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STUDY AIMS TO PROTECT PREGNANT WOMEN
A 1.5 million dollar study aims to protect pregnant women from food-borne disease. Pregnant women are about 20 times more likely than other healthy adults to get diseases such as listeriosis and salmonellosis.
And the results could be tragic: Both mother and unborn baby are at risk of serious illness, and the baby could die. Researchers at Ohio State and Colorado State University will use the grant from the
U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a specialized food safety intervention program targeting pregnant women, refine it and test its effectiveness. For more information, contact: Lydia
Medeiros,
Human Nutrition, (614) 292-2699,
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NEW HEALTH PLAN CHOICES COMING FOR 2008 Your Plan for Health, the multiyear initiative to help you reach you healthiest potential, is introducing new health plan options for benefit-eligible faculty
and staff in 2008 – Your Health. Your Choices. You will have the opportunity to select the health plan that best meets your needs, choosing from four options. University Prime Care will continue
to be offered as the core plan for 2008. Others options will be new. You will hear more over the coming months through presentations at colleges and departments and other communications. Final details,
including employee contribution rates, will be available in September before Open Enrollment. For more information, e-mail yourplanforhealth@hr.osu.edu.
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COMMENT ON NEW INSTITUTATIONAL DATA POLICY
The Office of the CIO, in collaboration with the Enterprise Data Steering Committee and the BuckeyeSecure program, has developed a unified Policy on Institutional Data including sensitive personal information.
The President's Cabinet approved the draft policy for interim use during a 60-day campus comment period. Read more >
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IF YOU SUFFER FROM DEPRESSSION and have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, you may be able to participate in a clinical research trial for an investigational treatment, carried out by the
Department of Psychiatry at Ohio State University. For more information, call the OSU Psychiatry Clinical Research office at 293-7109.
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COLLEGE OF PHARMACY RESEARCH DAY
Pharmacy celebrates its research on Thursday, May 10 with poster presentation of research projects by students and faculty and a symposium on drugs from natural products. Seventy-seven posters will be displayed
on the first floor of the Biomedical Research Tower, 460 W. 12th Ave. The symposium will be in Room 115 BRT. The keynote lecture, "Mother Nature's Gifts to Cancer Chemotherapy and Other Diseases",
will be presented by Dr. David J. Newman, Chief, Natural Products Branch, National Cancer Institute, at 1:30 pm. Throughout the day, an additional six distinguished symposium speakers will discuss the therapeutic
use of botanicals and current research in natural products. Emeritus Professors Raymond Doskotch and Larry Robertson and their former students will conclude the symposium, followed by a reception in the BRT
Lobby. Read more >
LECTURER SPEAKS ON SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION
Professor Vikram L. Dalal from Iowa State University will present "Physics and Technology of Nanocrystalline Silicon for Solar Energy Conversion" on Thursday, May 10 at 1:30p.m. in 260 Dreese Laboratory.
Dr. Dalal will discuss the growth chemistry of nano Si, its electronic and optical properties and how they related to growth chemistry, and the applications of these materials for solar cells. Read more >
CHADWICK SPRING PLANT SALE, AUCTION AND FAIR
The volunteers and staff of the Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens will host their Spring Plant Sale, Auction, and Gardening Fair May 10-12. A pre-sale reception for Friends of Chadwick Arboretum will
be held Thursday, May 10, 6-9 p.m. Memberships will be available at the door. The sale will open to the public Friday, May 11, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m., and Saturday, May 12, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. The plant sale site is located
at the southwest corner of Lane Avenue and Fred Taylor Drive on the lawn north of Vivian Hall, 2121 Fyffe Road. A tree/shrub auction will be held each day of the sale. All proceeds benefit the programs and
operations of the OSU Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens. A plant list, auction list, and garden store list can be accessed at www.chadwickarboretum.osu.edu or contact: hayton.1@osu.ed
COME SEE WHAT'S FOR SALE
The onCampus Bulletin Board is faculty and staff's best place to get the word out to their fellow employees what they have to sell or rent. If you haven't
visited the site yet varvarosky.1 would love for you to check out her North Campus house she has available for sublet until the fall. The listing is just one of a growing number of items, including cars, glass
plateware and comic books that are already posted. There is no charge to either post or view items on the Bulletin Board. All it takes is registering using your Internet name.# and creating a password. Sign
up today and see what the onCampus Bulletin Board can do for you.
ON RULES AND ACRONYMS EXHIBIT OPENS
William O'Brien Jr., recipient of the 2006-07 LeFevre Fellowship at the Knowlton School of Architecture, will lecture today (5/9) at
5:30 p.m. in 250 Knowlton Hall. Following the lecture, O'Brien's exhibition, On Rules and ACRONYMs, will open in the Banvard Gallery at Knowlton Hall. The exhibit includes six projects—three projects
by the architecture firm ACRONYM (David H. Gwinn, William O'Brien Jr., and Jared Days Serwer) and three projects by William O'Brien Jr. The exhibit will remain on display through June 7, 2007.
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