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French cancer research prize awarded to OSU scientist

Carlo Croce, a member of the molecular biology and cancer genetics program at the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been awarded the ARC Leopold Griffuel Prize, which honors work that has led to major breakthroughs in the field of cancer. The prize is awarded by the Board of Directors of the French Association for Cancer Research. Croce, who also is director of human cancer genetics at Ohio State, received the award earlier this month during the annual meeting of the French Association of Cancer Research in Paris. After accepting the award, he lectured on “Role of microRNAs in Cancer.” Read more >

Today: Dark matter, dark energy - in layperson’s terms

The Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics will present the second annual Biard Public Lecture at 4:45 p.m. today (10/29) in 131 Hitchcock Hall. Rocky Kolb, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago, will deliver a non-technical discussion “Mysteries of the Dark Universe,” in which he will outline the evidence for dark matter and dark energy. The lecture is free and open to the public. Contact: Yavonne McGarry, mcgarry.21@osu.edu.
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Today: Nation building and the effect on Darfur

Elsadig ElSheikh, a research associate at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, will discuss how the vast majority of Sudanese people are marginalized and alienated by using a European model of colonial nation building. His presentation, “Darfur and the Nation-State,” is from noon-1 p.m. today (10/29) at 122 Oxley Hall. Inherited colonial policies, ElSheikh will argue, combined with local elite attitudes produced the seeds of conflict from the past and still seen today in Darfur.

An evening of Middle Eastern protest poetry today

Faculty and students will recite and translate works of protest poetry from four languages offered in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at 7:30 p.m. today (10/29) in 120 Mershon Center. The evening will feature works of the late Mahmoud Darwish in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish from modernity and antiquity. Read more >

Documentary follows U.S. soldier who defects to North Korea

Korean Studies Initiative and the East Asian Studies Center will feature the documentary film Crossing the Line at 6:30 p.m. Thursday (10/30) in 0014 University Hall. Nick Bonner, the filmmaker and co-producer, will introduce the film and be available for questions immediately following the showing. The film, about a U.S. soldier who at the height of the Cold War defected to North Korea, is narrated by Christian Slater and admission is free. Read more >

Burnham Lecture: Convergence of Science and Governance in Health Care Policy

The Department of History and the Medical Heritage Center will host the sixth annual John C. Burnham Lecture in the History of Medicine from 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday (10/30) on the fifth floor of the Prior Health Sciences Library. Daniel M. Fox, president emeritus of the Milbank Memorial Fund, will discuss “The Convergence of Science and Governance in Health Care Policy.” A reception will begin at 4 p.m., and the lecture is free and open to the public. Contact: 292-3001 or 292-9273.

Libraries ReadAloud program has Halloween theme

The annual OSU Libraries Halloween ReadAloud will be held from 3-4 p.m. Thursday (10/30) at the Wexner Center Café, featuring a scary, educational and off-the-beaten literary path program. Maryann Walther-Keisel, Center for Slavic and East European Studies, will read from the epic vampire novel The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. Kenny Walther-Keisel, Columbus Alternative High School, will read from The Keep by F. Paul Wilson. Free refreshments. Upcoming programs or podcasts of previous programs are available online.

Implementing authentic tasks in Web environments

Thomas C. Reeves will present the EDUCAUSE Webinar “Guidelines for Implementing Authentic Tasks in Web-based Environments” from 1-2:30 p.m. Monday (11/3) at the Digital Union Wireless Room (370 Science and Engineering Library). Reeves will describe the theory, research and development of underlying authentic tasks as well as practical design guidelines for implementing this innovative approach. Registration and details available online.

Hit the Road with the Buckeyes mileage opportunity

Are you looking for ways to boost your Hit the Road with the Buckeyes mileage? Join President Gordon Gee and Larry Lewellen, associate vice president for Human Resources, for “Take a Lap with Gee and Lewellen” on Friday (11/14). Gee and Lewellen will kick off the event on the steps in front of Bricker Hall at noon and then lead the “Sea of Scarlet and Gray” around the Oval. Brutus Buckeye, OSU cheerleaders and the Buckeye Brass Band will also be on site. Read more >

Oct. 30 info session for TELR Expertise Grants

Attend an information session for TELR Expertise Grants at 10:30 a.m. Thursday (10/30) in the Learning Collaboration Studio (060 Science and Engineering Library). The session will include a presentation about the grant program and past projects followed by audience questions. Faculty applicants can request up to 100 hours of TELR expertise on a project related to teaching and learning with technology, as well as up to $10,000 in funding. Final proposals are due Nov. 15. Read more >