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WELCOME TO OSUToday, the latest news and information for faculty and staff of The Ohio State University for Wednesday, Aug. 29. The deadline for submissions is noon the prior business day.

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It's Apple season at the Wexner Center Store, with deals on iPads, MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs, and iMacs. Along with WiredOut, the Wexner Center Store is the best place for Ohio State faculty, staff, and students to purchase Apple products, thanks to Apple pricing at both stores that's 2-12 percent lower than standard retail (and lower than Apple Education pricing). Through Friday (9/21), your purchase may entitle you to a Back to School Gift Card. Check out our Apple products in-person or online.

Spotlight on ...

Center for Advanced Functional Foods Research and Entrepreneurship

 The Center for Advanced Functional Foods Research and Entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary center focused on research and development of novel functional foods and components that will enhance health. A strength of the program is the diverse research expertise among CAFFRE participants, who include faculty, staff, and students in Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Medicine, the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Public Health, Pharmacy, Human Nutrition, Molecular Genetics, and Veterinary Biosciences. Pictured here, left to right: Steven Schwartz, Steven Clinton and Yael Vodovotz.

Following a "Crops to the Clinic to the Consumer" agenda, CAFFRE's research includes phytochemicals in plants, development of foods that optimize these properties, preclinical and human clinical trials to study efficacy of the foods, and analysis of phytochemical metabolites after the products have been consumed.

-- > Contact: Robin Ralston, CAFFRE program manager, at ralston.67@osu.edu
-- > Read more: http://fst.osu.edu/caffre.

Send items to be considered for publication under the Spotlight on ... heading to gammage.2@osu.edu. Limit text to 125 words and include contact information and a web link. Include a photo or two if available.


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 Trail Running Series starts Sept. 8. The OSU Health Plan offers Educational Programming courses for benefits-eligible faculty and staff as a complimentary service for Your Plan for Health. On Saturday (9/8), join Bill Weston from FrontRunner at High Banks Metro Park to kick off an eight-week Trail Running series. Learn about goal-setting, apparel, nutrition, dynamic warm-up and cool-down, good running form, how to pick the best shoe for your foot, and how to prevent injury. Register at linktohealth.osu.edu/LinktoHealth/home.seam


Headline news

Mathematics professor recognized for distinguished service to profession

 Barbara Keyfitz, professor of mathematics, received the annual 2012 Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematicians (SIAM) Prize, for "contributions to further applied mathematics on the national level," at the SIAM meeting in July. View a brief video that recaps prize lecture on Role of Characteristics in Conservation Laws.


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It's not too early to book meeting/conference space for 2013. Plan your next event at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, OSU's first LEED® certified building. Over 12,000 square feet of conference and classroom space with room arrangements for 400-plus. Large auditorium/hall space with five breakout rooms. Wi-Fi and free use of built-in LCD projectors. Conveniently located, easy access to SR 315 with free adjacent parking. For a tour, consultation or more information, contact Amelia Brashear, brashear.1@osu.edu, 247-6904 or www.ohio4-hcenter.org.


Alumna covers Republican National Convention

 College of Arts and Sciences alumna Jessica Wilt (2002, MFA, dance) is one of eight citizen journalists selected from around the country by the Huffington Post to cover the 2012 political conventions. Wilt will be blogging from the Republican National Convention this week as part of the Huff Post OffTheBus citizen-based reporting project, which aims to go beyond the one-dimensional horse-race aspect of election coverage. Follow Wilt's blog at huffingtonpost.com/social/hp_blogger_Jessica+Wilt.
-- > Read more >


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Research study for married couples. OSU researchers are looking for healthy married couples (ages 21-65), at least one of whom is overweight, married at least 3 years. Each spouse may be reimbursed up to $450 for your joint participation in research on how your body responds to fast food and how a marital problem discussion affects these changes. Participation involves a screening visit (2 hours) and two nonconsecutive 9.5 hour study days at the OSU Medical Center, all on weekdays.
-- > Read more: http://www.stressandhealth.org


Focus on sustainability

Zero Waste Initiative returns to Ohio Stadium

 The battle to become the largest stadium in the country to divert 90 percent of its trash from landfills through recycling and composting continues this season in Ohio Stadium. Zero Waste, part of a larger and progressive effort on campus to demonstrate Ohio State's leadership in sustainability, replaced trash cans with recycling and compost bins last year to reduce landfill materials by 61 percent over the 2010 season. New operations, product upgrades and education initiatives will be implemented this fall to increase participation.
-- > Read more: http://go.osu.edu/zerowaste

Health & wellness

Earn $125! Submit YP4H Incentive Program points by Sept. 30

Complete the YP4H Personal Health Assessment and earn up to $125 through the YP4H Faculty & Staff Incentive Program by tracking your health and wellness-related actions (e.g., being tobacco free, riding in Pelotonia, exercising regularly). Remember, one point = $1! All points must be submitted by Sunday (9/30) to receive the full 2012 Incentive Program payout. If you plan to participate in activities in October, November, and December, these points can be tracked prior to Sept. 30. Log in to YourPlanForHealth.com and click Current Incentives to begin tracking points.
-- > Contact: yourplanforhealth@hr.osu.edu or 292-1050

Events this week

SENR Seminar Series begins Aug. 30

The School of Environment and Natural Resources welcomes Philip Nyhus to the Seminar Series Thursday (8/30). Nyhus, associate professor of Environmental Studies at Colby College in Maine with interests including the human-wildlife conflict and endangered species conservation, will present "Resuscitating the King of the Hundred Beasts: Restoration, Conflict, and the Future of Wild Tigers" at 4:10 p.m. in 103 Kottman Hall with a video link to 123 Williams Hall in Wooster.
-- > Contact: Steve Matthews at matthews.204@osu.edu

Upcoming events

Register for OSU Integrative Therapies Conference

Ohio State's first-ever Integrative Therapies Conference will provide attendees with experiences and tools to create healing environments for patients, caregivers and staff. The conference is taking place on Wednesday (9/19) from 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Ohio 4-H Center. See conference objectives, agenda and registration at
ccme.osu.edu/ConferenceDetail.aspx?ID=1116.

Training/workshops

Digital Union events week of Sept. 3

Workshops hosted by the Digital Union the week of Monday (9/3) will help you work in Carmen's Gradebook tool and create apps with jQuery Mobile.

  • Wednesday (9/5): Carmen Gradebook, 12:30-2 p.m., Derby 0029
  • Thursday (9/6): Creating a Mobile User Interface with jQuery Mobile, noon-2 p.m., Hagerty 186
    -- > Read more: http://ocio.osu.edu/workshops
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