Fisher’s VITA program helps residents file 275 tax returns After Fisher College of Business students in the Master of Accounting program put in more than 1,000 volunteer hours at the Godman Guild and OSU Law Extension Center, 275 income tax returns were filed for Columbus residents. These returns generated $425,000 in refunds for individuals and …
Croce in first class of AACR Academy Fellows Carlo Croce, professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics at Ohio State, where he also serves as director of Human Cancer Genetics, has been elected to the first class of the Fellows of the American Association of Cancer Research. The class …
Graham, Moore named ACE Fellows David Graham, assistant provost and associate athletic director for Student-Athlete Success, and James Moore, associate provost in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male, were named American Council on Education Fellows for the 2013-14 academic year. …
Ohio State ranks high in Environmental and Ecological Economics In a recent review analyzing the influence of articles, authors, journals and institutions in Environmental and Ecological Economics, which was published in the journal Ecological Economics, Ohio State was cited as the eighth most influential institution in the world working in the field. Of particular importance, this ranking …
Wellness Innovation Challenge announced; early-bird registration ends March 8 Early-bird registration rates for the inaugural Building Healthy Academic Communities Summit, held April 22-23 at Ohio State, ends March 8. Leaders and representatives from academic institutions of all sizes are invited to participate in the summit — faculty, staff, student leaders, administrators, researchers, medical centers, HR …
Faculty trio named Huber Fellows Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, professor of Anthropology, Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, professor of Communication, and Gail McKoon, professor of Psychology, have been selected as Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellows for 2013 in recognition of their first-rate scholarship. The award is in honor of emeritus Professor Joan Huber, who served as dean of the Social …
Buckeye Bullet featured in Scientific American The Buckeye Bullet is drawing international recognition with a new article about the latest iteration of the car — known as the Venturi Buckeye Bullet 3 — that appears in the February 2013 print edition of Scientific American magazine. Mechanical Engineering Professor Giorgio Rizzoni and several Ohio State students …
Pelotonia 13 registration begins with less than 200 days to go Whether you want to ride, volunteer or just raise funds for cancer research as a virtual rider, all three opportunities are now open for registration at pelotonia.org. Ohio State faculty, staff and students are automatically members of Team Buckeye (teambuckeye.osu.edu), which raised $2.2 million …
Applications now open for full-time summer research funding The Undergraduate Research Office, in partnership with Honors and Scholars, Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Psychology, Economics and International Affairs, is announcing the 2013 Summer Research Funding Awards. These awards, $3,500 each, support full-time research over 10 weeks in summer semester 2013. Students from all majors are eligible, …
OSU helps draw IBM analytics center to city IBM announced it will establish a new analytics center in Columbus, dedicated to advancing research, development, client services and skills training in the areas of analytics, big data and cognitive computing. The move aims to create 500 new analytics jobs and nurture economic development in the region …