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WELCOME TO OSUToday, the latest news and information for faculty and staff of The Ohio State University for Thursday, April 24. The deadline for submissions is noon the prior business day.

OSUToday sponsored by the Wexner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Need to see the doctor but can’t step away from work? The Department of Otolaryngology offers evening and Saturday morning clinics for all your ear, nose and throat concerns. We are located on the 4th floor of the Eye and Ear Institute. To schedule an appointment, call us at 366-ENTS or visit ent.osu.edu/appointment. For a list of our extended hours and physicians, visit our website at ent.osu.edu.

Recognizing excellence

Provost’s Award honors three lecturers

Three lecturers have been honored with the 2014 Provost’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer, and were recognized at a reception Monday (4/21) alongside winners of awards for faculty teaching, faculty service and for scholarship. Ohio State instituted the universitywide award last year to recognize outstanding lecturers, senior lecturers and other auxiliary faculty on all campuses who, in the past three years, have taught undergraduate and/or graduate/professional students.

This year’s honorees — Lisa Cravens-Brown, Psychology; Richard Daley, Law; and Anthony Shoup, Physics — were inducted into the Academy of Teaching, which provides leadership for the improvement of teaching at Ohio State, and also are recognized with an honorarium made possible by the Office of Academic Affairs.
-- > Honorees’ bios, photos >
-- > Complete list of awards: osu.edu/universityawards/ 

Headline news

Ohio State is conference champion in Green Power Challenge

Ohio State has been named the 2013-2014 Big 10 Conference Champion of the College & University Green Power Challenge by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This is the second consecutive year that Ohio State has been recognized for using more green power than any other school in the Big 10 Conference. In addition, Ohio State was one of four schools that helped contribute to the Big 10 Conference winning the 2013-2014 Collective Conference Champions Award.
-- > Read more: oee.osu.edu/ohio-state

April 29 Public Seminar: Ohio Energy Policy Analysis

The Center for Resilience has analyzed the past and future economic and environmental benefits resulting from the renewable energy and efficiency provisions of Ohio Senate Bill 221. Sponsored by Ohio Advanced Energy Economy, the analysis found that the bill has already reduced energy costs for Ohio ratepayers, and that proposals to weaken its provisions would result in higher energy bills, fewer jobs and increased emissions over the coming decade. Interested parties are invited to attend a public seminar at the Ohio Statehouse at noon Tuesday (4/29).
-- > Read more: ohioadvancedenergy.org/event

Pelotonia 2014

Join Team Buckeye training rides

Team Buckeye has training rides every week leaving from New Albany and other sites on occasion. Send your email to larry.lewellen@osumc.edu if you would like to get on the listserv for weekly ride notices. There are rides for people of all capabilities. A new group, the CLUB riding group, has been formed that has no minimum speed and everyone stays together.

Register for Pelotonia at pelotonia.org. You can register as a rider, virtual rider or volunteer. Once you register for Pelotonia, make sure you connect yourself and your peloton to Team Buckeye.

Events this week

SQUINT art exhibition on display in Hopkins

The public is invited to SQUINT, an art exhibition featuring creative research and artwork by undergraduate and graduate students in the Art & Technology courses spring semester. It is open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. through Friday (4/25) in Hopkins Hall Gallery & Collaboratory. This juried exhibition shows the students’ fresh ideas and experimental articulations between art and science. Student-led gallery tours offered today (4/24) and Friday (4/25) at noon and 3 p.m.
-- > Contact: Amy Youngs at youngs.6@osu.edu
-- > More on Art & Technology: artandtech.osu.edu

Upcoming events

‘One Health’ panel tackles ways to protect people, planet

College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Lonnie King will keynote “One Health, Conservation Medicine, Ecosystem Health – Protecting People and Planet” at the next breakfast of the Environmental Professionals Network, Thursday (5/1) at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center.
-- > Contact: David Hanselmann at hanselmann.3@ous.edu
-- > Read more: epn.osu.edu

Public Health Summer Program in Population Health

The 15th annual Summer Program in Population Health will be held Monday (6/16)-Sunday (6/22). The program consists of concurrent weekday courses running June 16-20 and concurrent weekend courses running June 21-22 in Cunz Hall. Managed by the Center for Public Health Practice in the College of Public Health; courses are taught by faculty from around the world.
-- > Contact: Meredith Cameron at 292-2942
-- > Read more: cph.osu.edu/practice/summer-program

Classes/workshops

Upcoming Social Work workshops

All events will be held at 115 Stillman Hall, unless otherwise noted. Training calendar.

• Wednesday (4/30): “Autism Spectrum Disorders (Part 2) ,” 1-4:15 p.m., 3 CEU clock hours
• Monday (5/5): “Supervision: Distinctive Issues,” 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m., 6 CEU clock hours.
• Thursday (5/8): “Equine-Assisted Therapy (Part 1),” 1-4:15 p.m., 3 CEU clock hours

Opportunities

Free eye exams for service dogs

Veterinary ophthalmologists from the Vet Med Center are offering free eye exams for service animals in May. Service dog handlers and owners must pre-register between now and Wednesday (4/30). The dogs must be active “working dogs” that were certified by or currently enrolled in a formal training program or organization; owners or agents for the dog(s) must register the animal online at acvoeyeexam.org. Once registered, the owner or agent can call the VMC at 292-3551 to schedule an appointment.