Appointments

Karen Bell, Dance, Jo Ann Davidson, OSU Board of Trustees, and Marshall Rose are serving as board members of the Wexner Center Foundation.

Bennettae Bowens, Transportation and Parking Services, has been appointed customer services manager.

Grants

Wayne Bacon, OARDC and Animal Sciences, $18,855 U.S. Poultry and Egg Association Grant for "Precocious Semen Production by Turkey Breeders," 2001-02.

Jim Kinder and David Zartman, Animal Sciences, and Kent Hoblet, Veterinary Preventive Medicine, $100,000 USDA-CSREES Higher Education Challenge Grants Program Grant for "Development and Utilization of Animal Welfare Modules: Enhancing the Quality for Students of Food Animal Agriculture and Health," 2001-2003, under the direction of Jeanne Osborne.

Mary O'Sullivan, Education, $264,000 U.S. Department of Education "Physical Education for Progress (PEP)" Grant to provide systemic professional development for physical education teachers in the Columbus Public Schools, 2001-02, co-recipients are Lois Arend and Diane Barnes, Columbus Public Schools.

Performance

Lee Martin, English, "From Our House," reading, at the Prairie Schooner 75th Anniversary Celebration Conference, Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 12, and "Quakertown," reading, at the Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 13.

Presentations

Brenda Jo Brueggemann, English, presented "A Juggling Act" at the Writing Program Administrators Annual Conference, Miami University, Oxford, Oct. 5 and "Women, Writing, Deafness" at the 3rd Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference, Millikin University, Oct. 19.

J.F. Buckley, English, presented "Rehearsing Manifest Destiny: How the Overland Trail Helped Cross-Dress the American Hero" at the 5th Congress of the Americas Conference, Universidad de Americas, Pueblo, Mexico, Oct. 20.

Matthew J. Cannon, OARDC and Animal Sciences, presented "Presence and Steady-state Amounts of mRNA Encoding Costimulatory Molecules CD80 and CD86 in Bovine Luteal Tissue during the Estrous Cycle and PGF2a-induced Luteal Regression" at the 34th Annual Society for the Study of Reproduction Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 28-Aug. 1.

Horacio Cardenas, Animal Science, presented "Expression of the Androgen Receptor and Follicle-stimulating Hormone Receptor in Porcine Ovarian Follicles during the Follicular Phase" at the 6th International Conference on Pig Reproduction, University of Missouri-Columbia, June 3-6, co-presenter was W.F. Pope, and "Increased Ovulation Rate in Gilts Treated with Dihydrotestosterone" at the 34th Annual Society for the Study of Reproduction Conference, University of Ottawa, Canada, July 18-Aug. 1, co-presenter was W.F. Pope.

Chuck Curtis, Plant Pathology, presented "The Biotechnology Science Education Initiative: An Outreach Phase of Planning for Ohio's Teachers and Students" at the Outreach Scholarship 2001 Annual Conference, State College, Pa., Oct. 14.

Diane Dagefoerde and Gwen Davis, Humanities Information Systems, presented "The Web Project Readiness Checklist: Five Key Components that Must be in Place for a Web Project to Succeed" at the WebNet 2001: World Conference on the WWW and Internet, Orlando, Fla., Oct. 25.

Dan Farrell, Philosophy, presented "Transcendence and Spirituality in Rothko's Later Work" at the Spirituality and the Arts Conference, School of Visual Arts, New York, Oct. 17.

Carole Fink, History, presented "A New International Bill of Rights? The Minority Treaties after World War I" at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, Oct. 15.

Mark Headings, Agricultural Technical Institute, presented "International Consulting" at the Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education, Rock Valley College, Rockford, Ill., Oct. 12-13.

Wendy Hesford, English, presented "Globalization, Student Activism, and Community Service Learning as Materialist Practices" at the Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Millikin University, October 2001.

Amy Lahmers, Animal Sciences, and Carl Zulauf, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, presented "Incorporating Effort into Student Grades" at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Aug. 6.

Dennis Minahen, French and Italian, presented "Specular Reflections: Rimbaud's Prevision of Lacan's Stade du miroir in Enfance" at the 27th Annual 19th-Century French Studies Colloquium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Oct. 18-20.

Patrick B. Mullen, English, presented "Personal and Political Concerns in African American Children's Rhymes: 1971 and 2001" at the 13th Congress of the International Society for Folk Narrative Research, Melbourne, Australia, July 19.

John Tully, History, "The Department of History: A Case Study in Instructional Innovation" at the Technology Enhanced Learning and Research Awareness Series, Oct. 16.

J. Marshall Unger, East Asian Languages and Literatures, presented "Substratum and Adstratum in Prehistoric Japanese" at the XVth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 13-17, and "Lexical Strata in Early Japanese and Korean" at the UCLA Center for Japanese Studies, Los Angeles, May 7.

Bill Weiss, OARDC and Animal Sciences, presented "NRC 2001: Energy" at the 4-State Dairy Nutrition Conference, La Crosse, Wis., July 11.

William P. Weiss, OARDC and Animal Sciences, presented "The Energy System in NRC, 2001" at the Maryland Nutrition Conference, Tinmonium, Md., May 2, and "Relationships between Trace Mineral/Vitamin Nutrition and Dairy Cow Health" at the Provimi Inc. Dairy Nutrition Symposium, Brussels, Belgium, May 8.

Jodi Winkler, OARDC and Animal Sciences, presented "Expression on Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in the Ovine Endometrium is Dependent on the State of the Cycle" at the American Society for Reproductive Immunology Conference, Chicago, June 9-12.

Publications

Danilo M. Baylen, Instructional Design and Development, Mansfield, "Health Professions Education Online: A Case Study," Journal of Allied Health, Vol. 30 (2001), pp. 183-87, co-authors are J. Glacken and D.M. Baylen.

C.R. Burke, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "Effects of Maturity of the Potential Ovulatory Follicle on Induction of Oestrus and Ovulation in Cattle with Oestradiol Benzoate," Animal Reproduction Science, Vol. 66 (2001), pp. 161-74, co-authors are M.L. Mussard, D.E. Grum and M.L. Day, Animal Sciences; "Use of Progesterone to Induce and Synchronize Estrus in Cattle: Application of CIDR Technology," Proceedings of the XXV Congress in National de Buiatria, Veracruz, Mexico, (August 2001), co-author is M.L. Day; and "Estradiol Benzoate (EB) Inhibits Secretion of LH and Induces Atresia of Dominant Follicles within 36 Hours in Cyclic Heifers," Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 79 (2001), Abstr. 137, co-authors are S. Morgan, Dexcel Research Ltd., and M.L. Mussard, D.E. Grum and M.L. Day, Animal Sciences.

Matthew J. Cannon and Joy L. Pate, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "Presence and Steady-state Amounts of mRNA Encoding Costimulatory Molecules CD80 and CD86 in Bovine Luteal Tissue during the Estrous Cycle and PGF2a-induced Luteal Regression," Biology of Reproduction, Vol. 64, No. 1 (2001), p. 287.

S. Ching and D.C. Mahan, Animal Sciences, "Ascorbic Acid Synthesis in Fetal Neonatal Pigs and in Pregnant and Postpartum Sows," pp. 1997-2001 and "Liver L-gulonolactone Oxidase Activity and Tissue Ascorbic Acid Concentration in Nursing Pigs and the Effect of Various Weaning Age," pp. 2002-06, Journal of Nutrition, No. 131 (2001).

H.Y. Chung, M.E. Davis and H.C. Hines, Animal Sciences, "Genetic Variants Detected by PCR-RFLP in intron 6 of the Bovine Calpastatin Gene," Animal Genetics, Vol. 32 (2001), p. 53.

B.A. Dehority, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "Preliminary Study on the Requirements of Entodinium exiguum and Entodinium caudatum for Live or Dead Bacteria When Cultured in Vitro," Reproduction Nutrition Development, Vol. 41 (2001), pp. 41-46, co-author is M. Fondevila, University of Zaragoza, Spain, and "The Rumen Ciliate Fauna of Domestic Sheep (ovis ammon aires) from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Vol. 48 (2001), pp. 455-59, co-authors are B. Cocmen, S.R. Rastgeldy and G.H. Talu, Biology, Ege University, Turkey.

M. Fondevila and B.A. Dehority, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "Preliminary Study on the Requirements of Entodinium Exiguum and E. caudatum for Live or Dead Bacteria when Cultured in Vitro," Reproduction Nutrition Development, Vol. 41 (2001), pp. 41-46.

W. Ge, M.E. Davis, H.C. Hines and K.M. Irvin, Animal Sciences, "Association of a Genetic Marker with Blood Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor I Concentration and Growth Traits in Angus Cattle," Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 79 (2001), pp. 1757-62, co-author is R.C.M. Simmen, University of Florida.

Hannibal Hamlin, English, Mansfield, review of After the Heavenly Song: English Poetry and the Aspiration to Song (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 2000), Early Modern Literary Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2 (September 2001).

Donald R. Haurin, Economics, "The Choice of Tax Base by Local Authorities: Voter Preferences, Special Interest Groups, and Tax Base Diversification," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 31 (2001), pp. 633-49, co-author is H. Leroy Gill.

Andrew Hudgins, English, "Transcending Hardscrabble: The Vision of Walt McDonald," The Southern Humanities Review (Summer 2001), pp. 209-33, and "A Flag of Honeysuckle" and "They Must Be Poetry," The Kenyon Review (Summer/Fall 2001) pp. 84-87.

Charles Klopp, French and Italian, "Buster Keaton Goes to Africa: Gianni Celati's Adventure in Africa," ItaliAfrica: Bridging Continents and Cultures, edited by Sante Matteo (Stony Brook, N.Y.: 2001), pp. 337-47.

Z. Li, K.E. Nestor, J.W. Anderson and R.A. Patterson, OARDC and Animal Sciences, and Y.M. Saif, OARDC and Food Animal Health, "Effect of Selection for Increased Body Weight in Turkeys on Lymphold Organ Weights, Phagocytosis and Antibody Responses to Fowl Cholera and Newcastle Disease-inactivated Vaccines," Poultry Science, No. 80 (2001), pp. 689-94.

H.-K. Lui, D.W. Long and W.L. Bacon, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "Preovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Surge Interval in Old and Young Laying Turkey Hens Early in the Egg Production Period," Poultry Science, No. 80 (2001), pp. 1364-70, and "Frequency of Luteinizing Hormone Surges and Egg Production Rate in Turkey Hens," Biology of Reproduction, No. 64 (2001), pp. 1769-75, co-author is K.E. Nestor.

Michael Meckler, Greek and Latin, "The ÔFive Good Emperors' of the Third Century," Paktika IA' Diethnous Synedriou Klassikon Spoudon (Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of Classical Studies), Vol. 1 (Athens, 2001), pp. 565-76.

K.E. Nestor, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "Identification of New Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms in a Closed Experimental Line of Beltsville Small White Turkeys," pp. 1109-11, "Genetic Variation in Pure Lines and Crosses of Large-bodied Turkey Lines. 1. Body Weight, Walking Ability, and Body Measurements of Live Birds," pp. 1087-92, and "Genetic Variation in Pure Lines and Crosses of Large-bodied Turkey Lines. 2. Carcass Traits and Body Shape," pp. 1093-1104, Poultry Science, No. 80 (2001), co-authors are J.W. Anderson and S.G. Velleman, OARDC and Animal Sciences.

K.E. Nestor, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "Incubation Temperature Affects Plasma Insulin-like Growth Factors in Embryos from Selected Lines of Turkeys," Poultry Science, No. 80 (2001), pp. 949-54, co-authors are V.L. Christensen and W.F. Donaldson, Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, and J.P. McMurtry, USDA, ARS, Livestock and Poultry Scientific Institute.

M.G. Petroff and J.L. Pate, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "Mechanisms of Cytokine-induced Death of Cultured Bovine Luteal Cells," Journal of Reproduction, No. 121 (2001), pp. 753-60, co-author is B.K. Petroff, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center.

J.E. Rossi and S.C. Loerch, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "Proportion of Corn Silage in Diets of Feedlot Steers Fed to Achieve Stepwise Increases in Growth," pp. 1402-08, and "Effects of Programmed Growth Rate and Days Fed on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Feedlot Steers," pp. 1394-1401, Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 79 (2001).

Leila Rupp, History, "Toward a Global History of Same-Sex Sexuality," Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 10 (April 2001), pp. 287-302.

J.P. Schoonmaker, F.L. Fluharty and S.C. Loerch, OARDC and Animal Sciences, T.B. Turner and S.J. Moeller, Animal Sciences, and D.M. Wulf, South Dakota State University, "Effect of Weaning Status and Implant Regimen on Growth, Performance, and Carcass Characteristics of Steers," Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol. 79 (2001), pp. 1074-84.

J. Marshall Unger, East Asian Languages and Literatures, "Function Digraphia in Japan as Revealed in Consumer Product Preferences," International Journal of the Sociology of Language, No. 150 (2001), p. 14152, and review of Nanette Gottlieb's "Word-processing Technology in Japan: Kanji and the Keyboard," The Times Higher Education Supplement (London), Oct. 12.

S.G. Velleman and K.E. Nestor, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "Mode of Inheritance of the Low Score Normal Condition in Chickens," Poultry Science, Vol. 80 (2001), pp. 1273-77.

Kenneth G. Wilson and Constance Barsky, Physics, "The One Culture: A Conversation About Science," From Social Construction to Questions for Research: The Promise of the Sociology of Science, pp. 142-155, and Beyond Social Construction, pp. 291-95 (University of Chicago Press, 2001).

Recognitions

Taylan Altan, Mechanical Engineering, received the Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' Jacob Wallenberg Foundation Prize and $10,000.

Wayne Bacon, OARDC and Animal Science, has been named a Fellow by the Poultry Science Association for his excellence in research in the area of poultry physiology and endocrinology.

Maurice Eastridge, Extension and Animal Sciences, received the American Dairy Science Association's DeLaval Dairy Extension Award for his "valuable and noteworthy contributions in developing dairy nutrition and production educational programs."

Audeen W. Fentiman, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, and Leonard Brillson, Electrical Engineering and Physics, and Richard Boyd, Physics and Astronomy, have been named Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dennis Hartzler, OARDC Animal Sciences, received the OARDC Outstanding Staff Award for 2001.

Mark Headings, Agricultural Technical Institute, received the 2001 College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award for ATI.

Peter Ling, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, received the American Society of Agricultural Engineers Leadership Citation for 2001.

Steve Loerch, OARDC and Animal Sciences, received the American Society of Animal Science's American Feed Industry Association Award in Ruminant Nutrition Research for the excellence of his publication record of the 10 years prior to his award.

Joel L. Morrison, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science and Center for Mapping, received the International Cartographic Association's Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal for significant contributions of an original nature to the field of cartography.

Peer Power, a Women's Studies program, received the first College of Humanities Diversity Enhancement Award.

G. Micheal Riley, History, received the College of Humanities Exemplary Faculty Award for 2001.

Ahmet Selamet, Mechanical Engineering, is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America.

Bill Weiss, OARDC and Animal Sciences, received the American Dairy Science Association's American Feed Industry Association Award for the "best original published work on dairy cattle nutrition during the 10 calendar years immediately prior to the award's reception."

Service

Wayne Bacon, OARDC and Animal Sciences, team-taught the Poultry Physiology course at the Midwest Poultry Consortium at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, June 18-22.

Terry Barrett, Art Education, served as juror for the national art exhibition, "Pink Onions: Reflections on the Nostalgic Tenderness and Raw Pungency of Youth," Bowling Green State University, Jan. 16-Feb.8.

Nicholas Breyfogle, History, organized the international conference on "Peopling the ÔPeriphery': Russian Settlers in Eurasia from Muscovy to Recent Times," Ohio State, Sept. 29-30.

Steve Martin, Student Affairs, has been reappointed to the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Veterans Home.

J. Marshall Unger, East Asian Languages and Literatures, is on the advisory boards of Japanese Language and Literature and Journal of Japanese Studies.

Notables

ARL appointment

Joseph Branin, director of University Libraries, has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).

Branin provides leadership for one of the largest university libraries systems in the nation. He came to Ohio State in 2000 from SUNY-Stony Brook. Branin has been a consultant to many libraries and has overseen grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the New Media Center, the Council for Library Resources and the Bush Foundation dealing with the introduction of new information technologies to libraries.

ARL is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 120 libraries of North American institutions that operates as a forum for the exchange of ideas and an agent for collective action.

WOSU Emmy

WOSU-TV received two nominations in the 37th Annual Midwestern Emmy Award competition when nominations were announced last spring. At the ceremony at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati on June 23, WOSU was presented with an Emmy Award in the Interview/Discussion category for Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: A Family Conversation.

A program on AML treatment, from the Ohio Pharmaceutical Education Network Series, was nominated in the Instructional category.