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WELCOME TO OSUToday, the latest news and information for faculty and staff of The Ohio State University for Tuesday, Sept. 8. The deadline for submissions is noon the prior business day.

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Headline news

Extension educator, Navy reservist receives Bronze Star

Navy reservist Glenn Welling, director of the Hamilton County office of OSU Extension before he left for active duty, received the Bronze Star during a pre-game ceremony at the Ohio State-Navy football game on Saturday (9/5) in Ohio Stadium. The honor was announced during a press conference on Friday (9/4) hosted by Gov. Ted Strickland, OSU President E. Gordon Gee, and Vice Admiral Jeffrey Fowler, superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, at the governor's Statehouse Office. Read more:
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~news/story.php?id=5370

President Gee to host faculty on two-day road trip Sept. 9 and 10

OSU President E. Gordon Gee will take new faculty and administrative leaders on a two-day road trip across northwest Ohio on Wednesday (9/9) and Thursday (9/10). This year’s Roads Scholars Tour will feature collaborative projects in which faculty, staff and students are engaged with area businesses and non-profit organizations. The tour includes visits to the Xunlight/Wright Center for Photovoltaics in Toledo and Wyandot Solar in Upper Sandusky, to highlight how the emerging solar energy industry will affect Ohio's economic and job creation future. Read about additional tour stops at http://www.osu.edu/news/newsitem2517. Contact: Sandra Kerka, 247-4429

Climate change panel scheduled for Farm Science Review

The impacts of cap and trade legislation and climate change on the Ohio agriculture industry will be the focus of an expert panel discussion during the Farm Science Review, Tuesday (9/22)-Thursday (9/24) at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, Ohio. “Climate Change – Economics and Policy,” will take place from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday (9/22) in the Tobin Building on the exhibit grounds. OSU panelists include Brent Sohngen and Tim Haab, both with the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics; Ohio State trade economist Ian Sheldon will moderate the discussion. Read more >

On Research blog: Of packrats and horseshoe crabs

University offices become unintended archives for faculty and staff who've roamed campus for decades. A look at the collectibles and research detritus filling a university science writer's office is the subject of "Of packrats and horseshoe crabs . . ." It's the latest offering at the On Research blog, http://researchnews.osu.edu/blog/.

All Sides with Ann Fisher debuts today on WOSU 820 AM

All Sides with Ann Fisher, a two-hour, daily public-affairs talk show, will debut at 10 a.m. today (9/8) on WOSU 820 AM. Host Ann Fisher will guide conversations on local issues and trends, news-related topics, and more — all with coverage that is fair and balanced with a civil tone. Guests will include leaders in their fields, the vanguard of their movements, the hearts and souls of the central Ohio community, the authors that make us think. To view guests and topics for today’s show, or to listen online, visit http://www.wosu.org/allsides/.

Sept. 9: Learn about OSU master space plan and Medical Center’s expansion plans

Faculty and staff are invited to learn about the new comprehensive university master space plan called One Ohio State Framework and how it aligns with the Medical Center expansion plans, called ProjectONE, from 11 a.m.-noon Wednesday (9/9) in the West Reading Room of the Thompson Library (room 260). Join senior administrators from the Medical Center and the university for the presentation, and learn about the university’s plans and view the Medical Center’s new critical care tower, cancer hospital and new patient and visitor amenities planned for the buildings. Contact: mailto:projectone@osumc.edu

OSU student and author featured on OSU’s Writers Talk Sept. 9

Listen to OSU student Donald Ray Pollock’s thoughts on writing and how the OSU Creative Writing program helped him as an author on CSTW’s Writers Talk, on WCBE, 90.5 FM, at 8 p.m. Wednesday (9/9). If you are an OSU author and would like to be featured on OSU’s television, radio and Internet show Writers Talk, please contact Doug Dangler at mailto:dangler.6@osu.edu.

Sept. 9: Eco Bags at the OSU Urban Arts Space

Interested in transforming your unwanted disposable plastic shopping bags into beautiful and sturdy handbags and keeping them out of the landfill? Join artisan Marcia Trakas at the OSU Urban Arts Space from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday (9/9) as she works with guests to crochet the bags into masterpieces. Free and open to all. Read more: http://uas.osu.edu

Starts today: Cavs-Celtics preseason exhibition presale offer

Don’t miss NBA phenom LeBron James, Shaquille O’Neal and the Cleveland Cavaliers as they take the court against Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics Wednesday (10/21) at the Schottenstein Center. A presale takes place 10 a.m. today (9/8)-10 p.m. Wednesday (9/9). Use the password: LEBRON in the box marked “presale ” at this link. Tickets go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday (9/11) at the Box Office and Ticketmaster.

OIT noncredit statistical IT training available

OIT is offering noncredit statistical training at no charge to you. SPSS is a three day hands-on course that focuses on easy ways to do statistical analysis in the Windows environment; prior experience with Windows is recommended. SAS is a three day hands-on course that covers the data steps (reading, writing, and subsetting files, plus creating new variables and merging files); working with missing values; and finding and correcting common SAS program errors. SAS experience is not necessary. Register at http://oit.osu.edu/shortcourse/compcourses.html.

OSU Center for Clinical and Translational Science online resources form

Are you looking for expertise in community engagement in research? The OSU Center for Clinical and Translational Science web site (http://www.ccts.osu.edu) has an online form that can be used to request CCTS resources. Visit the web site or contact the research concierge at mailto:cctsConcierge@osumc.edu. Contact: 366-7367

View the Announcements/Meetings section of onCampus Bulletin Board

View details about a couple of new Weightwatchers at Work sessions taking place on campus, posted under the Announcements/Meetings category of the onCampus Bulletin Board, http://oncampus.osu.edu/poll/. Also, read an obit for longtime OSU professor E. Leonard Jossem, who died recently at the OSU Hospital. The bulletin board is available to all OSU faculty and staff. All you need to do is authenticate using your OSU Internet ID (name.#) and password, then register with a user name and password of your choosing.