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WELCOME TO OSUToday, the latest news and information for faculty and staff of The Ohio State University for Tuesday, Jan. 27. The deadline for submissions is noon the prior business day.

OSUToday sponsored by the Wexner Center for the Arts Experience the unique “Fourth World” sound Jon Hassell and Maarifa Street craft from jazz, classical, and world music traditions at the Wex on Thursday (2/5). Hassell’s influences and musical colleagues range from Philip Glass, the Kronos Quartet, and Karlheinz Stockhausen to Bjork, Ry Cooder, and Indian vocal master Pandit Pran Nath. Hassell’s return to the concert stage after an absence of more than 10 years makes this the perfect time to hear him live. Read more >

Headline news

Ohio State bucks trend for student retention

While a new national survey shows fewer college freshmen returning to their colleges for their sophomore year, Ohio State is finding just the opposite among first year Buckeyes. An annual survey conducted by ACT, Inc., a non profit testing and research group, found that for the 2007-08 academic year, 66 percent of first-year college students returned to the same institution for their second year of college, the lowest percentage since 1989. At Ohio State, a record 92.4 percent of first year students returned to campus for their sophomore year in 2007 and 92.8 percent returned last September (2008). Read more >

Data Privacy Day: Have you been snagged by a phishing attempt?

Phishing tactics are sophisticated. Verify requests are real before sharing any personal information over the e-mail, Internet or even the phone. Avoid clicking on links in the message or downloading files from unknown sources. Remember, OSU will never ask for your password. Read more >

Alumni Association accepting nominations for 2009 awards

The OSU Alumni Association is currently accepting nominations for its 2009 Alumni Awards. To nominate an alumnus for an award, visit the Association Web site (click on the 2009 Nomination Form link). Nominations must be postmarked by Tuesday (3/31). The awards ceremony is scheduled for Friday (9/25) at the Hyatt Regency, 350 N. High St. Contact: Jay Hansen, 292-9311 or 425-9497. Read more >

Wii: Planning for the Future workshop March 9

Ken Snyder will lead a workshop, Wii: Planning for the Future, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday (3/9) at the Fawcett Center. The workshop will teach attendees about the latest technological tools and methods that will support sustainable communities. Register online by Wednesday (3/4). Contact: cowley.11@osu.edu or 247-7479, or grippa.1@osu.edu

Sands to present IMR Colloquia Series lecture Feb. 3

Timothy Sands will deliver "Metal/Semiconductor Superlattices as Thermoelectric Metamaterials for Solid-State Energy Conversion," a 2008-09 Institute for Materials Research Colloquia Series lecture, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday (2/3) in the Smith Seminar Room, Physics Research Building. Sands is Purdue University's Basil S. Turner Professor of Materials Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering and director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center. Members of the OSU materials community are invited to the talk and reception. Read more >

Taste of OSU brings international flavor to campus

Join International Affairs and more than 30 international student organizations for a Taste of OSU from 5-9 p.m. Friday (1/30) at the RPAC. Enjoy samplings of international foods, cultural exhibits, performances, and the Campus Dining Services chefs’ dessert competition. Admission is free and food tickets cost $1 each. The event is open to all OSU students, faculty, staff, alumni, families and friends. Read more >

Jan. 28: Institute for Chinese Studies film series to show 2046

The Institute for Chinese Studies “Future of the Past” Film Series will continue at 7 p.m. Wednesday (1/28) in 040 Jennings Hall with 2046. The 2004 Hong Kong film (filmed in Shanghai) written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, is a visually seductive reverie of memory and regret refracted through a serial womanizer’s experiences with six women. Admission is free and all are welcome. English subtitles. Contact: chan.184@osu.edu or 247-6893. Read more >

Warhol cookbook satire discussed Jan. 28

Susan M. Rossi-Wilcox will discuss "Andy Warhol’s Wild Raspberries: Social Satire in the Guise of a Cookbook," about the making of a cookbook created by Andy Warhol and close friend Suzie Frankfurt in 1959 (a copy is on view behind glass in the exhibition Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms). The talk will be held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday (1/28) in the Wexner Center Film/Video Theater. It is free and open to the public. Read more >

MCC StoryTelling Series features Eth-No-Tec Jan. 27, 28

The Multicultural Center StoryTelling Series and OSU StoryBox Project feature Eth-No-Tec, the combined performance chemistry of Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo and Nancy Wang, this month. They will host a student leadership workshop from 7-9 p.m. today (1/27), and a free community performance from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday (1/28). Both events take place at the Younkin Success Center. Read more >

Pine Leaf Boys bring live Cajun music to Newark

The Pine Leaf Boys will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Thursday (1/29) in the Reese Center at Ohio State Newark. Families are especially encouraged to attend this concert, where people of all ages will have fun dancing to the Cajun tunes. Click here to hear a sample of the Pine Leaf Boys. Contact: Ron Emoff at (740) 366-9217 or emoff.1@osu.edu

Public Safety hosts blood drive Jan. 29

The Department of Public Safety is holding a blood drive from 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Thursday (1/29) in 1019 Blankenship Hall. If you have donated on or before Thursday (12/4/08) you may be eligible to donate. Schedule an appointment online for this or other campus blood drives (sponsor code buckeyes.) Walk-ins are welcome. Donors may enter to win weekly and grand prize drawings.