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Ohio State trustees approve switch to semesters

Ohio State will soon join the ranks of Ohio's other 12 four-year universities when it switches to a semester-based academic year in Autumn 2012. The university's Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Friday (4/3) to adopt a resolution approving the conversion from an academic quarter system, in place since 1922, to a semester calendar. Read more >

Aschenbach named Campus Partners president

The Campus Partners Board of Directors on Thursday (4/2) appointed Doug Aschenbach as president of the organization. He has served as interim president since last August. Aschenbach joined the Campus Partners staff in 2001 as vice president for real estate development and was promoted to executive vice president in 2006. Read more >

OARDC Annual Research Conference: Register by April 10

Faculty, research staff and students are invited to attend the 2009 OARDC Annual Research Conference to be held at The Blackwell on Thursday (4/23). Web-based registration deadline is Friday (4/10). The theme of the conference is “Recasting Our Agbioscience Research Agenda,” with invited presentations by Carol Whitacre, vice president for Research, and Simon Tripp, director, Research and Planning, Battelle Technology Partnership Practices. Awards will be presented for outstanding research. Contact: Steven A. Slack, (330) 263-3701 or oardc@osu.edu. Read more >

Fingerhut to deliver annual Patterson Lecture April 24

Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut will deliver the James F. Patterson Land-Grant University Lecture on Friday (4/24) from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center. Fingerhut will address Ohio State’s leadership role as the state’s land-grant university in the University System of Ohio. In addition, the 2009 outreach and engagement grant recipients will be announced and outstanding outreach and engagement programs will be recognized. Register by Friday (4/17). Register online

Buckeye Mail sign-ups begin this week

A new official e-mail system for Ohio State students is rolling out over seven weeks this spring. Buckeye Mail provides extensive storage space, remote access, and ability to work collaboratively, and it retains the Ohio State identity. Sign-ups are being rolled out alphabetically by last name, and begin today (4/6). Students will receive an e-mail from Buckeye Mail with a link when it’s their turn to activate their account. Read more >

Kenyon College biology professor leads April 7 Science Café

OSU Marion's April Science Café welcomes Richard Hoppe, Department of Biology, Kenyon College, for a discussion of genetic algorithms and an application that his company uses in modeling systems of financial markets. The free monthly dialogue will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday (4/7) at the Infinity Restaurant in the historic Harding Hotel, 267 W. Center St., Marion. Science Café is free and open to the public. Contact: Brian McEnnis. Read more >

College of Veterinary Medicine Annual Research Day April 9

Advances in Veterinary Medicine Day, also known as Research Day, is designed to showcase the research and scholarship accomplishments of veterinary students, residents, graduate students and faculty in the college. More than 100 research posters will be available for public viewing from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Veterinary Medicine Academic Building and in Sisson Hall. Keynote speaker is Sam Jones, associate professor of Equine Medicine at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. The keynote address and award ceremony is 12-2 p.m. in the Veterinary Hospital Auditorium. Contact: 292-3752 or weber.254@osu.edu

Weisenberger to address Parents Holding Doctorates meeting

Parents Holding Doctorates, a group of stay-at-home parents who have terminal degrees, will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday (4/8) at the Museum of Biological Diversity. The featured guest is Jan Weisenberger, associate vice president for Research, who will talk about her office and the world of research at Ohio State. Contact: Joan Herbers, 787-2176

Student Media Showcase: Video & Animation Screening and Talk Back

The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design and the Department of Theatre will present an evening of recent undergraduate and graduate student work in film and animation at the OSU Urban Arts Space from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday (4/9). The screening of narrative and experimental shorts will be followed by a brief Q&A session with the creators of the work. Contact: 292-8861. Read more >

MLHR information session scheduled for April 10

The Fisher College of Business Master of Labor & Human Resources program will be hosting an information session from noon-1 p.m. Friday (4/10) in Gerlach Hall (signage will direct you to the correct room in Gerlach Hall.) Register online. Contact: Graduate Programs Office, 292-8511 or fisher_mlhr@fisher.osu.edu

April 11: Meeting of the Midwestern Consortium on Ancient Mediterranean Religions

The Midwestern Consortium on Ancient Mediterranean Religions combines the Classics Department of the University of Michigan, the Department of Classics and the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, and the Department of Greek & Latin and the Center for the Study of Religion at OSU. OSU will host a symposium, "The Construction of Sacred Space" on Saturday (4/11) at the Institute for Collaborative Humanities (Knight House). Keynote speaker Jas Elsner of Oxford University will deliver “Archaeology and Ritual.” Contact: Department of Greek & Latin, 292-2744 or kallis.4@osu.edu. Read more >

UFSAP to offer stress workshop April 8

The University Faculty and Staff Assistance Program will offer its popular workshop, “Stress Management,” from 5-6:15 p.m. Wednesday (4/8) at OSU Managed Health Care Systems, 700 Ackerman Road, Suite 580. Open to OSU employees, the free workshop will cover ways to identify and measure stress and techniques and tools to help manage it. Registration is required and space is limited. Contact Lisa Borelli at 292-1709 or borelli.3@osu.edu for details or to register. Earn points in the Your Plan for Health Incentive Program.

Submit your short film by April 23

Do you have a short video or digital story about your life or someone else's that you'd like to share? OSU’s Digital Storytelling Program seeks videos for a Wexner Center screening in honor of the International Day for Sharing Life Stories on Friday (5/15). Apply online and submit your video (6 minutes or less) to Liv Gjestvang at the Digital Union by 5 p.m. Thursday (4/23). Read more >