Series looks at teacher reform

David Imig, president of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, will discuss "Teacher Education Reform at the National Level" from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 13 in 160 MacQuigg Lab. His lecture is part of the interdisciplinary seminar, Higher Education's Responsibility for Teacher Education Reform.

Other events include a panel of central Ohio teachers and principals discussing appropriate preparation of teachers on Feb. 6, and a lecture on science education reform Feb. 27. Both are at 4:30 p.m. in 160 MacQuigg Lab.

The seminar is sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Program of the Office of Research and the Graduate School; the colleges of the Arts, Education, Humanities, and Mathematical and Physical Sciences; the departments of Plant Pathology and Human Development and Family Sciences; and the Office of Academic Affairs.

For details, contact Evelyn Freeman at 292-8059 or freeman.5@osu.edu.

Critical Difference for Women grants open

Applications are being accepted for the Critical Difference for Women 2001 Professional Development for Women and Women of Color Advancement grants. The application deadline is Feb. 16.

The purpose of the Professional Development for Women grant program is to facilitate the professional development and career mobility of women. The Women of Color Advancement grants are designed to assist women of color faculty, staff, and graduate students in their participation in professional activities and networks. The awards for each grant program are up to $500.

For details and an application, contact Jodi Pilatowski at 292-3616 or pilatowski.2@osu.edu.

Levine to present Inaugural Lecture

Joseph Levine, professor of philosophy, will present "The Mind-Body Problem" for the College of Humanities' fourth Inaugural Lecture of the year at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 in the Faculty Club. Levine will discuss how philosophers have struggled to explain the relationship between humans' status as both thinkers and physical objects.

The lecture is free and open to the public. For details or to RSVP, call 292-1882.

Statistics to host weekly seminar

An Environmental Data Seminar organized by the Program in Spatial Statistics and Environmental Sciences will meet throughout winter quarter from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesdays in 724 Math Tower. Refreshments will be served and all are welcome.

Guest speakers and topics will include Scott Bair, Department of Geological Sciences, "Sustainability of Ground Water Resources in Ohio's Carbonate-Bedrock Aquifer," on Jan. 31; and Ken Jezek, Byrd Polar Research Center and Department of Geological Sciences, "Antarctica's Ice Sheet, Land, and Coastal Ocean as Observed from Space," on Feb. 7.

RSVP to sses@stat.ohio-state.edu. For details, visit the Web at www.stat.ohio-state.edu/~sses.

Kirwan to address power breakfast

President William E. Kirwan is among the keynote speakers as Ohio State presents "Building Partnerships, Building Community, Building Success in Ohio" at the sixth annual Commercial Developers Power Breakfast to be held from 7:30-9:30 a.m. Feb. 14 at the Hyatt Regency. The registration deadline is Feb. 9.

The event will explore the various development efforts on and around campus, both in the academic and public areas. Other scheduled OSU speakers are Athletics Director Andy Geiger, Fisher College Dean Joseph Alutto and Campus Partners President Terry Foegler.

For details or to register, contact Robin Stock at 461-4040 ext. 120 or rstock@bizjournals.com.

Fawcett Center to host traffic summit

A regional summit to address traffic congestion in central Ohio will be held Jan. 30 at the Fawcett Center. The summit will examine other communities' successes and problems in managing congestion, and will seek consensus from community leaders, planning experts and business leaders on strategies for managing the problem.

Former Ohio State President Edward Jennings will chair the event with a planning committee composed of members from Ohio State, the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Battelle Memorial Research Institute, Ohio Department of Transportation, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Central Ohio Transit Authority and United Way.

For details, contact Mike Brown at 645-6428.

Events to focus on children, literature

Children's ability to read and the kinds of books they are reading are the topics of two conferences to be held in Columbus.

The College of Education School of Teaching and Learning is sponsoring a Children's Literature 2001 Conference, to be held Jan. 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Speakers include Betsy Hearne, author of Seven Brave Women, and James Ransome, illustrator of Quinnie Blue.

For details, call 292-0711.

Approximately 5,000 participants are expected to participate in a Reading Recovery Conference scheduled for Feb. 11-13 at the Columbus Convention Center, featuring 198 sessions and three keynote speakers. The sponsor is the Reading Recovery Council of North America.

For details, visit the Web at www.readingrecovery.org.

Medical textbooks available online

The Prior Health Sciences Library is leading a pilot test of MD Consult, a database featuring the full text of more than 25 medical textbooks, more than 50 medical journals, clinical practice guidelines, patient education handouts, online CME opportunities, and daily health news updates.

The library is interested in feedback about the usefulness of this product and will conduct the test through Feb. 16. Register at http://home.mdconsult.com/groups/osu1048.html.

For details, contact Lynda Hartel at 292-4892 or hartel.642@osu.edu.

GLBT Awareness Week continues

A number of activities are scheduled as the annual Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Ally Awareness Week, sponsored by GLBT Student Services, nears conclusion Jan. 27. The activities are:

Jan. 25: Myth of Father, 7 p.m., Wexner Center for the Arts. Film director Paul Hill will introduce his movie, Myth of Father. For details, call 292-3535.

Guess The Straight Person, 7-8 p.m., Barrett House.

The Gayme Show, 7:30 p.m., Ohio Union Buckeye Suites A&B. A jeopardy format rainbow game.

Jan. 26: Columbus Questionable, 8 p.m., Wall Street Night Club, 144 N. Wall St. Benefits Stonewall Columbus.

For details, contact 292-6200 or glbss@osu.edu.

Working Mothers Group to meet Feb. 9

The Working Mothers Group will hold a brown bag lunch meeting from noon to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 9. in 5042 Smith Lab.

The Working Mothers group is an independent group supported by The Women's Place. New members are welcome and no RSVP is necessary.

For details, call 292-3960.

ÔSuper' fashion show to aid Spielman Fund

Stefanie and Chris Spielman will be among the celebrity guests and models highlighting the annual Gridiron Glamour 2001 fashion show Jan. 27 in Tampa, Fla., one of several officially sanctioned events of the Tampa Bay Super Bowl XXXV weekend. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research at The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.

The fund has raised more than $1.6 million for breast cancer research at The James.

For details, call 293-6054.

Free jazz concert to feature Jang, Murray

Internationally renowned jazz musicians Jon Jang and David Murray will perform in a free concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 7 in Mershon Auditorium. Jang, a Chinese-American pianist, and Murray, an African-American saxophonist, bring diverse backgrounds to a collaboration that extends the cultural boundaries of this distinctively American musical form.

As a leader of the Pan-Asian Arkestra and an award-winning composer, Jang has led the way in the burgeoning Asian-American jazz scene. His work joins elements of various Asian musical traditions with the cultural and political sensibilities of jazz.

Murray, a founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet, has a trans-historical vision of jazz that combines the legacies of gospel, New Orleans, Ellington bebop, free jazz and more. He has collaborated with Jang on several projects and also with several leading African musicians.

The concert is sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs, Division of Student Affairs, Office of Minority Affairs, Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities, and Division of Comparative Studies, in association with the Wexner Center for the Arts.

For details, contact Steven Yao at 292-6065 or yao.27@osu.edu.

JamesCare program is Feb. 26-27

The JamesCare for Life Program, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute will sponsor the Fourth Annual Cancer Rehabilitation conference Feb. 26-27 at the Holiday Inn on the Lane. The theme for this year's event will be "Strategies for Enhancing Quality of Life."

Visiting faculty will include Stephanie Gregory, Rush Cancer Institute; Leslie Schover, Anderson Cancer Center; Rowena Schwartz, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; and Mark Moyad, University of Michigan Medical Center.

Ohio State staff will receive a 50 percent discount on registration fees for the two-day event.

For details or to register, call 293-6428 or visit the Web at www.jamesline.com.

Annual ophthalmology event is March 9-10

The 44th annual Postgraduate Symposium in Ophthalmology, "2001: A Corneal Odyssey; Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery in the New Millennium," will be held March 9-10 at the Hyatt on Capitol Square. Course director is Thomas F. Mauger, associate professor of ophthalmology.

Speakers are Peter S. Hersh, Hackensack University Medical Center; Edward J. Holland, University of Cincinnati; Peter R. Kastl, Tulane University; Mark J. Mannis, University of California, Davis; and David M. Meisler, Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

To register, call the Center for Continuing Medical Education at 293-3576 by March 2.

For details, call 293-8117.