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Internationally celebrated Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa, known for his beautifully crafted experimental films largely set in the shantytowns of Lisbon, will be here Friday (2/8) to introduce and discuss his acclaimed Colossal Youth as part of a month long look at his work. L.A. Weekly calls his films “at once ineffably modern yet unassailably classical.” Read more >
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POTENTIAL CANCER THERAPIES INVENTED AT OSU ARE LICENSED TO DRUG DEVELOPMENT FIRM
A promising new cancer therapy created in a laboratory at Ohio State is on an accelerated pace toward testing thanks to a new licensing agreement between Ohio State and a New Jersey-based drug development firm. Arno Therapeutics Inc. has been granted exclusive rights to test the agents and take them to market. The agents are two small molecules that are considered to have powerful cancer-fighting properties. They were developed by Ching-Shih Chen, the holder of the Lucius A. Wing Chair of Cancer Research and Therapy in Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center and professor of pharmacy and internal medicine. Read more >
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HEALTHY LIVING PAYS OFF AGAIN IN 2008.
Get rewarded for healthy activities and lifestyle through the 2008 Your Plan for Health Faculty and Staff Incentive Program. Benefit-eligible employees (regardless of health plan membership) who have taken their Personal Health Assessment (PHA) can earn up to 125 points (up to $125, less payroll taxes) for seeing the dentist, being tobacco free or attending a Lunch and Learn workshop, among other activities. Visit yourplanforhealth.com and click on “2008 Incentive Program” for information on activities, points and program guidelines.
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HAURIN NAMED NEW ECONOMICS CHAIR AT OHIO STATE
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences announced Monday (1/28) the appointment of Donald Haurin as chair of the Department of Economics beginning Tuesday (7/1). Haurin is currently a professor of economics at Ohio State. He joined the faculty at Ohio State in 1975 and holds appointments with the John Glenn School of Public Affairs and Fisher College of Business. Haurin’s primary area of research is real estate economics, which includes the study of commercial and residential property markets, homeownership gaps among low-income and minority households, the relationship between school quality and real home prices, and the downward trend of housing sales and its effect on the economy.
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UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES TO MEET JAN. 31, FEB. 1
The Ohio State Board of Trustees and its committees will meet Thursday (1/31 and Friday (2/1) at the Longaberger Alumni House. All six committee meetings will occur on Thursday (1/31), starting with the Medical Affairs, and Audit and Compliance committees at 11:30 a.m. Other committee meetings scheduled are: Academic and Student Affairs and Fiscal Affairs committees, starting at 1:30 p.m.; Agricultural Affairs, 3 p.m.; and Development and Investment, 3:45 p.m. On Friday (2/1), the formal board meeting will convene at 9 a.m. at Longaberger, and recess into executive session from 9-11 a.m. After lunch, the board meeting will reconvene at 12:15 p.m. Read more >
PHISHING E-MAIL ALERT
A large number of Ohio State e-mail addresses were sent a phishing scam e-mail Sunday (1/27), asking that the user respond with his/her OSU e-mail password. The message itself was addressed "Dear OSU Webmail User." Once again, the message is a scam, and was not sent by the Office of Information Technology or anyone else within Ohio State. Do not reply to the message. If you have already replied, go to OIT’s Account Management Web site and change your password immediately. Additional information can be found at http://8help.osu.edu/status/933.html.
ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES COMMEMORATES JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT
Asian American Studies will be commemorating Japanese American Interment through the lives and writings of Toyo Suyemoto and Lawson Inada from noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday (1/30) at the Hale Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served at 11:30 a.m. The presentation will include a short film, and readings from the works of Suyemoto and Inada. Contact: hawkins.174@osu.edu
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SUPER TUESDAY WITH SBS FEB. 5
Watch Super Tuesday primary returns with Ohio State's own political experts from 7-10 p.m. Tuesday (2/5) in the Faculty Club. Paul Beck, professor of political science and dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Herb Asher, professor emeritus, political science, and Herb Weisberg, professor and chair, political science, will provide live commentary, analysis and answer your questions as primary results roll in. The event is open to all. Admission is $10 with all proceeds going to the SBS Alumni Society Student Scholarship Fund. RSVP to Jennifer.Storm@xerox.com
GRAMMAR 101: EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING SURFACE ERRORS IN STUDENT WRITING
Grammar 101: Effectively Addressing Surface Errors in Student Writing, is scheduled for 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesday (1/30) in 300 Younkin Success Center. Instructors who evaluate student writing are almost universally concerned that their students produce writing that is littered with glaring surface errors. Learn how to prioritize mechanical issues as students write, how to respond effectively to errors in student writing, and how to prepare students to produce carefully edited work when it counts the most. Register online
LIBRARIES READALOUD FEATURES BOYLE, FARR
The weekly University Libraries ReadAloud program features faculty, staff, students and community members reading from their favorite works. Stop by the Wexner Center Cafe from 3-4 p.m. Thursday (1/31) and listen as Kevin Boyle, professor of History, reads from his book “Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age,” which won the National Book Award for non-fiction in 2004. Marcia Farr, from the College of Education and Human Ecology will read from her book “Rancheros in Chicagoacán: language and identity in a transnational community.” Contact: distel.1@osu.edu or 292-2594. Read more >
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