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Events promote bicycling, bike safety for students, employees

May 18, 2011

Three events on campus this week are signals that the university community is beginning to embrace bicycling more and more as fuel prices cut into household and individual budgets.

The OSU Bike Fair will be from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. May 19 on the 17th Avenue Mall.

The free event helps promote Bike to Work Week and raises awareness of the university’s continued effort to provide a safe environment for cycling.

The event offers free bike tune-ups and spot repair, a bike sale, cycling and safety information and area vendors. This is part of a larger university educational initiative (Share the Road – Ohio State) to promote safe behaviors among students, faculty, staff and visitors moving around campus.

Then May 20, RPAC will host a Bike Expo from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Local bike stores (new and used) will be present to sell bikes and gear, make suggestions and share resources.

Information on both the Pelotonia Student Team and Team Buckeye also will be available at both events.

There are more than 7,000 bicycle parking spaces on campus (on any given day most are full); and about 4 percent of all commuters to campus travel by bike.

Finally, Team Buckeye will host a used bike sale May 21 at 2404 Kenny Road (a block north of Lane Avenue).

The sale is limited to registered members of Team Buckeye, and bikes (all of which are in need of some repair, will be sold as-is.

Undoing an old injustice

May 18, 2011

Shkurti uses new book as a chance to set a record straight

By Jeff McCallister

When he was Ohio State’s senior vice president for Business and Finance for 21 years, Bill Shkurti was known as a tenacious guardian of the university’s money.

Before that, he served as the budget guru for then-Gov. Dick Celeste. But money isn’t the only language Shkurti speaks.

Shkurti, who now serves as an adjunct professor in the John Glenn School of Public Affairs, also is a noted historian and a veteran of the Vietnam War.

And some of the same traits — curiosity, tenacity, attention to detail — that served him so well in his budgetary role led him to write a book, Soldiering on in a Dying War: The True Story of the Firebase Pace Incidents and the Vietnam Drawdown, that both sheds light on the end of the Vietnam War and uses that insight to point out some things today’s military and political leaders will need to consider as they bring troops home from current conflicts.

“I really didn’t start out intending to write this book,” Shkurti said. “I had served in a remote firebase on the Cambodian border and had been back six months when I opened the Washington Post and saw a headline: ‘US troops pulled from firebase.’”

As it turned out, troops from that firebase had drawn attention and harsh criticism from back home for refusing to conduct their regular night reconnaissance patrol at a time when it already had been announced the US was ending its involvement there.

The story originally had been reported as a mutiny, but that didn’t sit right with Shkurti’s experience of how things operated at the firebases.

“I was able to track down some of the veterans who had been there,” he said. “They were frustrated that they thought no one understood or appreciated what they went through — and they went through a lot there in the name of this country.

“And so I saw it as a chance to undo a great injustice, to get out the true story of what happened there, and the heroism really and the sense of duty these soldiers displayed under very difficult circumstances.”

The story of Firebase Pace came to represent the issues and challenges that faced the last Americans on the ground in Vietnam, Shkurti said.

“We learned that getting out is a lot more difficult than getting in,” he said. “Everyone’s all charged up to go in, but then reality sets in. Then, as carefully as you think about getting in, you have to think through getting out. The minute you declare you’re getting out, you’re saying to the soldiers, ‘This is going to be over.’ But someone’s going to be the last soldier to die in a war that’s already over.

“We had that problem in World War II, we had it in Korea and Vietnam, and we will have it in Iraq and Afghanistan. You have to find ways to mitigate that, to keep morale up and make sure soldiers feel supported so they continue to do what they need to do.”

Bill Shkurti, adjunct professor, John Glenn School

May 18, 2011

Bill Shkurti, former senior vice president for Business and Finance, is an adjunct professor in the John Glenn School of Public Affairs and author of Soldiering on in a Dying War: The True Story of the Firebase Pace Incidents and the Vietnam Drawdown.
What are your five favorite books and why?
Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth — one of the first books I ever read. Opened up the idea of alternative worlds.

James Fenimore Cooper, Last of the  Mohicans — also one of the first books I remember reading as a child. I got very much caught up in the spirit of adventure.

George Orwell, 1984 — a great warning of the dangers of Big Brother, especially the part about rewriting  history.

Theodore H. White, The Making of the President, 1960 — although now dated, it still captures the spirit of a unique and exciting period while I was growing up

Phil Caputo, A Rumor of War — one of the first and still one of the best narratives about the ambiguities of the Vietnam War.

Who is your favorite character in literature?
Natty Bumppo (Hawkeye) from The Last of the Mohicans. Represents a classic American hero, loyal, honorable and resourceful.

What is the last book you bought?
Jeff Greenfield’s Then Everything Changed. A fascinating alternative history.

What’s your “guilty pleasure?”
Terry Pluto, The Curse of Rocky Colavito — the classic chronicle for long-suffering Cleveland Indians fans.
What books did you enjoy reading with your children?
The Day You Were Born by Debra Fraser. My wife and I must have read this together with our son at least 50 times.
What classic novel disappointed you?
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Had to read it in high school. Thought it was tedious in the extreme.
What books have helped you most in your career?
There are many, but among my favorites are David Halberstam’s two classics, The Best and the Brightest and The Reckoning, because they show the dangers of arrogance and overconfidence on the part of people in leadership positions.

To nominate a colleague for a future BookTalk, send an e-mail to oncampus@osu.edu.

Calendar, 5/19/11

May 18, 2011

Conference

May 19-21, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Conference and Performance, “The Camouflage Project,” performance, 3:30 p.m. May 19, Drake Events Center, 1849 Cannon Drive, conference, 8 a.m. May 20 and 9 a.m. May 21, Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., contact mershoncenter.osu.edu for more information.

Dance

May 26-27, Dance Uptown, 8 p.m., Mershon Auditorium, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-2295, 292-3535, or ticketmaster.com, visit dance.osu.edu/uptown for more information.

Events

May 19, University Libraries Read Aloud Program, Lisa Kizer and Leslie Lockett will present medieval readings from Anglo-Saxon literature, 3-4 p.m., 202 Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave., light refreshments served, readaloud@osu.edu or 292-2594.

May 20, Kirwan Institute, “Palestinian Refugees: Then and Now,” event includes dinner, traditional dabke dance, speaker, panel and fundraiser for the Maia Water Project, 7-9 p.m., US Bank Theatre, Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St., free and open to the public, kirwaninstitute.org.

May 21, Ohio State Marion, Springfest 2011, end of year campus-wide celebration featuring entertainment, food, games, displays and more, noon-10 p.m., live performance by Quietdrive with special guest 4 The Record, 7 p.m., call (740) 389-6786 for more information.

May 24, College of Social Work, The Student Café: Conversations for Change, student-run event bringing together college students and lawmakers, 9-11 a.m., The Riffe Center, North Conference Room, 77 S. High St., RSVP to TheStudentCafe@gmail.com, contact dempsey.66@osu.edu for more information.

May 25, Ohio State Lima, blood drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Galvin Hall Game Room, 4240 Campus Drive, activities@lima.ohio-state.edu.

May 26, University Libraries Read Aloud Program, the Thurber Chamber Theatre and OSU Library Thurbrarians will present dramatizations of the stories of James Thurber, 3-4 p.m., 165 Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave., light refreshments served, readaloud@osu.edu or 292-2594.

May 30, Memorial Day observed, no classes, offices closed, 292-9051.

Exhibits

Through May 19, “Hello-Goodbye-Hello-Goodbye-Hello,” Hopkins Hall Gallery + Corridor, 128 N. Oval Mall, 292-5072.

Through May 19, “Post-MFA Fergus Fellows Show,” Hopkins Hall Gallery + Corridor, 128 N. Oval Mall, 292-5072.

Through May 19, “Department of Art Foundation Exhibition,” Hopkins Hall Gallery + Corridor, 128 N. Oval Mall, 292-5072.

Through June 3, Ohio State Marion Fine Arts Student Show, reception, June 1, 4-6 p.m., Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery, Morrill Hall, 1465 Mount Vernon Ave., (740) 389-6786.

Through June 18, “Art in the House Exhibition,” OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, 292-8861.

Through June 24, “Home and Abroad,” paintings by Mark Gingerich, Faculty Club, 181 S. Oval Drive, ohiostatefacultyclub.com or 292-2262.

May 23, Ohio State Lima exhibit, “PALS: Jaime Kennedy, photographer, and Kelly Urquhart, painter,” 12:30 p.m., 174 Reed Hall, 4240 Campus Drive, 419-995-8382.

May 24-27, 31, June 1-3, Ohio State Lima, Student Art Exhibit, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 160 Reed Hall, 4240 Campus Drive, free and open to the public, (419) 995-8382.

May 31-June 11, “Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Projects Exhibition,” OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., 292-8861.

Films

May 19, Gateway Film Center, Aardman Animations Retrospective, Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St., admission, visit gatewayfilmcenter.com for screening times.

May 22, Gateway Film Center, “TV on the Big Screen: AMC’s The Killing,” 10 p.m., Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St., free admission, gatewayfilmcenter.com.

May 24, Germanic Languages and Literatures, German 275: Spring 2011 Film Series, “Das Leben der Anderen/The Lives of Others” (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006), 7 p.m., 180 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, 292-6985.

May 26, Latin American Film Series, On the Road Again: Contemporary Latin American Road Films, “El Camino/The Path” (Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez, 2007, Costa Rica), 7:30 p.m., 180 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, clas.osu.edu or 688-4285.

May 27, Gateway Film Center, “Danny Greene: The Rise and Fall of the Irishman,” Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St., admission, visit gatewayfilmcenter.com for screening times.

May 27, Gateway Film Center, Nine Nation Animation, Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St., admission, visit gatewayfilmcenter.com for screening times.

June 3, College of Social Work Alumni Society, Cultural Diversity Film Fest, “A Single Man,” 7 p.m., 115 Stillman Hall (McMillin Room), 1947 College Road, discussion after the film, free to alumni, students, faculty, friends and public, a non-perishable food donation is requested for Mid-Ohio Food Bank, csw.osu.edu/alumni/events or 247-7927.

Lectures

May 19, Department of Statistics, Shari Speer, Dept. of Linguistics, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Room 170, 209 W. 18th Ave., stat.osu.edu.

May 19, Center for Folklore Studies, “Talking among the Manuscripts: Aspects of the Relationship of Folklore and Celtic Studies,” Gearoid O’Crualaoich, National University of Ireland emeritus, 4:30 p.m., 3152 Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St., cfs.osu.edu/activities/calendar.

May 19, Department of Physics, Kristen Buchanan, Colorado State University, 11:30 a.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

May 19, Ohio State Marion, Learn Over Lunch Lecture Series, “Peer Influences on Autonomy Development,” Chris Daddis, noon, 290 Morrill Hall, 1465 Mount Vernon Ave. in Marion and 122 Delaware Center, 7774 Graphics Way in Lewis Center, free food at each lecture, osumarion.osu.edu.

May 20, Humanities Institute, Public Sphere and Modern Social Imaginaries Working Group, “Imagining the Environment: Green Politics in the Public Sphere,” Rick Livingston, Comparative Studies and Humanities Institute, 2:30 p.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., mergenthaler.4@osu.edu.

May 20, Kirwan Institute, Brown Bag Lectures, “Seafood Choices: Risk and the Politics of Environmental Health,” Becky Mansfield, Geography, noon, 423 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S.Oval Mall, campus community welcome, kirwaninstitute.org/events/brownbag.

Information needs and access: What’s at stake?
May 20

What’s at stake when local news and information flow doesn’t serve all members of the community equally well? Join the discussion with Ann Fisher and Thomas Borgerding of WOSU, Chris Taylor of the Columbus Metro Library, Robert Fitrakis of the Columbus Free Press; Andrew Grant-Thomas of the Kirwan Institute; filmmaker Liv Gjestvang and professors Brenda Brueggemann, Peter Shane and Anne Fields from 10 a.m.-noon in 165 Thompson Library. The forum is part of the LiteracyStudies@OSU public program series.

For more information, contact Susan Hanson at literacystudies@osu.edu or visit literacystudies.osu.edu.

May 20, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2010-11 Lecture Series: Translating Piety, “Welsh National Identity and the Bible during the Medieval and Early Modern Periods,” Peredur Lynch, University of Bangor, 2:30 p.m., 090 Science and Engineering Library, 175 W. 18th Ave., cmrs.osu.edu or 292-7495.

May 20, Institute for Chinese Studies, The Work of Culture Lecture Series, “From Jean-Paul Sartre to Teresa Teng: Contemporary Cantonese Art in the 1980s,” Jane DeBevoise, Asia Art Archive in America, 1:30 p.m., 062 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, free and open to the public, ics.osu.edu.

May 20, Office of International Affairs, “Reimagining Global Oil Security,” Tom O’Donnell, The New School (NYC), noon, 125 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, RSVP to oie.ohio-state.edu/events.html.

May 20, Kirwan Institute, “Pinkwashing: Israel’s Strategy to Normalize Discrimination of Palestinians,” Nada Elia, Antioch University, 3:30-5 p.m., University Hall Museum, first floor, 230 N. Oval Mall, kirwaninstitute.org.

May 22, Humanities Institute, Big Picture Lecture Series in conjunction with the “Street Talk and Spiritual Matters: Aminah’s Mt. Vernon Avenue” exhibition, “My Place Called Home: An Inhabitant’s View of the Near East Side,” Toni Shorter Smith, Art Education, 2 p.m., Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., lantz.38@osu.edu.

May 23, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Colloquium Series, “Multiscale Modeling of Hematological Disorders,” George Karniadakis, 2:30-3:30 p.m.,
355 Jennings Hall, 1735 Neil Ave., mbi.osu.edu/seminars/Colloquium.html.

May 25, Department of English, History of the Book, “The Spanish Petty-Nobility in Letters Patent and Literature,” Salvador García, Spanish and Portuguese, 3:30-5:30 p.m., 311 Denney Hall, 164 W. 17th Ave., 292-6065.

May 25, Kirwan Institute, Brown Bag Lectures, “Colonial Legacy and Post Colonial Reality: Race, Ethnicity and Caste in India,” Ruby Maloni, Mumbai University, noon, Hale Black Cultural Center, 153 W. 12th Ave., campus community welcome, kirwaninstitute.org/events/brownbag.

May 25, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, “Ontological Security and Locating Danger in Peace-Building: The Case of Northern Ireland,” Sean Kay, Ohio Wesleyan University, noon, 120 Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., reservation required, mershoncenter.osu.edu.

May 26, Department of English, 2011 Corbett Lecture, “Why Uptake Matters: Memory and the Performance of Genre,” Anis Bawarshi, University of Washington, 4:30 p.m., 311 Denney Hall, 164 W. 17th Ave., 292-6065.

May 26, Department of Statistics, Soumendra Lahiri, Texas A&M University, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Room 170, 209 W. 18th Ave., stat.osu.edu.

May 27, Humanities Institute, Human Rights Working Group, Human Rights Studies at OSU: A Roundtable Discussion, Chad Alger, Pat Enciso, Kate Federle, John Quigley and Jennifer Suchland, noon, Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., hesfoRoad1@osu.edu or shuman.1@osu.edu.

May 27, Department of History lecture,
E. William Monter, 2:30 p.m., 168 Dulles Hall, 230 W. 17th Ave., contact cmrs@osu.edu for more information.

May 27, Institute for Chinese Studies, The Work of Culture Lecture Series, “The Typewriter Girl in China and Japan,” Thomas Mullaney, Stanford University, 1:30 p.m., 062 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, free and open to the public, ics.osu.edu.

May 31, Humanities Institute, LiteracyStudies@OSU, “Writing Through the Ages: Generations of Literacies, 1880s-2010s,” Cate Sacchi, Julia Voss and Amy Heath, 4 p.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., hanson.94@osu.edu.

June 1, Humanities Institute, Neighborhood Institute Working Group, “When Urban Renewal Came to Campus,” Steve Conn, History, 3:30 p.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., conn.1@osu.edu or staley.3@osu.edu.

June 2, Ohio State Marion, Learn Over Lunch Lecture Series, “What Can Psychology Tell Me About Me?” Randi Shedlosky, noon, 290 Morrill Hall, 1465 Mount Vernon Ave. in Marion and 122 Delaware Center, 7774 Graphics Way in Lewis Center, free food at each lecture, osumarion.osu.edu.

June 2, Department of Statistics, Jenny Brynjarsdottir and Matthias Katzfuss, Statistics Whitney Awardees, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Room 170, 209 W. 18th Ave., stat.osu.edu.

Meetings

May 19-22, Department of Greek and Latin, Celtic Studies Association of North America 2011 Annual Meeting, 90 Science and Engineering Library, 175 W. 18th Ave., contact Wendy Watkins at watkins.72@osu.edu for more information.

May 20, YP4H Educational Program Classes: Nutrition, “The Not-So-Simple Art of Feeding Your Child Webinar,” noon, registration required, osuhealthplan.com/educationalprogramming/YP4H or 292-1894.

May 24, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, 2nd Annual CCTS Scientific Research Meeting, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Biomedical Research Tower, 460 W. 12th Ave., registration required, ccts.osu.edu.

May 24, YP4H Educational Program Classes: Nutrition, “Fast Food,” 5-7 p.m., 215 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Ave., registration required, osuhealthplan.com/educationalprogramming/YP4H or 292-1894.

May 26, University Senate, 3:30-5:30 p.m., 130 Drinko Hall, 55 W. 12th Ave., senate.osu.edu.

June 2, Ohio State Faculty and Staff Photographic Society, “The Emerald City and the Evergreen State,” by 2010 photo contest winner Mary Beth Wise, member theme: Thinking green (limit six images), 5:15 p.m., Rooms A, B and C, Faculty Club, 181 S. Oval Drive, non-members welcome, reservation required, 292-2262.

Music

May 19, Outdoor Jazz Series at Mirror Lake: Jazz Lab, 7 p.m., Browning Amphitheatre (rain site is Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road), free, 292-2870.

May 21, Men’s Glee Club, 8 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 292-2870.

May 22, Choral Collage Concert, 3 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 292-2870.

May 24, Collegiate Winds, 8 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 292-2870.

May 25, Symphonic Band, 8 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 292-2870.

May 26, Outdoor Jazz Series at Mirror Lake: Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Browning Amphitheatre at Mirror Lake (rain site is Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road), free, 292-2870.

May 31, University Band, 8 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 292-2870.

June 2, Wind Symphony, 8 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 292-2870.

June 2, Ohio State Lima, Spring Concert, 8 p.m., Martha W. Farmer Theatre, Reed Hall, 4240 Campus Drive, free and open to the public, 419-995-8382.

Schottenstein

May 24, “Rebels and Bandoleros Tour,” Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top, 7 p.m., Value City Arena, admission, schottensteincenter.com or ticketmaster.com.

Seminar

May 20, Criminal Justice Research Center, “Women on Probation and Parole: A Feminist Critique of Community Programs and Services,” Merry Morash, Michigan State University, 9-10:20 a.m., Hale Black Cultural Center Lounge, 153 W. 12th Ave., refreshments served, cjrc.osu.edu.

Theater

May 19-21, Department of Theatre, “Eurydice,” 7:30 p.m., Roy Bowen Theatre, Drake Events Center, 1849 Cannon Drive, admission, 292-2295.

May 19-22, 25-27, Department of Theatre, “The Camouflage Project,” 7:30 p.m. May 19-21, 25-27, 3 p.m. May 21-22, Thurber Theatre, Drake Events Center, 1849 Cannon Drive, admission, 292-2295.

May 19-22, Ohio State Lima Department of Theatre, “I Hate Hamlet,” 8 p.m. May 19-21, 2 p.m. May 22, Martha W. Farmer Theatre, Reed Hall, 4240 Campus Drive, admission, (419) 995-8382.

May 26-28, June 2-4, Ohio State Newark/Central Ohio Technical College, Department of Theatre, “Art” by playwright Yasmina Reza, 8 p.m., Black Box Theatre, LeFevre Hall, 1179 University Drive, admission, newark.osu.edu or cotc.edu.

Training

May 19, College of Social Work Training, “Group Therapy Techniques,” 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 115 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road, earn 3 CEU clock hours, open to the public, visit csw.osu.edu/trainingforprofessionals/trainingcalendar for description and registration.

May 20, College of Social Work Training, “Bullying, Face to Face and Cyber Bullying: Understanding, Prevention, Intervention and Recovery,” 1-4:15 p.m., 115 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road, earn 3 CEU clock hours, open to the public, visit csw.osu.edu/trainingforprofessionals/trainingcalendar for description and registration.

May 20, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, “InterACT: Easing the Transition for Student Veterans,” 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 150 Younkin Success Center, 1640 Neil Ave., registration required, ucat.osu.edu.

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

June 1, Management Advancement for the Public Service, “Motivating Employees through Positive Reinforcement,” 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.

June 1-2, Financial Training and Documentation, “The Reconciliation 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.

June 2, Management Advancement for the Public Service, “Secrets to Powerful Presentations,” 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.

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

June 6, College of Social Work Training, “Special Populations,” 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 115 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road, earn 3 CEU clock hours, open to the public, visit csw.osu.edu/trainingforprofessionals/trainingcalendar for description and registration.

June 7, College of Social Work Training, “Alcohol: Low and High Risk Choices, Abuse and Addiction,” 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m., 115 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road, earn 6 CEU clock hours, open to the public, visit csw.osu.edu/trainingforprofessionals/trainingcalendar for description and registration.

Wexner

Through May 30, Erwin Redl: One of the “Six Solos” Exhibitions, Fetch, Wexner Center, 1871 N. High St., admission (free to visitors the first Sunday of the month and every Thursday after 4 p.m.), 292-3535.

Through May 31, The Box, “Abandon” (Pouran Esrafily, 1998), 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 July 31, Exhibitions on View, “Double Sexus” (Hans Bellmer and Louise Bourgeois), Wexner Center, 1871 N. High St., admission (free to visitors the first Sunday of the month and every Thursday after 4 p.m.), 292-3535.

Through July 31, Exhibitions on View, “Human Behavior with Music by Hans Berg” (Nathalie Djurberg), Wexner Center, 1871 N. High St., admission (free to visitors the first Sunday of the month and every Thursday after 4 p.m.), 292-3535.

Through July 31, Exhibitions on View, “The Tender Room” (Pipilotti Rist), Wexner Center, 1871 N. High St., admission (free to visitors the first Sunday of the month and every Thursday after 4 p.m.), 292-3535.

Through Aug. 14, Exhibitions on View, “Annemiek” (Rineke Dijkstra, 1997), Wexner Center Lower Lobby, 1871 N. High St., admission (free to visitors the first Sunday of the month and every Thursday after 4 p.m.), 292-3535.

Through Oct. 27, Public Programs: The Market at 15th & High, outdoor farmers’ market, 4-7 p.m., Wexner Center Plaza, 292-3535.

May 19, Art Spiegelman Residency Events, “Dick Tracy, Chester Gould and More,” Art Spiegelman lecture, 4 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

May 19, Retrospective: Charlie Chaplin, “City Lights” (1931) and “Modern Times” (1936), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

May 19, Wex at Gateway, “Cave of Forgotten Dreams (in 3D)” (Werner Herzog, 2010), visit wexarts.org for screening times, Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

May 20, Residency Events, “TOON Books and Young Readers,” Françoise Mouly lecture, 4 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

May 20-21, Contemporary Screen, “Poison” (Todd Haynes, 1991), new 35mm print, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

May 21, Especially for Teens, Wex Lab: Improv Theater, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Performance Space, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

May 21, Next @ Wex, “Cold Cave,” 9 p.m., Black Box on Mershon Stage, 1871 N. High St., $12 admission, 292-3535.

May 24, Artist’s Talk: Kevin Jerome Everson, 4:30 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

May 25, Visiting Filmmaker: Kevin Jerome Everson, “Erie” (2010), introduced by the filmmaker, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

May 26, Ohio State Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day, Art and Environment Exhibition reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Performance Space, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

May 26, Retrospective: Charlie Chaplin, “The Idle Class” (1921), “The Pilgrim” (1923), and “Monsieur Verdoux” (1947), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

May 26, Film Studies Lecture, “The Perpetual Problem of British Cinema,” Sean O’Sullivan, 4 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

May 26-31, Ohio State Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day, Art and Environment Exhibition, “Interventions: Students Respond to the Environment,” 11 a.m.-8 p.m. May 26-28, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. May 29 and 31, Performance Space, 1871 N. High St., free with gallery admission, 292-3535.

June 1-30, The Box, “The Mirrored Curtain” (Lori Felker, 2011), 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.

June 2, Retrospective: Terrence Malick, “The New World” (2005), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

Faculty & Staff, 5/19/11

May 18, 2011

Books

Audrey Begun, Social Work, was a contributing author for Sibling Development: Implications for Mental Health Practitioners, ed. Jonathan Caspi, (New York, N.Y.: Springer Publishing Company, 2011). She contributed Chapter 11: “Sibling Involvement in Substance Misuse and Abuse,” with Lisa K. Berger, and Chapter 15: “Sibling Relationships and Out-of-Home Care,” with Joshua P. Mersky.

Grants

Rita Alevriadou, Biomedical Engineering and Cardiovascular Medicine, received a $423,000 National Institutes of Health grant for “Emerging Functions of Mitochondrial Fission in Postischemic Endothelial Cells.” The proposal aims to better understand the role of mitochondrial fragmentation/fission and its repercussions on postischemic endothelial cell survival and to propose new therapeutic strategies that target the endothelial mitochondrial dynamics.

David Filipi, Wexner Center Film/Video, presented and introduced his “Rare Films from the Baseball Hall of Fame” program, BAMcinématek, Brooklyn, N.Y., April 21.

Kathy Harper, Engineering Education Innovation Center, and Ted Clark, Chemistry, received a $170,730 grant from the Ohio Board of Regents Improving Teacher Quality Program to offer Modeling Instruction workshops in high school chemistry and physics to Ohio teachers. Up to 60 teachers will participate in a three-week workshop in June to learn this framework for science instruction.  Modeling Instruction is one of two high school science programs to be designated exemplary by the US Department of Education.

Presentations

Morris Beja, English, presented “‘As an Unmuddied Lake’?: Cultural Trauma in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange,” at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky., April 12.

Bharat Bhushan, Mechanical Engineering,  presented “Lotus Effect: Surfaces with Roughness-Induced Superhydrophobicity, Self Cleaning and Low Adhesion,” at the Chemical Sciences Roundtable of the National Academies’ Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Washington, D.C., Feb. 2.

Cynthia Fontanella, Joseph Guada, Suzanne Bartle-Haring and Gary Phillips, Social Work, presented “The Influence of Individual and Contextual-Level Factors on Continuity of Care for Adults with Schizophrenia,”at the 15th annual SSWR conference, Tampa, Fl., January 2011.

Danielle Fosler-Lussier, Musicology, presented “’The Right and the Best Ambassador: Marian Anderson, Louis Armstrong and the US Reception of Cultural Diplomacy,” at the first annual Hollander Lecture in Musicology, Michigan State University,  April 8.

Lindsay Gezinski and Rebecca Kim, Social Work, presented “Personal and Professional Values of MSW Students: The Impact of Sex and Marriage Attitudes On Perceptions of Welfare Mothers,” at 15th annual SSWR Conference, Tampa, Fl., January 2011.

Carlos Hernandez-Garcia, Horticulture and Crop Science, presented “Discovery of Soybean Wound-Inducible Promoters,” at the International Conference on Plant Transformation Technologies II, Vienna, Austria, Feb. 19-22.

Wendy Hesford, English, presented “Ghostly Publics: Rhetorical Memory and the Cambodian Genocide” and “Transnational Composition,” with Ryan Omizo, English, at the CCCC, Atlanta, Ga., April 7-8.

B. Hunt, C.A. Smith and M.M. Gardiner, Entomology, presented “Parasitoid-Mediated Apparent Competition between Native and Exotic Lady Beetle Populations in Ohio,” in the Undergraduate Student Competition for the President’s Prize, the Entomological Society of America annual meeting, San Diego, Calif., Dec. 13.

Jesus Lara, Landscape Architecture, presented “Enabling Place Reinvention through Collaborative and Problem-based Design Studio: Urban Ghost Town the Case of West Columbus – Casino Site” and “Strategies to Increase Green Space Equity in the Columbus Metropolitan Region,” at the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 2011 (CELA) “Urban Nature,” University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., March 30-April 4.

Kathy Michelich, Family and Consumer Sciences, presented “Tough Crowd: Teaching Financial Literacy in a Mandatory Environment,” at the Institute for Financial Literacy’s annual conference on financial education, Chicago, Ill., April 21.

Rajiv Ramnath, Computer Science and Engineering, presented “Enhancing Computer Science Education through Real-world App Development Projects,” at Apple AcademiX, Columbus, April 29.

Robyn Warhol, English, presented “Creatures of Text: A Feminist-Formalist Approach to Characters and Readers in Jane Austen’s Novels,” at the British Women Writers Conference, Columbus, March 2011; gave the Susan Bazargan Lecture at Eastern Illinois University, March 7; gave the invited lecture, “’The Office,’ ‘Real Housewives’ and the Ethics of Address in Mockumentary and Reality TV,” at the University of York, U.K., March 15; led a graduate workshop “Point of View in Graphic Memoir,” at the University of York, U.K., March 16; and presented “Looking for the Narratee in Visual Autobiography: the Cases of Mockumentary and Graphic Memoir,” at the International Conference on Narrative, St. Louis, Mo., April 2011.

Elizabeth Weiser, English, presented “Dig Deeper: Creative Nonfiction for Writers and Non-writers,”  at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, Ga., April 6; and “Teaching with Librarians,” at Ohio State Newark, April 14.

Publications

Dawn Anderson-Butcher and Aidyn Iachini, Social Work, “Capacity-Related Innovations Resulting from the Implementation of a Community Collaboration Model for School Improvement,” The Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, Vol. 20, pp. 257-87, with Hal Lawson, Gerald Bean, Paul Flaspohler and Keith Zullig.

David Clampitt, Theory and Composition, “Modes, the Height-Width Duality and Handschin’s Tone Character,” Music Theory Online, Vol. 17, No. 1 (April 2011), with Thomas Noll.

Andrew Hudgins, English, “Helen Keller Answers the Iron,” The Kenyon Review (Spring 2011), pp. 52-69; and “Now and Almost Now,” The Hopkins Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, (Spring 2011), p. 273.

Tom Gregoire, Social Work, “Parental Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Case Characteristics and Impact on Reunification of Children in Foster Care,”  Social Work Practice in the Addictions, Vol. 10, No. 4 (2010), pp. 393-412, with J. Brook, T. McDonald, A. Press and B. Hindman; and “Breaking Ground in Tobacco Dependence at a Women’s Treatment Center,” Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2011), pp. 1-16, with G. Clark-Hammond.

John Moe, English, “The Myth of Americanization or the Divided Heart: US Immigration in Literature and Historical Data, 1890-2008,” European Journal of American Studies, Oslo Conference Special Issue (2011).

Lois Rosow, Musicology, “Phaethon,” The Classical Tradition, ed. Anthony Grafton et al., (Boston, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2010), pp. 708-9; and “The Articulation of Lully’s Dramatic Dialogue,” reprinted in Studies in Seventeenth-Century Opera, ed. Beth Glixon, (Ashgate, 2010), pp. 305-28.

James Williams and Glenn Daehn, Materials Science and Engineering, “Linking Transformational Materials and Processing for an Energy Efficient and Low-Carbon Economy,” published by the Minerals Metals and Materials Society, and funded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, http://energy.tms.org (February 2011). The investigation sought to find potential materials-driven technologies for energy efficiency, use, access and business opportunity. The priority technologies investigated were: Functional surface technology, materials for extreme environments, multi-materials integration in energy systems and sustainable manufacturing of materials.

Barbara Wyslouzil, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry, and Heather Allen, Chemistry, “Monomer, Clusters, Liquid: An Integrated Spectroscopic Study of Methanol Condensation,” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 13, No. 13 (2011), advance article, with H. Laksmono, S. Tanimura, G. Wilemski, M. Zahniser, J. Shorter, D. Nelson and J. McManus.

Recognition

Simge Küçükyavuz, Integrated Systems Engineering, Jeffrey Sutton, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Jin Wang and Can Emre Koksal, Electrical and Computer Engineering, received Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation. The award supports junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. The honor includes $400,000 to support their research.

Rongxing Li, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Lisa Tilder and Stephen Turk, Architecture, have been recognized for their work on the Pod Home. In March, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, comprised of schools in both the US and Canada, presented them with the 2010-2011 ACSA/AIA Housing Design Education Award and the 2010-2011 ACSA Collaborative Practice Honorable Mention.

Jon Woods, Music Education and Bands, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award,  at the CBDNA National Conference, Seattle, Wa., March 26. This is a remarkable and special honor bestowed on few in the world of college band directing. On April 2, Jon Woods also received the Distinguished Alumni Award for the School of Music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Rare bird visits campus, attracting wide interest

May 18, 2011

By Jeff Grabmeier

When Pat Valentine pulled into the parking lot of her office on Kinnear Road about noon on May 4, she felt a little twinge of fear.

A group of a dozen or more people was gathered in the parking lot, carrying cameras and binoculars.

“I was afraid there was an emergency of some kind going on,” said Valentine, who is assistant to the director at Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research.

She soon found out, though, that the emergency was only for bird watchers who wanted to catch a glimpse of one of the rarest songbirds in North America.

The bird that captured their attention was the Kirtland’s warbler, which was migrating through Columbus from its winter home in the Bahamas to its breeding grounds in northern Michigan.  Experts estimate that only about 3,600 Kirtland’s warblers are alive today.

“From noon to 6:30, there were people out there in the parking lot continuously,” Valentine said.  “It was a spectacle.  Everyone was so excited to see this bird.”

The warbler was found early that morning by Paul Hurtado, a birder who will be starting a post-doctoral fellowship at Ohio State this fall.  Normally, Hurtado would drive to campus.  However, this particular day he dropped his car off at a repair shop on Kenny Road and walked.

It was a very fortuitous walk.

“With migration going on, I’ve been in the habit of paying attention to the bird songs I hear,” Hurtado said.

“I heard the Kirtland’s singing across the street and recognized that it was something different, something that should be on my radar.”

After identifying the bird, he posted his sighting to several electronic mailing lists.  Within hours, birders from around Columbus and Ohio were flocking to the parking lot.

“There were lots of people driving by and stopping in front of the crowd of birders to ask what was going on,” Hurtado said. “A lot of people learned about the Kirtland’s warbler that day.”

Surprisingly, the warbler stayed in the area for several more days, continuously attracting attention.

Valentine said the people in her office were impressed by the devotion of the birders who gathered, even if they didn’t share their interest in birds.

“Everyone has to have a passion, and that was really on display out there.  It was pretty far removed from what most of the people here do, but it still connected with us.”

USAC still a strong voice after 25 years

May 4, 2011

By Adam King

Asked what Ohio State would be like for staff without the University Staff Advisory Committee, former Chair Richard Wofford said he couldn’t imagine such a scenario.

Jamie Mathews-Mead, another former chair, said USAC has done so much to advocate for staff issues at the university that its nonexistence would create a void since it’s the only formal voice for staff at Ohio State.

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Now you see it… now you don’t

May 4, 2011

The Camouflage Project, an ambitious new work from the Department of Theatre and ACCAD, explores truth and deception in World War II

By Julia Harris

Nestled in the Vosges Mountains of eastern France is a grim remnant of a history no one wants to remember but can’t afford to forget: Natzweiler-Struthof, once a deeply guarded German concentration camp on French soil.

Even more deeply guarded was the fact that among the political prisoners it housed — and executed — were at least four female British agents, part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) service.

Their story, and the larger narrative of subterfuge, camouflage and the surprising role of theater artists in World War II, is at the heart of the Camouflage Project, a collaborative production of Ohio State’s Department of Theatre and the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design.

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Singing their hearts out

May 4, 2011

For Brenda Harris, singing in a choir is a bit like riding a bike: You never forget how, and once you get started, you just keep rolling along.

That’s probably why Harris, who sang in her high school choir more years ago than she cares to admit, found it so easy to join the 150-member community choir known as the Harmony Project.

“I saw a segment about the choir on the news one night and I was absolutely taken by what they do,” said Harris, who works with Member Services in Ohio State’s Department of Recreational Sports.

“Not just the singing, but the whole service aspect of it really appealed to me,” she added.

The motto of the choir is “sing, serve, share,” reflecting its focus on community involvement, giving back and reaching out to people from all walks of life. Indeed, the choir is so inclusive that people don’t need to audition or even have much in the way of musical talent.

“Of course, it’s difficult if you can’t carry a tune at all, but you don’t have to be a singer or musician to be part of it,” Harris said.

In addition to presenting sold-out concerts at Lincoln Theatre and performing at outdoor events like last year’s WaterFire, the group does fundraisers, food drives and acts of kindness for the community, such as landscaping or trash cleanup.

Led by David Brown, a graduate of Capital University and a Louisiana native with definite Southern Baptist tendencies, the Harmony Project seeks out service projects across the Columbus area, projects such as collecting toys, gift cards and bicycles for central Ohio youth and serving hundreds of hours at the Mid-Ohio Foodbank.

“We’re working with Habitat for Humanity to rehab a house for a woman and her three kids on the south side of town,” Harris said. She rubbed her hand a bit ruefully. “I slammed my finger with the hammer.”

A natural outgrowth of the group’s focus on outreach and community is the choir’s kaleidoscopic makeup. Bryan Harris, Brenda’s husband and willing partner in the Harmony Project, says it’s a good cross-section of society. “You’ve got young and old, people of different ethnicities and cultures,” he said.

He smiled. “It’s not so much a melting pot, where everybody ends up looking the same; it’s more like a salad bar.”

The common ingredient at this salad bar, both Harrises agree, is inspiration. Though the choir does not bill itself as “religious,” it has an undeniably spiritual underpinning designed to uplift both singer and audience member.

“There are songs that bring tears to your eyes and others that are filled with so much joy it makes you want to get up and dance,” Brenda said. “And then there’s the camaraderie, the sense of being part of something.”

For three seasons now — each season lasts 10 weeks and can include anywhere from two to six performances — Bryan and Brenda have been devoting one or two nights per week to practice songs about hope and courage, and they say the experience has changed their lives.

“We’ve been involved in a lot of things with the choir, not just singing for people,” said Bryan, who insists he’s not half the singer his wife is. “We’ve been able to bring joy, spirituality, inspiration… It’s a winning combination all around.”

This season, the Harmony Project is pairing up with the Unison Project, a music and service program for homeless adults and those transitioning from shelters to permanent housing. Choir members and participants in the Unison Project are collaborating on community service projects and will perform together in the end-of-season spring concert, May 12 at the Columbus Convention Center.

Even though there’s currently a waiting list of people who want to join the choir, Brenda encourages others to find out more and consider being part of the Harmony Project. “It’s so good for the soul, for the heart,” she said. “It’s something that, until you know it exists, you don’t realize what you’ve been missing. It’s such a wonderful opportunity, and it’s right where we live – nobody else has it. That’s how special it is.”

if you go…

To purchase tickets for the “Lift Every Voice: A Concert to End Homelessness” performance, May 12 at the Convention Center, see harmonyproject.com/eventspring2011.html

Corpse flower’s putridity allows rare species’ survival

May 4, 2011

By Adam King

It had the power to make noses wrinkle and appetites to be lost, but thousands of visitors were not to be denied taking a whiff of Ohio State’s stinky rare flower, the titan arum.

Only 134 of its brethren have ever bloomed in a controlled environment; most never bloom — and the OSU titan arum, named “Woody” after the university’s venerable football coach Woody Hayes, took more than nine years to do so.

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