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

OSUToday sponsored by the Office of the Chief Information Officer The BuckeyeBar, now located at 60A Thompson Memorial Library, offers one-on-one technology consultation and problem solving. Faculty, staff and students can get help connecting to Ohio State's wireless network, diagnosing a sluggish computer, addressing virus problems or answering questions about IT. The IT Service Desk, which provides support for e-mail and wireless accounts, cellular phones, site-licensed software, identity maintenance, classroom services support, and bill payments for OIT services, will remain at 025 Central Classroom Building. Read more >

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Climate expert named to head Ohio State’s Byrd Center

Ellen Mosley-Thompson, an acclaimed polar scientist and University Distinguished Scholar in geography at Ohio State, has been named the next director of the institution’s Byrd Polar Research Center. Mosley-Thompson, who along with her husband and research partner Lonnie Thompson, is considered one of the world’s leading experts on paleoclimatology, the study of ancient climates. Their work on ice cores retrieved from glaciers and ice caps on at least five continents has provided the clearest evidence to date of global climate change and the effects humans have had on it. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, she will assume her new post Thursday (10/1). Read more: http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/ellenbyrd.htm

Latest issue of onCampus now available

The Sept. 24 issue of onCampus is now available, so please check your OSU mailbox. Here's a preview from the online version:

• Extreme Makeover: Medical Center Edition: A huge new hospital building will bring 10,000 jobs, more than $1 billion in economic impact. Read more: http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/09/extreme-makeover/
• Lights! Camera! Knowledge: University Communications opens a state-of-the-art broadcast studio to take the experts to the airwaves. Read more: http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/09/lights-camera-knowledge/
• There's no bismuth like show bismuth: Lab technician uses unusual medium to win Editor's Choice award at Staff Arts and Crafts Exhibit. Read more: http://oncampus.osu.edu/

Sept. 25: Solar Decathlon competition Solar House send-off

Ohio State’s Solar Decathlon Team is getting ready to send the student designed and built Solar House I to Washington D.C. to compete in the 2009 Solar Decathlon. Join President E. Gordon Gee at 1:45 p.m. Friday (9/25) at 1960 Tuttle Park Place, and wish the team good luck as they depart for Washington. Contact: Gina Langen, mailto:langen.2@osu.edu. Read more: http://solardecathlon.osu.edu/

Check out the College of the Arts' fall calendar of events

Experience the Arts at Ohio State! Whether you enjoy jazz, film, dance, art, classical music, or theatre, OSU faculty, staff, students and guest artists bring it all to you — from the Kristina Isabelle Dance Company to the popular 16th Annual Halloween Concert. Check out the College of the Arts' September/October Calendar of Selected Arts Events. Read more >

Ninth Avenue West Garage to close Sept. 28 for four weeks

In response to customer feedback regarding the reported slippery floor conditions in the Ninth Avenue West Garage, the parking facility will be closed beginning Monday (9/28) for approximately four weeks for floor recoating (weather permitting). For more information regarding the closure and alternate parking options, visit http://tp.osu.edu/alerts/9thWestResurface.shtml.

Back to School 2009 Buck-IRB newsletter available

The Back to School 2009 edition of the Buck-IRB (Institutional Review Board) Newsletter is now available at http://www.orrp.ohio-state.edu/irb/. The issue includes information on the Office of Responsible Research Practices office hours, IRB training for students, IRB forms help sessions, online tool Protocol Lookup, and the Investigator Guide. Contact: Tani Prestage at mailto:prestage.2@osu.edu

College of Law hosts Status of Health Care in America panel

A panel of professionals will discuss the state of current health care reform in America, including the impact of recent and proposed legislation on health care providers, at noon Monday (9/28) in Drinko Hall’s Saxbe Auditorium. Panelists include representatives from the Ohio State Medical Association, OSU College of Medicine, Health Policy Institute of Ohio, Health Sciences Research, and Voices for Children. The event is open to the public. Read more: http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/events/info.php?ID=1221

Sept. 28: College of Social Work sponsors Therapeutic Play Therapy

The College of Social Work is sponsoring Therapeutic Play Therapy, from 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Monday (9/28) at FCCS, 855 W. Mound St. Earn CEU hours. This training session will provide theory, history and practical experiences and skills that prepare counselors and social workers to integrate play into psychotherapeutic work with children and families. Early registration discounts. Open to the public. Read more: http://csw.osu.edu/trainingforprofessionals/trainingcalendar/090628

Oct. 9 symposium to illustrate the diversity of agricultural law

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer and Federal Judge Gregory Frost are among the speakers as Ohio State hosts the second annual Ohio Agricultural Law Symposium on Friday (10/9) at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center. The event is a joint project of OSU Extension’s Agricultural and Resource Law Program and the Ohio State Bar Association. Student scholarships to attend are available through OSU’s Paul L. Wright Fund in Agricultural Law. Contact Peggy Hall at mailto:aglaw@osu.edu or 247-7898 for scholarship or event information. Read more: http://ebiz.ohiobar.org/pd.asp?pid=10869

IRB process information sessions Oct. 2, Nov. 13

Students and other research staff are encouraged to attend an information session on the IRB approval and exemption processes on Friday (10/2) or Friday (11/13), from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in 020 Page Hall. The sessions will include information about the types of studies that require IRB approval or can qualify for exemption, details about procedures and timelines for seeking approvals, and an opportunity to ask questions about specific projects. Co-sponsored by the Graduate School and the Office of Responsible Research Practices. Register online at http://www.gradsch.ohio-state.edu/EventRegistration/.