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PROFESSOR GUIDES OSU FORENSIC ARCHAEOLOGY TEAM

In two separate, unsolved murder cases, police have called on Ohio State’s Forensic Archaeology Cold Case Team to help search for and identify human remains. The Department of Anthropology formed the team two years ago to provide assistance to law enforcement and other agencies in the recovery and analysis of human remains. FACCT is under the direction of Professor Sam Stout and comprises both undergraduate and graduate students interested in forensic anthropology who volunteer their time. Read more >

EXPLORE CHADWICK ARBORETUM THROUGH LECTURE TODAY

Discover Ohio State’s extensive on-campus “green reserve” in a free public lecture, “Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens: Your Public Garden for Education and Respite,” from noon-1 p.m. today (11/2) in Columbus and Wooster. Mary Maloney, outreach and development coordinator is the speaker. The arboretum and its learning gardens are on OSU’s agriculture campus in Columbus, on the west side of the Olentangy River, with major plantings adjacent to Lane Avenue, Fred Taylor Drive and Woody Hayes Drive. Attend in 244 Kottman Hall or in 121 Fisher Auditorium on the Wooster campus of OARDC. Contact: hering.1@osu.edu or 292-2001. Read more >

OBSTFELD TO DISCUSS INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIOS NOV. 5

The Department of Economics is hosting the annual Journal of Money, Credit and Banking Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Monday (11/5) in 437 Arps Hall. Maurice Obstfeld, the Class of 1958 Professor of Economics at Berkeley and director of the Center for International and Development Economic Research, will discuss international portfolios. Obstfeld serves as honorary advisor to the Bank of Japan's Institute of Monetary and Economic Studies, and is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is active as a research Fellow of CEPR, a research associate at NBER, and an International Research Fellow at the Kiel Institute of World Economics. Contact: Alcalde.1@osu.edu

UTILITIES COMMUNICATION: MAJOR ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION UPGRADE

Extensive work is being done to upgrade the university’s electrical infrastructure to support the campus for the next 40 years. Though no planned power outages will be required to complete construction, the normal backup power transmission circuits will be unavailable. Phase 1 of the outage will be from Monday (11/5)-Friday (11/9). AEP will reenergize the dual feed for the weekend of the OSU vs. Illinois game. If needed, Phase 2 of the construction will continue Sunday (11/11)-Friday (11/16). Extensive planning continues to minimize the overall outage duration as well as to plan the work tasks to allow for prompt power restoration in the event of an unexpected failure during the outage. Contact: eckhardt.12@osu.edu or 292-1477. Read more >

AUBRECHT IS OSU MARION SCIENCE CAFÉ GUEST

Ohio State Marion invites the public to the first monthly installment of a free community dialogue on physical, social and behavioral science, called Science Café at 7 p.m. Tuesday (11/6) at Rise & Dine Restaurant, Legacy Crossing, 142 McMahon Blvd in Marion. Gordon Aubrecht, professor of physics at OSU Marion, will discuss the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that shared this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. Contact: mcennis.1@osu.edu or (740) 725-6316. Read more >

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR’S WATERCOLORS FEATURED IN NEIGHBORHOOD ART EXHIBITION

Kay Bea Jones, OSU associate professor of architecture, currently has an exhibition of her watercolors, “A Sense of Place” on display through Friday (11/30) at Northwood ARTSpace, 2231 N. High St., room 100. Her paintings are of landscapes and cityscapes of places she has visited in old and New Mexico and sites in Italy. A reception will take place from 6-8 p.m. Friday (11/9). Regular viewing hours at Northwood ARTSpace are Fridays from 4-7 p.m., first Saturdays from 4-7 p.m. and other times when the meeting room is not in use. View a schedule (type in room 100 to search for the calendar).

COLLEGE OF LAW SEEKING MOCK TRIAL JURORS

The Clinical Programs at the Moritz College of Law is seeking faculty and staff to serve as jurors at mock trials to be held in its Moot Court Room. The judges in the cases will be sitting judges from around the state of Ohio. Jurors will have an opportunity to hear an entire case and then talk with the law students and judges after the case about their verdict and impressions of the trial. Mock trials will begin at 4 p.m. Monday (11/26), Thursday (11/29), Monday (12/3) and Tuesday (12/4) in room 249 College of Law. If interested, contact Lynda Seelie at 292-6821 or seelie.2@osu.edu.

TICKETS AVAILABLE TO SEE COMEDIAN DANE COOK

A limited number of seats have been released in all price ranges to see comedian Dane Cook perform Wednesday (11/7) at Value City Arena. Tickets are available at the Schottenstein Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Charge at 431-3600 or www.ticketmaster.com