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Reducing OSU energy requirements: Join Power Down for the Planet movementThe Office of the CIO and Facilities Operations & Development are sponsors of a movement to reduce OSU energy requirements. The primary goal is the reduction of power used by workstations and related OSU equipment by 30 percent within the next year. Students, faculty and staff can participate in this endeavor through: Committing to the pledge for Power Down for the Planet, and joining the Earth Hour 2009 event. Read more > Gross to deliver annual Smith Lecture March 31The Department of Physics is presenting the 47th Annual Alpheus Smith Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (3/31) in 131 Hitchcock Hall. David J. Gross, director, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and Frederick W. Gluck Chair in Theoretical Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara will deliver a public lecture, "The Coming Revolutions in Fundamental Physics." Gross was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics. Contact: mcgarvey.16@osu.edu. Read more > March 16-19: Practical Guide to Methods and Techniques in Biomedical ResearchTen core OSU research facilities will hold a workshop from Monday (3/16)-Thursday (3/19) to highlight methods and technologies in biomedical research. From proteomics to animal imaging and from nucleic acid sequencing to confocal microscopy the talks will focus on planning experiments, preparing samples, collecting data, and analyzing data. Registration is free but is required. Register online. Lunch & Learn workshop addresses eating disordersThe Faculty and Staff Wellness Program is hosting a workshop, Increasing Eating Disorder Awareness to help you recognize the pressures, attitudes and behaviors that shape anorexia nervosa, binge eating and other disorders and learn where to turn for treatment. The workshop is from noon-1 p.m. Wednesday (3/11) in the Ross Heart Hospital Auditorium. Earn points toward the 2009 Incentive Program. The program is free but registration is required. Register online or call 292-1894. College of Law seeking mock trial jurorsThe Clinical Programs at the Moritz College of Law is seeking faculty, staff, students and friends interested in being jurors at mock trials to be held in the Moot Court Room in April. The judges will be sitting judges from around the state of Ohio. Jurors may hear an entire case and talk with law students and judges after the case about their verdict and impressions of the trial. Mock trials are set for Monday (4/13), Thursday (4/16), Monday (4/20) and Thursday (4/23). Choose one or all four. Each trial will last 2-3 hours and will begin at 4 p.m. at the College of Law (corner of 12th and High Street). Contact: Lynda Seelie March 10 Open Forum: The Cultural Stimulus?The $787 billion stimulus package has started to work its way through the economy. To take effect, a stimulus must produce an appropriate response. How could the OSU community act to contribute to the success of the stimulus package? The Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities and the Arts Initiative invite your ideas and proposals for a Cultural Stimulus at an open forum from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday (3/10) at the George Wells Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave. Contact: Rick Livingston. Read more > Performance artist McCauley to perform, lead talk March 13
Expanding Literacy Studies conference April 3-5Expanding Literacy Studies, the first international, interdisciplinary conference on literacy studies organized and hosted by graduate students will be held on campus Friday (4/3)-Sunday (4/5). Sponsored by LiteracyStudies@OSU, the conference will host representatives from more than 60 institutions and six different international sites. It will extend the dialogue, explore the landscape, and map the intersections of literacy studies as a framework for critical investigation. Contact: expandingLS@osu.edu. Read more > Master Gardeners program hosts perennial workshop March 21OSU Extension Franklin County Master Gardeners will host a workshop on perennials from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday (3/21) in 116 Howlett Hall. Cost is $40 per person or $45 per couple. The course will cover site analysis and soil preparation, designing the perennial garden, selecting plants, installing and maintaining the perennial garden, and problems and challenges faced by perennial gardeners. Space is limited. To register, e-mail Cory Skurdal or call 247-6046. Read more > Head and neck cancer screenings availableOhio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute will offer free head and neck cancer screenings from 8 a.m.-noon on Friday (4/24) in the first-floor clinic at The James. Anyone suffering from such symptoms as persistent sore(s) of the mouth, hoarseness lasting longer than three weeks, sore throat that persists for more than six weeks, or swelling in the neck for more than six weeks is encouraged to schedule an appointment at 293-5066. |
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Terry Wilson, OSU associate professor of earth sciences, will be featured on the syndicated radio show Earth & Sky this week. Wilson leads POLENET, a growing network of GPS trackers and seismic sensors implanted in the bedrock beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. At the American Geophysical Union meeting in December, she and her colleagues reported the first research results from POLENET. Read the original 
