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WELCOME TO OSUToday, the latest news and information for faculty and staff of The Ohio State University for Thursday, Nov. 5. The deadline for submissions is noon the prior business day.

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Headline news

Latest issue of onCampus looks at university's transformation from Excellence to Eminence

The Thursday (11/5) issue of onCampus takes a close look at the university's transformation from Excellence to Eminence. Here's a preview from the online version:

• Because "we have limitless capacity to do good in the world," President Gordon Gee makes a personal case for making the change. Read more >  
• Nearly everyone on campus knows about President Gee's six Strategic imperatives for moving from Excellence to Eminence. onCampus explores how to succeed in each of them. Read more >
• Successful corporate transformation is much more than making superficial changes, and the same goes in higher education. One Fisher College of Business expert highlights some common factors in true transformation. Read more >

Headline news

Ohio State Nanotech Center receives $12.5 million in NSF funding

An Ohio State University-led research center has been awarded $12.5 million in continued funding from the National Science Foundation. NSF first established the Center for Affordable Nanoengineering of Polymeric Biomedical Devices in 2004. The center is unique in that it is the only one among NSF’s 19 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers that focuses solely on the development of polymer-based bio-nanotechnology. In its first five years, the center spawned more than a dozen patents, as well as five commercial spin-off companies. Read more: http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/canpbd.htm

Benefits Open Enrollment ends Nov. 6

Open Enrollment ends Friday (11/6). Faculty and staff are encouraged to review their medical plan choice and verify that each covered dependent meets the eligibility guidelines, add or drop enrollment in dental and vision plans, enroll in flexible spending accounts – current participants must re-enroll – and cancel short-term disability coverage. All benefit elections will become effective Friday (1/1/2010). Visit http://hr.osu.edu/oe for online enrollment and information.

Veterans Day Holiday observed Nov. 11; CABS service announced

The university will be observing Veteran's Day on Wednesday (11/11). Offices will be closed. In observance of the holiday, CABS will run reduced service on Wednesday (11/11). Please note that during the holiday, WA, WB, WC, and CX permits are valid in C spaces on Central Campus. For more information, visit the Transportation & Parking Services web site at http://tp.osu.edu/alerts/veteransday.shtml.

Events this week

Today: Weekly Topics Table at Hopkins Gallery

The Department of Art Hopkins Hall Gallery weekly series of free lunchtime discussions continues from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. today (11/5) as Amy Youngs, associate professor in art + technology leads an engaging discussion on Worm Composting, an aspect of her passionate involvement in environmental issues through arts and science. View Amy’s featured instruction on worm composting. Visit http://topicstable.blogspot.com if you would like to present a topic, lead a discussion, read a story, or check what is happening. Contact: 292-5072

Lee to present Joan Huber Population Lecture Nov. 6

The Initiative in Population Research Annual Joan Huber Population Lecture, featuring Ronald Lee, professor of economics and demography and director, UC Berkeley Center for the Demographic and Economics of Aging University California, will take place from 3:30-5 p.m. Friday (11/6) in 140 Pfahl Hall. Lee will deliver “Some Economic Consequences of the Demographic Transition and Population Aging: Insights from National Transfer Accounts.” Reception to follow. The event is free and open to all faculty, staff and students. RSVP to Susan Pennington at mailto:Pennington41@sociology.osu.edu

African American Servicewomen to be honored Nov. 7

African-American women who have served in the U.S. armed forces will be honored at the fourth annual Black Veterans Day Salute from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday (11/7) at the Ohio State Community Extension Center, 905 Mount Vernon Ave. Col. Dolores Helen Hampton, the first president of the National Association of Black Military Women and the first inspector general of the U.S. Army Reserve, is the keynote speaker. The event, sponsored by the Department of African American and African Studies, is free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended. Contact: Sarah Twitty, 292-1348. Read more: http://aaas.osu.edu/resources/aaascec

Issa Bolous, Palestinian musician to play free concert in Newark

Palestinian musician Issa Boulos will perform a free concert at 8 p.m. Saturday (11/7) in the Black Box Theatre in LeFevre Hall at Ohio State Newark. The show is free and open to the community; however, those who would like to bring children should be certain that they are able to sit quietly through an entire show in a small, intimate venue. Contact: (740) 366-9271 or mailto:emoff.1@osu.edu. Read more: http://bit.ly/fls-boulos

Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress at Urban Arts Space

Waitressing is one of the most common jobs for a woman to have and like most women’s work, it is often dismissed, stigmatized, or simply ignored. Join author and photographer Candacy A. Taylor at the OSU Urban Arts Space from 1-3 p.m. Saturday (11/7) as she reads excerpts from and discusses her critically acclaimed book, Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress. A book signing will follow. Read more >

Volunteers needed to plant flowering bulbs on OSU campus

Chadwick Arboretum is calling for volunteers to help horticulturist Peter Lowe install nearly 80,000 spring flowering bulbs in 17 pocket gardens throughout the OSU campus this week. Volunteers are meeting under the trellis in the Lane Avenue Gardens each day at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. for bulb installation sessions. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday (11/7) to help plant the median beds along Woody Hayes Drive. Contact: Peter Lowe at mailto:lowe.186@osu.edu or 425-5056

Events next week

Commemorating the collapse of the Berlin Wall Nov. 9

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the Ohio State Center for Slavic and East European Studies will create a 6 by 20 foot replica of the wall on Monday (11/9) on the Wexner Plaza between Page Hall and the Wexner Center for the Arts. Construction of the wall will begin at 7 a.m. and once completed, passers-by can paint graffiti on the west side of the wall. Read more: http://oia.osu.edu

Meeting Innovation Group on Complexity in Natural, Social, and Engineered Systems

The Innovation Group on Complexity in Natural, Social and Engineered Systems will hold its first organizational meeting from 3-5 p.m. Monday (11/9) in 260 Dreese Laboratories. The group invites all faculty and students with an interest in complex systems — whether they are ant hills, immune systems, markets, ecosystems, climate systems, or distributed robotics — to join a discussion of future plans on how to make the innovation group successful. The meeting is open to everyone. Contact: David Woods at mailto:woods.2@osu.edu

Dawson to deliver Neurosciences Seminar Series lecture Nov. 9

Ohio State's Neurosciences Seminar Series welcomes 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. 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

Nov. 10 ASFW luncheon program theme: 'Connecting to the Present'

Registration is due by Friday (11/6) for the Association of Staff and Faculty Women luncheon to be held from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday (11/10) at the Faculty Club Grand Lounge. Nancy Jane Smith, a licensed professional counselor and consultant in central Ohio, will discuss “Connecting to the Present: Creating an Intentional Life, Using Present Moment Awareness.” Cost is $15 for ASFW members, $20 for nonmembers and $15 for retirees. More information and online registration: http://asfw.osu.edu.

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery hosts Nobel Committee member

The OSU Medical Center Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is hosting Göran Hansson, secretary, Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine and member, Board of the Nobel Foundation for the annual Klassen Research Day on Thursday (11/12) in the BRT Auditorium. Hansson will speak at 8:15 a.m., followed by several speakers from Ohio State’s Heart and Vascular Center. Contact: Ellen Yokoyama at mailto:ellen.yokoyama@osumc.edu