OSU women collaborate on original drama playing at the Riffe Center

Alice Mooney as Heckie and William Dancey as Sam rehearse a scene from the Women at Play drama "She of the Lovely Ankle."   Courtesy of Women at Play

Women at Play, a group of 10 women -- including five faculty members from Ohio State -- who write and produce their own plays, present the world premiere of their original drama "She of the Lovely Ankle" beginning Feb. 21 at the Riffe Center Studio Three Theatre.

The group includes Linda Meadows, assistant vice president for research and professor of education; Katherine Burkman, professor emerita of English; Cecily O'Neill, professor emerita of education; and Martha Lovely and Cathy Ryan, lecturers in English.

Set in the offices of a large corporation, the drama is a modern version of the Greek myth about the abduction of Demeter's daughter Persephone by Hades to his underworld realm.

Show dates and times are Feb. 21-24 and March 1-3 (Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m.).

For details or to purchase tickets, call 457-6580.

Lippman to address Women's Club

Irvin M. Lippman, executive director of the Columbus Museum of Art, will discuss "The Museum Beyond its 125th Anniversary" during the March 4 meeting of the University Women's Club. The luncheon takes place in the Faculty Club. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m.; the program is at 12:30 p.m.

For reservations, call (740) 393-0919. For details, call 263-9812.

Spring Bridge courses are announced

The Office of Continuing Education Bridge program is offering five courses spring quarter, starting April 1. Classes are being taught in Science & Society; Yoga 1; Self-Career Development; Introduction to PowerPoint; and Rise & Fall of the Soviet Union.

For details, call 292-8860 or visit the Web at www.continuinged.ohio-state.edu/CED_Bridge.html.

UFSAP offers Anger Management session

The University Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (UFSAP) is offering a newly developed Anger Management Counseling and Skill Building Program.

The program consists of individual or group skill-building sessions designed to enhance the work environment, personal health and intimate relationships. Also, departmental training sessions can be presented at work sites. All UFSAP services are free, confidential and voluntary.

For details or to schedule a personalized workshop, contact Bob Forte at 293-2063 or forte.17@osu.edu.

OSU-WID presents Hyun Sook Kim

Hyun Sook Kim, associate professor of sociology and women's studies at Wheaton College, will deliver "War, Gender Conflicts, and Inter-National Reconciliation" from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center. The lecture is presented by OSU-Women in Development.

Those attending are asked to bring their own lunch.

Taking post-colonial relations between Vietnam and South Korea as a case in point, Kim will discuss the current dilemmas concerning violent history, wartime memories, gendered and localized memorialization, and possibilities for intra- and inter-national reconciliation.

For details, contact 292-6447 or rakowski.1@osu.edu.

Statistics presents winter quarter seminar

An Environmental Data Seminar, organized by the Program in Spatial Statistics and Environmental Sciences, meets every Wednesday this quarter from noon to 1:30 p.m. in 212 Cockins Hall. OSU scientists and engineers from many disciplines present their environmental data sets and the problems that motivated their research.

Scheduled speakers include: Feb. 27, Jay Wilkins, School of Public Health, "Organophosphate Insecticide Exposure and Health Effects Among Ohio Orchardists"; and March 6, Paul Robbins, Department of Geography, "Environmental Perception Data: Measuring the Human Imagination from the Ground Up."

RSVP to sses@stat.ohio-state.edu. For details, contact Noel Cressie at cressie.1@osu.edu.

Prior library displays neuroscience history

A display of artwork now on display at the Ohio State Medical Center depicts scientists' growing understanding over the past several centuries of the human brain and the field of neuroscience.

The collection "Art of Neuroscience: Image and Understanding, 1518-2000" is on display through June 30 in the fifth floor Medical Heritage Center of the Prior Health Sciences Library, 376 W. 10th Ave. The exhibit is free and open to the public from 1-5 p.m. weekdays.

Ohio State is the first stop for the exhibit, which is on loan from the National Academy of Sciences. In June, the exhibit will travel to Johns Hopkins University.

For details, call 292-4891.

CETE seeks input for strategy session

The Ohio State Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE) in the College of Education, an internationally recognized authority on work-force development, will hold a session later this month to seek input as it works to more strongly align itself both internally and externally to OSU, to contribute solutions to the pressing issues related to workforce development and the generation of skilled citizenry.

CETE invites faculty and staff to present their work in the field of work-force development during the upcoming session.

For details, contact Monika Aring, executive director, at 292-9943 or aring.3@osu.edu.

Law Foundation hosts fellowship auction

The Public Interest Law Foundation is hosting its annual PILF Fellowship Auction Feb. 27 in the Ohio Union west ballroom. Doors open at 4 p.m. and the live auction begins at 4:30 p.m. Auctioned items include donations from local businesses and services and talents from the Moritz College of Law faculty, staff and students.

Proceeds help fund law student summer fellowships for unpaid or low-paying public interest employment.

For details, call 292-0283, e-mail gates.68@osu.edu or visit the Web at www.osu.edu/units/law.

Cogfest 2002 takes place March 1

The Center for Cognitive Science is sponsoring Cogfest 2002 from 1:30-6 p.m. March 1 in Page Hall. Activities include lectures, graduate student poster presentations, lab tours and research discussions, and refreshments.

Speakers include: Melissa Jungers, Department of Psychology, "Episodic Memory for Musical Prosody; Vladimir Sloutsky, College of Education and the Learning Research Initiative, "From Simple Inputs to Complex Outputs: Effects of Linguistic and Perceptual Information on Categorization and Induction in Young Children"; and Jan Edwards, Department of Speech & Hearing Science, "Influence of the Lexicon on Speech Production in Children."

For details, call 292-8200, e-mail sharon.3@osu.edu or visit the Web at www.cog.ohio-state.edu.

Borlaug to discuss agriculture Feb. 21-22

Nobel Laureate Norman Borlaug, considered the father of the "Green Revolution," will present seminars at Ohio State on Feb. 21-22.

Borlaug will present "Prospects for World Agriculture in the 21st Century" at 4 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Fawcett Center, and at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in Fischer Auditorium at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster. Both seminars are free and open to the public.

Borlaug is an agricultural researcher who developed a high yielding short-strawed disease-resistant wheat that sparked the production movement which swept the globe during the 1960s and helped lift countries such as India and Pakistan out of starvation.

For details, call 292-9637 or visit the Web at http://ohioline.osu.edu/news/.

Creative Writing offers Rawlings reading

The OSU Creative Writing Program will present a free, public reading with Wendy Rawlings, winner of the 2000 Sandstone Prize for Short Fiction, at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 25 in Denney Hall.

Rawlings is an assistant professor of English at the University of Alabama. Her recent fiction includes "Batcatching," The Bellingham Review; "I'm from Ballymullet," The Atlantic Monthly; and "Heteroworld," Colorado Review. A collection of her short stories, Come Back Irish, which won the 2000 Sandstone Prize, was published by Ohio State University Press in December 2001.

For details, call 292-2242.

Geography seminar set for Feb. 28

The final Geography Colloquium of winter quarter will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Feb. 28 in 1080 Derby Hall. Refreshments will be served. Alistair Fraser, Department of Geography, will deliver "Contradictions of the Capitalist State and Socialist Politics: The Case of the Scottish Socialist Party." All are welcome.

For details, visit the Web at http://geog-www.sbs.ohio-state.edu/colloquia/2001-02.

OSU international fair is March 1

Larkins Hall Exhibition Gym is the site for Taste of OSU, an international food and culture fair from 6-10 p.m. March 1. The event will feature the international flavor and diversity of Ohio State with foods and dancing from around the world, and performances by Chinese Lion Troupe and Turkish folk dancers.

The event is open to the public. Admission is $1.

For details, call Amy Weir at 292-1993.

Annual Faculty/Staff Colloquy is March 6

Dorothy E. Roberts, author and professor of law at Northwestern University School of Law, will deliver "Commitment to Social Justice" when she keynotes the annual Faculty/Staff Colloquy on March 6. The event is hosted by the College of Human Ecology, Moritz College of Law and the Office of Minority Affairs. Faculty, staff and students are invited.

The colloquy also includes lunch. There is no fee, but registration is necessary by Feb. 22.

To RSVP, call 292-0964, or e-mail taylor.972@osu.edu or nolan.6@osu.edu.

Purchasing launches new Web site

Ohio State's Purchasing Department has revamped its Web site to ease the procurement process. The new site includes all the basic information, plus new features designed to make procurement work easier.

For details, visit the Web at www.osupurchasing.com.

TELR hosts awareness event Feb. 26

"Methods and Tools to Enable Social Construction of Knowledge in Collaborative Online Learning Communities" is the topic of the next Technology Enhanced Learning and Research awareness series event, to be held from 1:30-3 p.m. Feb. 26 in 120 Baker Systems.

Dennis Mungall and Cable Green will feature tools and methodologies used in the College of Pharmacy's online doctoral program as it begins its second year of offering the NonTraditional PharmD. Their discussion will include: collaborating across classes in the NTPD Cafe, inter-class mentoring in Office Hours Live, group projects and online orientation techniques.

For details, contact Teri Ryan at 292-7429 or ryan.129@osu.edu, or visit the TELR Web site at http://telr.osu.edu.

Campaign begins for Ohio 4-H Center

A statewide campaign and fund-raising drive for an Ohio 4-H Center will officially kick off March 9 during the annual 4-H Volunteer Conference held in Columbus. Contributions from the Ohio Farm Bureau and Nationwide Insurance Foundation, and the efforts of the Friends of 4-H Committee have helped to move the $12 million fund-raising effort forward.

The center will be the first of its kind in any land-grant University system and will provide training for volunteer leaders.

Individuals interested in becoming involved should contact their local office of OSU Extension.