condition, Migration Timing and Hematozoan Infection during Spring Migration,” The Condor, Vol. 112, No. 1 (2010), pp. 115-22.

Joohee Chang and Charles Turner Saunders Jr., Physical Activity and Educational Services, presented “Evaluating Communities of Practice: Applications of Evaluation Approaches and the Success Case Method,” at the 2010 AHRD International Research Conference, Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 28.

Diana Erchick, Teaching and Learning, OSU Newark, presented “Gender and Mathematics,” at the II Congreso Internaional de Educacion, hosted by the School of Education and Humanities of Alas Peruanas Univeristy, Arequipa City, Peru, Oct. 15.

Jon Erickson, English, presented “A Social Definition of Tragedy: The Personal/Political Dilemma,” at the Symposium on “Tragedy, Translation, Ethnicity and Imperialism,” Ohio State University, Columbus, Nov. 20.

Danielle Fosler-Lussier, Music, presented “US Musical Presentations and the Nature of Soft Power,” at the annual meeting of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Falls Church, Va., June 26.

Charles Klopp, French and Italian, presented “War, Lust, Hatred and Death in Romano Bilenchi’s Conservatorio di Santa Teresa,” at the 38th annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky., Feb. 19.

Scott Levi, History, presented “Mercantile Connections between India and Central Asia in the Early Modern Era,” at the UCLA Center for India and South Asia and Central Asia Initiative, Los Angeles, Calif., March 9, 2009.

Robert Parker, Mechanical Engineering, presented “Vibration of High Speed Mechanical Systems,” at a joint US National Academy of Engineering-Chinese Academy of Engineering symposium, Hunan University, Changsha, China, Oct. 17-21.
Leslie Stoel, Consumer Sciences, and Stan Ernst, OSU Extension, presented “Comparing Rural Retailer Internet Users and Non-Users: Access Speed, Demographics, Attitudes and Beliefs,” at the US Department of Agriculture Broadband in a Post-Modern Economy conference, Washington, DC, Sept. 29.
Candace Stout, Art Education, was an invited discussant for the panel “Advancing Arts: Arts-based Research,” at the American Educational Research Association meeting, San Diego, Calif., April 13-19.
J. Marshall Unger, East Asian Languages and Literatures, presented “Borrowing Nouns as Verb Roots: The Case of Korean and Japanese,” at the conference Verbal Morphology and the Historical Comparison of the Trans-Eurasian Languages, the Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany, Sept. 4; “Some Remarks on Hankul Transcriptions of Middle Japanese,” at the inaugural symposium of the Hwunmin chengum Society, Seoul National University, Korea, Oct. 9; and “Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages: Divergence and Contact,” at the Edwin. O. Reischauer Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Nov. 21.
Elizabeth Weiser, English, presented “World Lessons for the Earthworks: Change the Rhetoric, Involve the Community,” at the OSU Newark Earthworks Center, Feb. 3.

Publications
Theodore Allen, Integrated Systems Engineering, “Improving the Hospital Discharge Process with Six Sigma Methods,” Quality Engineering, Vol. 22,
No. 1 (2010), pp. 13-20, with S.-H. Tseng, K. Swanson and M.A. Megimose-McClay.

Bharat Bhushan, Mechanical Engineering,  “Nanoscale Adhesion, Friction and Wear Studies of Biomolecules on Silane Polymer-Coated Silica and Alumina Based Surfaces,” Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol. 6, No. 37 (2009), pp. 719-33, co-authors K. Kwak, S. Gupta and Stephen Lee, Biomedical Engineering; “Superhydrophobic Surfaces and Emerging Applications: Non-Adhesion, Energy, Green Engineering,” Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, Vol. 14, No. 4 (2009), pp. 270-80, co-author M. Nosonovsky; “Fabrication and Characterization of the Hierarchical Structure for Superhydrophobicity and Self-Cleaning,” Ultramicroscopy, Vol. 109, No. 8 (2009), pp. 1029-34, co-authors K. Koch and Y.C. Jung.

V. Elfrink and B. Mays, Nursing, “Building a Virtual Community for Use in Nursing Education: The OSU Town of Mirror Lake,” Journal of Nursing Education, Vol. 48,
No. 1 (2009), with C. Curran.

John King, English, “Henry VIII as David: The King’s Image and Reformation Politics,” Henry VIII and His Afterlife: Literature, Politics and Art, eds. Mark Rankin, Christopher Highley and King (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009), pp. 34-52; “Religious Controversy During the Era of Sir Thomas More and William Tyndale and His Associates,” The Oxford Handbook to Tudor Literature, 1485-1603, eds. Cathy Shrank and Michael Pincombe (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 106-20; and “Text and Image in Foxe’s Book of Martyrs,” New Ways of Looking at Old Texts, ed. Michael Denbo, Papers of the Renaissance English Text Society, 2002-2007 (Tempe: MRTS, 2009), pp. 39-47.

Steven Lavender, Integrated Systems Engineering, “Does the Asymmetry Multiplier in the 1991 NIOSH Lifting Equation Adequately Control the Biomechanical Loading of the Spine?” Ergonomics, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 71-9, with Y.C. Li, R.N. Natarajan and G.B.J. Andersson.

Brian Roe and Timothy Haab, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, “Risk-Attitude Selection Bias in Subject Pools for Experiments Involving Neuroimaging and Blood Samples,” Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 181-9, with David Beversdorf, Howard Gu and Michael Tilley.

Recognition
Inder “Jiti” Gupta, Andrew O’Brien and Kyle Hayhurst, Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the best presentation award for their paper “Effects of Rotor Blade Modulation on GNSS Receiver Measurements,” at Session E2; and Gupta and Christopher Church, Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the best presentation award for “Calibration of GNSS Adaptive Antennas,” at Session A5, both at the Institute of Navigation’s Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ION GNSS) Conference, Savannah, Ga., Sept. 22-25.

Jeffrey Sutton, Mechanical Engineering, received an American Society for Engineering Education 2009 Summer Faculty Fellowship at the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Doug Sutton-Ramspeck, English, won the Sherwin Howard Poetry Award and a $500 cash prize for “Ghost Child” and “After the Storm” in Weber – The Contemporary West.

Service
David Brewer, English, served on the 2009-10 Innovative Course Design prize committee for the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

Dorothy Noyes, English, organized “But What About Culture? Alexander Stephan’s Interdisciplinary Project,” a memorial symposium for Ohio Eminent Scholar Alexander Stephan, with Helen Fehervary, at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Columbus, Feb. 5.

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