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LONNIE THOMPSON TO RECEIVE NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE

Lonnie Thompson, the Ohio State glaciologist who has probably spent more time at high altitudes than any other person, will receive the National Medal of Science for his work providing explicit evidence of global climate change. The award will be presented at a formal ceremony at the White House later this summer. Arguably the highest honor the United States bestows on an American scientist, the award caps nearly three decades of research in some of the world’s most remote regions. Thompson has led more than 50 expeditions to ice caps and glaciers on five continents, retrieving ice cores that contain a diary of past climate conditions around the globe, some dating back farther than 750,000 years. Read More >

SEARCH COMMITTEE NAMED FOR DEAN OF DENTISTRY

The following individuals have agreed to serve on the Search Committee for the College of Dentistry: Mel Shipp, dean, Optometry, (committee chair); Canise Bean, associate professor, Clinical, Restorative/Prosthetic; Michelle Carr, associate professor, Dental Hygiene; Paul Casamassimo, professor, Pediatric Dentistry; Guillermo Chacon, associate professor, Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery; Joseph Crowley, alumni; M. Ronald Glaser, professor, Internal Medicine; Ann Griffen, professor, Pediatric Dentistry; M. Scott Herness, professor, Oral Biology; Kenneth Hines, dental student; Julie Holloway, associate professor, Restorative/Prosthetic; John Kalmar, associate professor, Clinical, Oral Pathology; and Janet Scheerle, assistant to the director, Dental Hygiene.

UNIVERSITY SENATE TO MEET MAY 31

The University Senate will hold its final meeting of the year at 3:30 p.m. Thursday (5/31) in 130 Drinko Hall. The agenda will include proposals from Senate Rules Committee Chair John Davidson to restructure the University Research Committee and to allow reappointment to Senate committees for up to two consecutive terms, an update on Your Plan for Health by Associate Vice President for Human Resources Larry Lewellen and Interim Medical Director for Managed Health Care Systems Glen Aukerman, and a preview of the year ahead by Faculty Council chair-elect Robert Perry. A reception will follow. All are welcome to attend. Agenda items, along with materials from past meetings, are available online.

FINANCIAL ROUNDTABLES CONTINUE AT THE FACULTY CLUB

The Faculty Club financial roundtable series continues from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday (6/1) in the main dining room with “Advance Session - Long-Term Care” - a follow-up to the “Addressing Long-Term Care” seminar held in March. A regional specialist in the area will provide more detailed information about current laws, facilities, common needs, and products to meet today's demand. The event is open to the campus community. The cost is $5 per person, lunch included. Seating is limited. For reservations, call 292-2262.

RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM SPEAKER TO DISCUSS ZINC NUTRITION

The Graduate Society of Nutritional Sciences will host the Russell Klein Nutrition Research Symposium at 4 p.m. Friday (6/1) at the Biomedical Research Tower (first floor lecture hall). Janet King, senior scientist at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, will deliver the keynote address, “Zinc Nutrition: Is it Really a Problem?” King is a member of the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences and professor emerita of nutrition at the University of California at Berkeley and Davis. Poster sessions will be conducted from 12:45-3 p.m. in the tower lobby. The event honors cancer researcher Russ Klein, a faculty member in Human Nutrition, who died in 2006. Contact: keatley.2@osu.edu

CHECK OUT THE ONCAMPUS BULLETIN BOARD

Ohio State’s World Media and Culture Center and Leers Weinzapfel Associates have been honored with an Award of Merit from the American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Education. Check out this and other awards relating to Ohio State by viewing the awards topic on the onCampus Bulletin Board. The bulletin board is available to all OSU faculty and staff. All you need to do is register using your OSU Internet ID (name.#).

LIBRARIES READALOUD PROGRAM CONTINUES MAY 31

The Libraries’ ReadAloud program will host the final event of the academic year from 3-4 p.m. Thursday (5/31) at the Wexner Center Cafe: Cam’s on Campus. The program will feature the Medieval Reading Group with a reading of some of Marie de France’s “Lais.” Readers include Lisa Kiser, Christine Moreno, Mike Bierschenk, Department of English, and Henry Griffey, University Libraries. At the end of the program, Bierschenk and Moreno will read a few lines in the original medieval French language. Free refreshments. Contact: distel.1@osu.edu or 292-2594. Read More >

EXTENSION PROVIDES SOLUTIONS TO WILDLIFE DAMAGE

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