Veterans Day activities set for university

In recognition of Veterans Day Nov. 11, Ohio State is hosting activities to honor university co-workers who are military veterans, and all veterans who have served and are currently serving in the military.

• The OSU ROTC cadets will conduct a Rock Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 6 honoring Ohio State war dead by laying a wreath at the rock in front of Bricker Hall, playing "Taps" and performing a 21-gun salute.

• Four-star Gen. Lester L. Lyles, commander of the Air Force Material Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, is the guest speaker at a Veterans Day Lunch from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Faculty Club Grand Lounge. Veterans lunches are open to all Ohio State faculty, staff and student veterans. For details or reservations, contact Bill Hospodar at 292-7047 or hospodar.3@osu.edu.

Nominations sought by Academic Affairs

The Office of Academic Affairs is seeking nominations for three high-profile awards: the Distinguished University Professor, the Faculty Award for Distinguished University Service, and the University Distinguished Lecture Series. Nominations should be forwarded to the Office of Academic Affairs, 203 Bricker Hall, by Dec. 1.

For further information, visit the Web at http://oaa.osu.edu/06awards.html or contact Molly Davis, program manager, at 292-5881 or davis.436@osu.edu.

Marks to deliver Evans Award Lecture Nov. 7

Tobin Marks, the Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry and professor of materials science and engineering in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University, is the featured speaker this year in the Department of Chemistry's annual Evans Award Lecture Nov. 7. The public lecture, "Nanophotonics: Materials and Devices that Process Light," will explore the interdisciplinary work in materials chemistry that is helping researchers build unique molecules into tiny electronic devices. The talk will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 1000 McPherson Laboratory. A reception will follow from 5-7 p.m.

For details, contact Melissa Weber at 292-2254 or visit the Web at http://www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/seminars/evans/evans03.html.

Nichols is Diversity Lecture guest

Edwin Nichols, director of Nichols and Associates, an applied behavioral science firm specializing in organization development, will deliver "Cultural Competence for the Global Economy: A Requirement for Employment in the 21st Century" at 4 p.m. Nov. 4 in the Ohio Union. The lecture is part of the President and Provost's Diversity Lecture Series for 2003-04.

For details, contact Frank Hale at 688-4255, or visit the Web at www.osu.edu/diversity/buffer2.html.

Glenn is Odyssey 2000 lecture series guest

The John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy is hosting "Citizens and Leaders: A Conversation with Astronaut and Senator John Glenn," at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 4 in Weigel Hall.

Reserved seating is required. For reservations, call 688-3206 or e-mail glenninstitute@admin.ohio-state.edu by Oct. 30.

Small Society exhibit opens Nov. 2

The Ohio State Cartoon Research Library will mount a major exhibition of the original daily and Sunday publication, The Small Society, Nov. 2-Feb. 27, 2004. Approximately 50 comic strips, selected from the Morrie Brickman Collection, will be displayed in the Reading Room Gallery.

To celebrate the opening of the exhibit, there will be a reading of Brickman's unpublished play, Coming of Age, and a lecture by Jules Feiffer, "The Cartoonist as Playwright," at 2 p.m. Nov. 2 in the Faculty Club Grand Lounge. A reception at the library will follow. The event and exhibition are free and open to the public.

For details, call 292-0538, or e-mail cartoons@osu.edu.

Faculty Recognition Reception is Oct. 29Ý

University Libraries and the Office of Academic Affairs will host a reception from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Faculty Club Grand Lounge to honor all OSU faculty granted tenure or promotion in 2003.

Faculty being honored were asked to select a library book to be plated in recognition of their accomplishments, including a statement of why the book is significant to them.

The reception is open to the university community. For details, contact Marsha Hamilton at 247-7461 or hamilton.8@osu.edu.

Multicultural Center offers program funding

The Multicultural Center is seeking faculty who would like to connect to the center by developing programming in support of the center's 2003-04 theme "Community, Identity and the Quest for the ëGood Life.'"

Up to $5,000 may be awarded for proposed programming that is produced in collaboration with staff partners in the MCC and has an academic component. Proposals may be submitted no fewer than 30 days prior to the date of the program or event.

For details or an application form, call 688-8449, e-mail kane.74@osu.edu, or visit http://multiculturalcenter.osu.edu.

Creative Writing hosts Banks, Twichell

The OSU Creative Writing Program Reading Series is hosting a public reading at 8 p.m. Oct. 28 with Russell Banks and Chase Twichell. The free event will be held in the Wexner Film/Video Theater.

Two of Banks' works, Affliction and The Sweet Hereafter were made into feature films, while his latest collection of stories, The Angel on the Roof, has garnered critical acclaim.

Twichell's books of poetry include The Snow Watcher (Ontario Review Press, 1998), The Ghost of Eden (1995) and Perdido (1991). For more information, call 292-2242.

Lunch Bunch to discuss community partners

Bobby Moser, vice president for university outreach, and Lori McKenzie, director of supportive service with Community Properties of Ohio, are the guest speakers at the first University District Lunch Bunch meeting of the year, from noon-1:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at Campus Partners, 1824 N. High St. An open forum will follow the panel discussion. Community Properties is an unprecedented community partnership involving 1,335 rental units in Columbus, many of them in the University District.

Bring your own brown bag lunch. Drinks and dessert will be provided. R.S.V.P. to Barbara Millisor, 688-3041, or millisor.1@osu.edu.Ý

Holbrook is UWC speaker Nov. 3

President Karen Holbrook is the guest speaker at the University Women's Club Nov. 3 program, to be held at the Faculty Club. Lunch is at 11:30 a.m.; the program starts at 12:30 p.m.

Meetings are open to women interested in the university community. For details or reservations, call 451-8792, or visit the Web at www.uwc-osu.org.

Cognitive Systems workshop is Oct. 29-31

The new Cognitive Systems Engineering Consortium is hosting a workshop Oct. 29-31, in Fairborn, Ohio, to inaugurate the Consortium of CSE organizations and promote CSE to government and industry.

The Consortium of CSE organizations includes Ohio State's Institute for Ergonomics, Wright State, Georgia Tech, Klein Associates and Dayton area companies with international partners.

For details, visit the Web at www.cognitive-systems.org/workshop. For vanpooling details, contact David Woods at 292-1700 or woods.2@osu.edu.

Gomes to deliver ergonomics lecture

Jose Orlando Gomes, professor of human factors and ergonomics at the Industrial Engineering Department, Polytechnic School, Federal University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will deliver "Advances in Brazilian Ergonomics" from 2-3 p.m. Oct. 31 in 210E Baker Systems. The lecture is part of the Institute for Ergonomics Guest Lecture Series.

For more information, call 292-4565 or e-mail ergonomics@osu.edu.

Party previews Campbell Hall exhibit

The Friends of the OSU Historic Costume and Textiles Collection is hosting a preview party for the latest exhibition at 6 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Campbell Hall atrium. Capitol Fashion focuses on the city of Columbus and a selection of its stores -- Lazarus, Montaldo's, The Union, The Fashion -- to explore the importance of the downtown and its retail stores as the communication center of fashion, cultural and technological trends.

Enjoy refreshments and a tour of the exhibition before it opens to the public on Oct. 29.

For tickets, call 292-3090.