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WELCOME TO OSUToday, the latest news and information for faculty and staff of The Ohio State University for Tuesday, March 31. The deadline for submissions is noon the prior business day.

OSUToday sponsored by the Wexner Center for the Arts On Friday, Ellen Kuras (featured in a 2006 retrospective of her cinematography on such films as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) returns to the Wexner Center to introduce her Oscar-nominated directorial debut, The Betrayal (2008), a gripping documentary about a Laotian family forced to flee their homeland, only to arrive in Brooklyn and face starting a new life. The film (also screening Saturday) shows the challenges of war and emigration, as well as the resilience of family ties. Read more >

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Provost launches search for Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education

Provost Joe Alutto has appointed a screening committee to review applications for the new role of vice provost and dean for undergraduate education. The person selected will guide the development of programming to provide appropriately challenging academic experiences for undergraduate students. Javaune Adams-Gaston, vice president for Student Life; Peter Koltak, president, Undergraduate Student Government; professor Carl Zulauf, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (Council on Enrollment and Student Progress); and vice provosts Carole Anderson, Joan Leitzel, Patrick Osmer, and W. Randy Smith will serve as the screening committee for the search. An internal search will begin immediately, and applications are due Friday (4/24). The position will be available Wednesday (7/1). Read more >

Mosley-Thompson elected to new American Geophysical Union Fellows

Ellen Mosley-Thompson, professor of geography, senior research scientist and co-founder of the Ice Core Paleoclimate Research Group at the Polar Research Center, was recently elected to the 2009 class of American Geophysical Union Fellows. Fellows of AGU are members who have attained acknowledged eminence in the Earth and Space Sciences. Mosley-Thompson joins a group of 55 Fellows from around the world and is the only representative from Ohio State in the 2009 class. She will be recognized in Toronto, Canada, during the Joint Assembly, in May. Read more >

Today: Gross to deliver annual Smith Lecture

The Department of Physics is presenting the 47th Annual Alpheus Smith Lecture at 7:30 p.m. today (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 >

April 1: Myths and Facts about the Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

The Melton Center for Jewish Studies and Mershon Center for International Security Studies are presenting "Myths and Facts about the Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," a brown bag lunch discussion with Mitchell G. Bard at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday (4/1) in 120 Mershon Center for International Security Studies, 1501 Neil Ave. Bard is a foreign policy analyst who lectures frequently on U.S.-Middle East policy and the director of the Jewish Virtual Library, the world’s most comprehensive online encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture. Contact: 292-0967

Info sessions on federal stimulus funding opportunities

The Office of Research will host two information sessions to discuss and answer questions about available federal stimulus funding. Sessions will take place from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Thursday (4/2) in 1080 Physics Research Building and from 11 a.m.-noon Friday (4/3) in 105 Biomedical Research Tower. Contact: moffat.1@osu.edu or 292-3732. Read more >

Visiting professor to deliver “Beyond Futurism” April 2

The Department of French and Italian is hosting Pierpaolo Antonello, associate professor of Italian at the University of Cambridge, for the first two weeks of spring quarter. He will deliver “Beyond Futurism: Bruno Munari’s Useless Machines,” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday (4/2) in 191 Mendenhall. The talk will be delivered in English and is open to the public. Antonello also will teach a two-week seminar, “Italian 694: New Impegno: Post-ideological Approaches to Ethics and Socio-political Commitment in Contemporary Italian Culture,” from 2:30-5:18 p.m. Wednesday (4/1) and Wednesday (4/8) -- in Italian. Contact: renga.1@osu.edu. Read more >

Walter C. Reckless-Simon Dinitz Memorial Lecture April 2

The Criminal Justice Research Center, the Department of Sociology and the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law will host the 20th Annual Walter C. Reckless-Simon Dinitz Memorial Lecture from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday (4/2) at the Barrister Club, 25 W. 11th Ave. Tom R. Tyler, professor and chair of psychology, New York University will deliver “Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: The Benefits of Self Regulation.” For reservations, contact flower-smith.1@osu.edu or 292-7468. Read more >

Critical Difference professional development grants

Professional Development and Women of Color Advancement Grants are available for women faculty and staff continuously employed by Ohio State for at least one year, and students (graduate/professional students with a 3.0 GPA and undergraduates with a 2.5 GPA). Grants can be used for professional development activities, research, etc. Significant financial need is a key consideration. Applications are available online and are due Thursday (4/16).

MCC Storyteller workshop today, performance April 1

The Multicultural Center invites you to share your story as a part of the OSU StoryBox project with Kevin Cordi, an Appalachian and Italian American storyteller who shares stories with a highly energetic, animated and interactive style. Students are invited to attend the Student Leadership Workshop at 7 p.m. today (3/31) in 300 Younkin Success Center. All are welcome to attend the public performance at 7 p.m. Wednesday (4/1) in the Hale Cultural Center, MLK Lounge. Contact: 688-8449. Read more >

Jazz duo at the OSU Urban Arts Space

Bring your lunch to the OSU Urban Arts Space and join pianist Cayce Felber and bassist Bradley Mellen for an hour of jazz standards interpreted in an intimate duo setting, at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday (4/1). Compositions will include works by Thelonious Monk, Oliver Nelson, and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Contact: 292-8861. Read more >

Three new exhibitions to open at the Wexner Center

The Wexner Center's spring exhibitions begin Wednesday (4/1) with an opening celebration from 5-8 p.m. The exhibitions include the first solo show in a U.S. museum of the works of South African artist Robin Rhode; the largest grouping of the installation-based and video works of choreographer William Forsythe; and the only U.S. venue for a show spotlighting architecture firm COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. Along with the celebration, there are a variety of other events and performances surrounding the exhibitions. Read more >

Office hours for help with IRB submissions

The Office of Responsible Research Practices holds office hours to help researchers prepare IRB submissions and exemption requests. These sessions are intended to help student and faculty researchers navigate IRB forms, policies and review procedures. The next session for biomedical/cancer researchers will be held from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday (4/1) in 652 Fry Hall. View subsequent office hours listed as Assistance for Students/Researchers. Contact: prestage.2@osu.edu

Reminder: Research on Research application deadline April 10

The application deadline for TELR's Research on Research: Student-Faculty ePartnerships Program is Friday (4/10). In this program, student faculty pairs work together on a research project. In addition, students learn multimedia skills and construct a digital portfolio about the research. Read more >