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

OSUToday sponsored by the Wexner Center for the Arts
The Wexner Center’s comic-centric exhibitions close Sunday (8/3). See Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes, a retrospective of the legendary artist’s work, as well as the Clowes-curated Eye of the Cartoonist: Daniel Clowes’s Selections from Comics History, and a third exhibition, Comic Future. And don’t forget: gallery admission is free after 4 p.m. on Thursdays and Heirloom Café and the Wexner Center Store (now with 40 percent off all DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs, and LPs) are open late.

Headline news

Kinghorn project receives $7.1 million in research funding

 The National Cancer Institute has awarded A. Douglas Kinghorn an additional $7.1 million for years 6-10 of his research project, “Discovery of Anticancer Agents of Diverse Natural Origin,” which aims to discover new, naturally occurring antitumor agents from selected tropical plants. The grant is one of the largest in the College of Pharmacy’s history.
-- > Contact: Laura Wise-Blau at wise-blau.1@osu.edu
-- > Read more: pharmacy.ohio-state.edu/news


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Middle-schoolers diving into STEM education

 Wading in a cool stream on a summer day may not seem a likely activity for a technology lesson, but the students of the Young Women’s Summer Institute are diving into STEM education this week. YWSI is a weeklong program sponsored by the Ohio Supercomputer Center and Ohio State for middle-school girls. Designed to encourage girls’ interest in STEM fields, YWSI participants examine first-hand the human impacts on biological systems and then leverage technology to validate their findings.
-- > Read more: osc.edu/education/ywsi

Shown here: YWSI students wade along Big Darby Creek to evaluate habitats in and around a clean river. (Photo courtesy of Jameson Keener)


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Pelotonia 2014

From ideas to impact: Discoveries made with Pelotonia support

 The promise of Pelotonia is revealed in part by the discoveries made by teams of OSUCCC – James researchers who receive support from the annual event. For example, with a Pelotonia Idea Grant as partial support, a team of OSUCCC - James researchers has linked a stress gene called ATF3 in immune cells to the spread of breast-cancer cells from a tumor to other parts of the body. The spread, or metastasis, of cancer cells is the leading cause of death in cancer patients.
-- > Read full article; See Frontiers' Pelotonia edition

Register for Pelotonia at pelotonia.org. Once you register for Pelotonia, make sure you connect yourself and your peloton to Team Buckeye.

Traffic/parking news

12th Ave. lane restrictions at Biological Science Building

Beginning Tuesday (7/29), at approximately 7 a.m., through Friday (8/1) afternoon, 12th Avenue south of the Biological Science Building will undergo a crane lift. Vehicular traffic will be restricted, but 2-way traffic will be maintained.
-- > Alternative parking, ADA access, more: go43210.osu.edu

Events this week

Newark campus hosts diversity conference July 25

The 6th Annual Diversity Conference, sponsored by the Ohio Diversity Officers Collaboration, will take place Friday (7/25) from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at 125 John Gilbert Reese Center, Ohio State Newark. David Johns, executive director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, is the luncheon keynote speaker.
-- > Contact: Vorley Taylor at (740) 366-9443
-- > Register: commerce.cashnet.com/UAIE
-- > Read more: ohiodiversity.org/

Hopkins Hall Gallery presents ‘Unfolding the Periphery’

The Hopkins Hall Gallery Summer Series is presenting “Unfolding the Periphery,” from artists Diana Abells and Pete Morgan, Tuesday (7/22)-Friday (7/25). A reception will take place Thursday (7/24) from 3-4 p.m. This immersive installation invites viewers to move through a constructed set that challenges their perception of physical space. 
-- > Read more: hhg.osu.edu

PULL LEFT: Exhibition of Chinese artwork

PULL LEFT runs Saturday (7/26)-Saturday (9/6) at Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., with a reception on Thursday (8/28) from 5-8 p.m. PULL LEFT features contemporary Chinese art by 15 artists collected by Taiking Space gallery in Beijing, China, and organized in collaboration with Ohio State Professor Sergio Soave. PULL LEFT opens a window from Beijing to Columbus welcoming a cultural dialogue of an emerging generation of artists who have become global art makers.
-- > Read more: uas.osu.edu/exhibitions/pull-left

Upcoming events

‘John Glenn: A Life of Service’ on WOSU TV

The WOSU Public Media original documentary, “John Glenn: A Life of Service” will have an encore presentation on Tuesday (7/29) at 8 p.m. on WOSU TV. The hour-long program examines the extraordinary life and career of American hero, John Glenn. The documentary chronicles the pursuits of Glenn, born in Ohio, who has dedicated himself to a life of duty and public service.
-- > Contact: Meredith Hart, at 247-2675 or meredith.hart@wosu.org

Project REACH: Inspiring Female Entrepreneurship

Join us for a Project REACH networking event to learn how to move your research or innovation toward commercialization. Inspiring Female Entrepreneurship at Ohio State and Beyond will take place Thursday (8/21) from 4-6 p.m. at the Technology Commercialization Office. Project REACH, a signature program of Ohio State’s NSF ADVANCE grant, Project CEOS, develops the entrepreneurial capacity of women faculty.
-- > Contact: Jennifer Heckscher at heckscher.1@osu.edu
-- > Register; read more

Classes/workshops

Stone Lab aquatic invasive species workshop Aug 3-5

The goal of this training is to enable individuals and organizations to examine their day-to-day activities under the lens of the potential for spreading aquatic invasive species. The three-day workshop is held Sunday (8/3)-Tuesday (8/5) at Ohio State’s Stone Lab and taught by experts from a variety of organizations.
-- > Contact: Sarah Orlando, orlando.42@osu.edu
-- > Read more: ohioseagrant.osu.edu/events


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