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WELCOME TO OSUToday, the latest news and information for faculty and staff of The Ohio State University for Thursday, Oct. 22. The deadline for submissions is noon the prior business day.

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Flu update

Only those registered will receive seasonal flu shot

Effective with all the remaining campus flu shot events, only faculty and staff who have previously registered for an appointment will receive their seasonal influenza vaccination. Walk-ins can no longer be accommodated due to the remaining supply of vaccine dedicated for campus use. Keep in mind, the university's supply is running very low, as stated yesterday. Some area Kroger stores may have a small amount of vaccine left; visit http://www.flu.osu.edu/pdf/Kroger_Pharmacy_Locations.pdf and call ahead to see if the location has a supply in stock. Faculty and staff are encouraged to contact their primary care physicians to determine if they can still be vaccinated for the seasonal flu.

For more information and updates on either seasonal or H1N1 flu, visit: http://www.flu.osu.edu/.

Headline news

Grand Opportunities award won by inter-disciplinary team at OSU

A team of OSU researchers led by co-principal investigators Nicanor Moldovan from the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute and Stuart Cooper, chair of the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, recently received an RC2/Grand Opportunities award from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus package of the National Institute of Aging at NIH. The $1.2 million grant has the goal to develop a new assay for stem/progenitor cells, to correlate the vascular heath status of patients in various age groups and disease states. The project was a joint application from OSU’s School of Engineering, Medical Center, and Children's Hospital. Contact: mailto:nicanor.moldovan@osumc.edu,mailto:coopers@chbmeng.ohio-state.edu or 247-8015. Read more >

Latest issue of onCampus now available

The Oct. 22 issue of onCampus is now available, so please check your OSU mailbox. Here's a preview from the online version:

• Athletics staff aims to enhance the game-day atmosphere at Buckeye sporting events. Read more >
• Reviews confirm The Women's Place has a 'vital, unique' purpose. Read more >
• Part of a new Big Ten collaboration, the Theater department's fall drama tackles a tough issue. Read more >

Starts today: Weekly Topics Table at Hopkins Gallery

The Department of Art Hopkins Hall Gallery is presenting a weekly series of free lunchtime discussions from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursdays. Today's (10/22) event, "Google Gardens and Other Urban Adventures" is hosted by professor Ardine Nelson, whose award-winning photographs of the German Schrebergartens are currently featured in New Works: Department of Art Faculty Exhibition. Visit http://topictable.blogspot.com if you would like to present a topic, lead a discussion, read a story, or check what is happening. Contact: 292-5072

Oct. 23: Maimonides and Mysticism at OSU Hillel

Menachem Kellner, professor of Jewish Thought at the University of Haifa and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy, Political Theory and Religion of the Shalem Center, Jerusalem, will present "Maimonides and Mysticism" at 1 p.m. Friday (10/23) at OSU Hillel, 46 E. 16th Ave. Moses Maimonides regarded much of the Jewish mystical tradition as pagan or heretical. The deity of the mystics was far more immanent and anthropomorphic than Maimonides’s own abstractly unique conception of God. Maimonides saw the defeat of these dangerous mystical ideas as incumbent on him. Contact: Lori Fireman, at mailto:fireman.2@osu.edu or 292-0700

OSU telescope observing and star party Oct. 24

OSU astronomy is holding a public telescope observing session and star party from 7-10 p.m. Saturday (10/24) on the roof of Smith Lab, weather permitting, as part of the International Year of Astronomy's Galilean Nights. View the moon and Jupiter and its moons through modern telescopes, see what Galileo saw through his small telescope,and learn about the constellations. Professors and graduate students from the astronomy department will discuss the celestial sights on view and answer questions. Check for cancellation in case of weather: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/Galilean/. Contact: mailto:johnson.3064@osu.edu or mailto:pogge.1@osu.edu

'Games for Learning: GeoGames' presented by Ola Ahlqvist Oct. 26

Join the Digital Union for a presentation by professor Ola Ahlqvist on educational online gaming from 2-3:30 p.m. Monday (10/26) at 060 Science and Engineering Library. Ahlqvist will demonstrate one GeoGame, an online application developed at Ohio State that extends an online virtual globe into an educational board game with web interactivity. The session is open to faculty, staff and students. Seating is limited, and registration is required. Register: https://registration.it.ohio-state.edu/node/71

New hours at Student Consolidated Services Center

The Student Consolidated Services Center will have new hours effective Monday (10/26). The SCSC, located on the third floor of Lincoln Tower, will be open Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesdays from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and Fridays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The SCSC phone line (292-0300) will be open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday. Contact: mailto:scsc@osu.edu

November events

The Science of Communicating Science – 2009 Research Expo

Earle Holland and his intrepid team of science writers have been communicating Ohio State’s research discoveries to the public for the past three decades. At the annual Research Expo to be held Tuesday (11/3) in the Thompson Library, hear Holland’s insights into how research communications have evolved over this period, how new media (blogs, YouTube, etc.) have opened new opportunities and challenges for communicating research findings, and how researchers can communicate effectively with reporters and science writers. Contact: mailto:froilan.2@osu.edu. Read more: http://ortec.osu.edu/ram/expo/schedule/

Dawson to deliver Neurosciences Seminar Series lecture Nov. 9

Ohio State's Neurosciences Seminar Series will welcome Valina Dawson, professor of Neurology, Neurosciences, and Physiology at Johns Hopkins University, from noon-1 p.m. Monday (11/9) in 105 Biomedical Research Tower. Dawson will present "PAR, A New Signal Important in Neuronal Survival and Neurotoxicity." All interested parties are invited to attend. The Seminar Series is sponsored by the Neurosciences Signature Program, and the departments of Neurology, Neurological Surgery, Neuroscience, and Otolaryngology. Contact: mailto:anita.cullen@osumc.edu or 366-8139

Reminders

Presumption of Black Bias: Presumption of White Objectivity today

As part of its 2009-2010 Lecture Series, the Department of African American and African Studies Community Extension Center will present “Presumption of Black Bias: Presumption of White Objectivity” by Vincene Verdun, associate professor, Moritz College of Law, at 6 p.m. today (10/22) at the Community Extension Center, 905 Mt. Vernon Ave. The lecture is free and open to the public, and will conclude with a Q and A session. Contact: Community Extension Center at 292-3922. Read more: http://aaas.osu.edu