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WELCOME TO OSUToday, the latest news and information for faculty and staff of The Ohio State University for Thursday, May 2. The deadline for submissions is noon the prior business day.

OSUToday sponsored by OSU Department of Otolaryngology May is Better Hearing and Speech Month and a great time to check your hearing health. Hearing loss affects more than 36 million Americans. If you have trouble hearing conversations in a noisy environment, frequently ask people to repeat themselves or have ringing or buzzing in your ears, you may have hearing loss. The OSU Department of Otolaryngology is offering free hearing screenings Tuesday (5/14) and Wednesday (5/15). No appointment necessary. -- > Contact: 366-3687 -- > Read more: ent.osu.edu/about-the-department/upcoming-events/index.cfm

Headline news

World renowned oncology surgeon recruited to Ohio State

Raphael E. Pollock, known and respected worldwide as a gifted cancer surgeon and researcher and passionate educator of physicians-in-training, will become a professor and the director of the Division of Surgical Oncology in the Wexner Medical Center College of Medicine, Department of Surgery. Pollock will also serve as the chief of surgical services of the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center. His appointment is effective Sept. 1.  He comes to Ohio State after 31 years at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he held several leadership roles, the most recent being chief of surgery.
-- > Read more: medicalcenter.osu.edu/mediaroom/Pages/News.aspx

Commencement information available

Ohio State's May 5 commencement ceremony — including President Barack Obama's address to graduates — will be available via a live video stream. The stream begins at noon. Watch: commencement.osu.edu/video.html. Excerpts from the ceremony also will be broadcast on WOSU-TV May 6 at 7:30 p.m.

A wealth of information, ranging from security precautions to inclement weather are posted online at commencement.osu.edu.

Traffic/parking alert

Marathon to impact streets near campus May 4

The Capital City Half Marathon will take place on Saturday (5/4) rom approximately 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Due to the running of the race near campus, several streets in the area, including portions of Lane Avenue, High Street, and Olentangy River Road, will be closed at various times throughout the race. Motorists may experience traffic delays while traveling to and from campus.
-- > Read more: capitalcityhalfmarathon.com/

Events this week

Patterson Lecture features Kellogg Foundation president

The 10th Annual James F. Patterson Land-Grant University Lecture, featuring Sterling Speirn, president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is today (5/2) from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Ohio Union, Performance Hall. The event has reached its seating capacity, but can be viewed live at outreach.osu.edu/patterson_lecture. The lecture honors former Board of Trustees member James Patterson.
-- > Contact: outreach@osu.edu or 247-7795

Outreach and Engagement Forum May 2

The OSU Outreach and Engagement Forum will take place today (5/2) from 1-3 p.m. in the Ohio Union, Great Hall Meeting Room, following the Annual Patterson Lecture. The poster exhibition features more than 80 outstanding Outreach and Engagement initiatives that faculty, staff and students are partnering in with members of our local, national and international communities. All 14 colleges represented; event is free and open to the public.
-- > Contact: outreach@osu.edu
-- > Read more: outreach.osu.edu/oeforum

'Women Don’t Ask' presented by Sara Laschever

Whether it’s a higher salary, much-deserved promotion, or more help at home, many women avoid negotiating and pay for this decision in lost income, delayed career advancement, and under-utilization of their skills. Learn how to begin looking at your world with a sense of expanded possibilities — how to assume that everything is negotiable and then go about readying yourself to ask for and get much more of what you want on Friday (5/3) from noon-1: 30 p.m. in 160 Meiling Hall.
-- > Read more: womensplace.osu.edul

Upcoming events

Ohio State’s Collegiate Recovery Community focus of discussion

The deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy will visit Ohio State on Monday (5/6) for a discussion hosted by Student Life’s Student Wellness Center from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in RPAC Meeting Room 1. Michael Botticelli will speak on Ohio State’s new Collegiate Recovery Community, designed to support students who are in recovery for drug and alcohol addiction
-- > RSVP: Sarah Nerad at nerad.1@osu.edu or 292-4527

Columbus Zoo sponsors world’s leading polar bear scientist at EPN breakfast

Steven Amstrup, 2012 winner of the world’s top wildlife conservation prize, will speak on Tuesday (5/14) at the Environmental Professionals Network breakfast at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center at OSU. He will address “Certainties, Uncertainties, and Truth About Polar Bears and Global Warming, and What it Means to You.”
-- > Contact: David Hanselmann at hanselmann.3@osu.edu
-- > Read more: http://epn.osu.edu

Dean of Nicholas School of the Environment to give keynote

Registration is now open for an engaging and enlightening symposium, “The Evolving Role of the School of Environment and Natural Resources: Addressing Environmental Change” to be held Tuesday (5/21) from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Nationwide and Farm Bureau 4-H Center. Bill Chameides, dean, Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University will deliver the keynote address. Two conversational panels with Ohio environmental professionals, leaders and educators will also be featured. An informational poster is available at go.osu.edu/UGVposter.
--> Contact: Jeff Sharp at sharp.123@osu.edu
-->  Register: senr.osu.edu/about-us/events

Analyzing sustainability in Ohio’s food supply chain workshop

Faculty and researchers are invited to attend this one-day workshop on Friday (5/31) at 10 a.m. at the Ohio Union. Ruben Morawicki, University of Arkansas and senior advisor to the Sustainability Consortium, will speak on challenges and opportunities from improving sustainability across the supply chain. Break-out sessions include system analysis of food production, local food systems and communicating sustainability. The workshop will bring together Ohio State researchers and leaders from Ohio’s food industry. Attendance is free.
-- > Contact: dangaran.3@osu.edu

Health & wellness

Eye health lunch and learn May 15

Risk factors for myopia and possible ideas about preventing its onset and progression will be presented by Karla Zadnik as part of the Eye Health Lunch and Learn on Wednesday (5/15) from noon-1 p.m. in the Ohio Staters Tradition Room. Myopia, or nearsightedness, affects as many as one in three Americans. It compromises distance vision, prevents individuals from pursuing some careers, and costs an average of $4.6 billion annually.
-- > Register: buckeyewellness.osu.edu
-- > View archived YP4H webinars: osuhealthplan.com/

Free hearing and speech screenings in May

To celebrate Better Hearing & Speech Month, the OSU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic is offering free hearing screenings to OSU faculty, staff, and their families on Wednesday (5/8), Tuesday (5/14) and Thursday (5/23). Free speech screenings will be offered Friday (5/17) and Thursday (5/23). Call 292-6251 to schedule an appointment. To learn more about the OSU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, visit our website at speechhearingclinic.osu.edu and like us on Facebook.

Training/workshops

Upcoming Digital Union events

• Monday (5/13): Adobe Lightroom 4: Getting Started, noon-2:30 p.m., 358 Hopkins Hall
• Wednesday (5/15): Adobe Lightroom 4: Part 2 (Hands-On), noon-2:30 p.m., 358 Hopkins Hall
• Friday (5/17): Game-Based Learning Lunch: Teaching About Animals--Total Animal and TCO, noon-1 p.m., 175 Mount Hall
• Wednesday (5/29): Research in View User Training, 1-3 p.m., 460B Prior Hall
  -- > Read more: ocio.osu.edu/workshops/