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Headline newsWorld-renowned soil scientist to keynote Green Fair April 22Rattan Lal, a world-renowned soil scientist and the director of Ohio State’s Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, will keynote the opening ceremonies of the university’s Wooster Campus Scarlet, Gray and Green Fair on Tuesday (4/22) — Earth Day. Lal will present “Sustainable Management of Soil and Natural Resources” during the 11 a.m. kickoff in Fisher Auditorium at OARDC. Admission is free. Focused on a theme of “Green is For Life,” the fair runs from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Read more >
Ohio State hosts Science Olympiad state tournament April 18Middle and high school teams from across the state will compete against each other and the clock in the 25th annual Science Olympiad to be held Saturday (4/18) on the Ohio State campus. The program is credited with sending many of the top math and science students in the country to the national tournament where Ohio’s teams consistently place in the top 10 award winners and Ohio ranks in the top six of the 48 states currently involved in the program. The Office of Continuing Education is the Science Olympiad host. Read more >
Today: Briggs to Deliver Bownocker Lectures in School of Earth SciencesDerek Briggs will present the 67th Annual Bownocker Lectures at 4 and 8 p.m. today (4/16) in 100 Mendenhall Lab. Briggs is the Frederick William Beinecke Professor of Geology and Geophysics and director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University. Lecture times and titles are: 4 p.m., “Burgess Shale-Type Fossils after the Cambrian?” and 8 p.m., “Extraordinary Fossils: Windows on the Evolution of Marine Life.” Co-sponsored by Darwin: Growth of an Idea Lecture Series. Read more > Lecture on 'Spirit Possession' today in SELPaul Christopher Johnson, University of Michigan, will present '"Religion' and the Purification of Spirits" at 4:30 p.m. today (4/16) in 090 Science and Engineering Library. The lecture will investigate how the category of "spirit possession" has served as a key rubric for the comparative study of religion. The event is free and all are welcome to attend. Contact: van-kley.2@osu.edu DEALL Undergraduate Research Forum April 17The public is invited to the fourth annual DEALL Undergraduate Research Forum from 2:30-6:30 p.m. Friday (4/17) in 10 Page Hall. The event features presentations on research undertaken by advanced-standing majors in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. The William Jefferson Tyler Memorial Prize will be awarded to the most understanding presentation. Read more > Ohio State hosts COFA Flute Festival April 18The Central Ohio Flute Association will host its 26th annual COFA Festival starting at 8 a.m. Saturday (4/18) in Weigel and Hughes halls. The festival is co-sponsored by the OSU School of Music in conjunction with the OSU Contemporary Music Festival. Guest artists are flutist Jill Felber and composer Jennifer Higdon. Register at the door. Adults ($20), students ($10), senior citizens ($5), OSU students/faculty free with Buck ID. Contact: jones.9@osu.edu or 292-4618. Read more > The Last Jews of Libya film and discussion April 19Ohio State's Melton Center for Jewish Studies invites the community to a screening and discussion of the documentary film, The Last Jews of Libya, at 7 p.m. Sunday (4/19) in 168 Dulles Hall. A discussion will be led by the film's director, Vivienne Roumani-Denn, and Jane Hathaway, OSU professor of history and an expert on Jewish communities under Islamic rule. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP is not necessary. Contact: Fireman.2@osu.edu. Read more > Sassen to discuss new book on Territory, Authority, and RightsSaskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, will deliver "Neither Global nor National: Novel Assemblages of Territory, Authority and Rights" at noon Tuesday (4/21) at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies. Sassen's book, Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages (Princeton University Press, 2008), won the Robert Jervis and Paul Schroeder Award from the American Political Science Association. Register online by Friday (4/17). Read more > April 24: Possibilities for a Post-Racial World in the Obama EraThe Department of African American and African Studies in partnership with the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Minority Affairs and the Todd A. Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male invites you to attend a symposium, "Possibilities for a Post-Racial World in the Obama Era," from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Friday (4/24) at the AAAS Community Extension Center, 905 Mt. Vernon Ave. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP to boykin.1@osu.edu or 292-3700 by Wednesday (4/22). Read more > New program for students in recoverySupport is available for students in recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs in a new program of the Student Wellness Center in partnership with Counseling and Consultation Service and University Housing. The program supports students in recovery through specialized housing, 12-step meetings, educational workshops addressing overall wellness, and leadership and community service opportunities. Contact the Student Wellness Center for details at wellness@osu.edu. Kaffeestunde: German Coffee and Conversation Hour every FridayThe Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures invites the university community to the weekly Kaffeestunde (German Coffee and Conversation Hour). Anyone interested in practicing or improving their German language skills is welcome. German speakers from outside the university also welcome. The weekly Spring Quarter Kaffeestunde takes place at the Max Kade German House, 141 W. 11th Ave. on Fridays at 4 p.m. (none scheduled Friday 4/24). Contact: wanske.1@osu.edu. Read more > |
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