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1. Alumni generate Pulitzer pride
2. Researchers receive top honors in science
3. New undergrad major fosters medical research
4. New veterinary public health specialization created
5. Graduate School undergoes review
6. Piketon Endeavor Center opens for business
7. Knowlton School of Architecture honored for literary style
8. College of Veterinary Medicine names new dean
9. Dentistry faculty named best in U.S.
10. SBS honors Huber Faculty Fellows
11. Professor reaps agricultural acclaim 12. Engineering
prof receives NSF CAREER Award
********** TOP HEADLINES FOR MAY 2005
ALUMNI GENERATE PULITZER PRIDE
Three Ohio State graduates won the coveted Pulitzer Prize
for excellence in
editorial cartooning, national reporting, and feature
writing. All three say
their Ohio State education and experiences were instrumental
in helping them
capture the prize.
- Nick Anderson, editorial cartoonist for the Louisville
Courier-Journal,
was cited "for his unusual graphic style that produced
extraordinarily
thoughtful and powerful messages." Anderson, who earned
his B.A. in
Political Science in 1990, was cartoonist for Ohio State's
student
newspaper, The Lantern, during his career as a student.
- Walt Bogdanich, an investigative reporter for The New York
Times, won his
second career Pulitzer "for his heavily documented
stories about the
corporate cover-up of responsibility for fatal accidents at
railway
crossings." Bogdanich earned his master's degree in
1976 as part of the
Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism.
- Julia Keller, a Chicago Tribune reporter, was recognized
"for her
gripping, meticulously reconstructed account of a deadly
10-second tornado
that ripped through Utica, Ill." Keller earned her
Ph.D. in English from
Ohio State in 1995. She reported for The Columbus Dispatch
from 1981 to
1998.
READ MORE http://www.osu.edu/dosomethinggreat/pulitzer05/index.php
RESEARCHERS RECEIVE TOP HONORS IN SCIENCE
Two Ohio State researchers--a noted glaciologist and an
acclaimed inorganic
chemist--have been elected to the National Academy of
Sciences, one of the
country's most prestigious scientific honors:
- Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor of
geological sciences
and an expert on the effects that global climate change is
having on the
shrinking of glaciers and ice fields around the globe
- Malcolm Chisholm, a professor of chemistry and leading
researcher in the
field of developing "smart" materials and
innovative polymers.
READ MORE http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/newnas.htm
NEW UNDERGRAD MAJOR FOSTERS MEDICAL RESEARCH
Ohio State's College of Medicine and Public Health will
offer a new
undergrad major autumn quarter for incoming students
interested in combining
health care with advanced scientific research. The
biomedical science major
will be based in the School of Allied Medical Professions
and is designed to
prepare students for medical school, a biomedical research
program, or one
of many professional health or health-related programs.
READ MORE
http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/mediaroom/press/article.cfm?ID=2026&i=0
NEW VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIZATION CREATED
To address the increasing threat of diseases passed from
animals to humans,
the College of Veterinary Medicine and the School of Public
Health have
created a new veterinary public health specialization within
the Master of
Public Health (MPH) degree program. The program,
particularly beneficial to
students planning to apply to a DVM program, is currently
taking
applications for autumn quarter 2005.
READ MORE http://vet.osu.edu/vetpublichealth
GRADUATE SCHOOL UNDERGOES REVIEW
Executive Vice President and Provost Barbara Snyder has
charged an 11-member
committee to review the Graduate School. Chaired by Paul
Beck, dean of
social and behavioral sciences, the committee is being asked
to consider the
current structure and functions of the school, define an
optimal structure
and functions, and make recommendations.
PIKETON ENDEAVOR CENTER OPENS FOR BUSINESS
Construction of a new Ohio State business facility, designed
to increase
jobs and boost economic development throughout southern
Ohio, is now
complete and open for business. The 27,000-square-foot
Endeavor Center
Business Incubator and Training Facility, located on the
grounds of Ohio
State's South Centers at Piketon, is available to assist
local business
owners in expansion or to help jump-start new businesses.
READ MORE http://southcenters.osu.edu
KNOWLTON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE HONORED FOR LITERARY STYLE
The KSA Library received the Award of Excellence in the
American Institute
of Architects and the American Library Association's 2005
Library Buildings
Award Program, which recognizes excellence in the
architectural design and
planning of libraries. The KSA library is a two-story,
glass-box, book-lined
room overlooking a rooftop garden. The library has 30,000
volumes and
seating for 70 people in 40 table seats and 30 lounge
chairs, each designed
by a famous architect or designer.
READ MORE http://knowlton.osu.edu/newscenter/show.asp?ID=469
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE NAMES NEW DEAN
Thomas Rosol, Ohio State's former senior associate vice
president for
research, has been named dean of the College of Veterinary
Medicine.
Since Rosol joined Ohio State's faculty in 1986, he has
taught in the
College of Medicine and Public Health, the College of
Dentistry, and in the
College of Veterinary Medicine. Subject to approval by the
Board of
Trustees, his appointment begins July 1.
READ MORE http://vet.osu.edu/1121.htm
DENTISTRY FACULTY NAMED BEST IN U.S.
Eighteen of the 53 Columbus-area dentists named as "The
Best Dentists in
America" are members of Ohio State's College of
Dentistry faculty. The South
Carolina firm Woodward/White, Inc. conducted a nationwide
survey of dentists
and compiled a database of more than 7,000 dentists in eight
specialties,
"The Best Dentists in America 2004-05." The
College of Dentistry is part of
the Ohio State Health Sciences Center, one of the most
comprehensive health
sciences centers in the U.S.
SBS HONORS HUBER FACULTY FELLOWS
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences has selected
three Joan N.
Huber Faculty Fellows: John Bruno, professor of psychology
and neuroscience
whose research deals with reducing the impact of age- and
trauma-related
deficits; David Jacobs, professor of sociology and renowned
scholar in
criminology and political sociology; and Mei-Po Kwan,
professor of geography
whose research focuses on individual accessibility in
space-time,
telecommunications, and information technologies; human
activity patterns;
and gender and race issues in urban transportation.
READ MORE http://www.osu.edu/news/lvl2_news_story.php?id=1064
PROFESSOR REAPS AGRICULTURAL ACCLAIM
Internationally recognized soil scientist Rattan Lal is one
of two
recipients of this year's Norman E. Borlaug Award, presented
annually for
contributions to global food security. Lal, who directs the
Carbon
Management and Sequestration Center at Ohio State, focuses
on soil carbon
sequestration as a means to improve soil quality, advance
food security, and
use sound agricultural practices to help control the release
of carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere.
READ MORE http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~news/story.php?id=3062
ENGINEERING PROF EARNS NSF CAREER AWARD
Katharine Flores, materials science and engineering, has
received a
prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career
Development
Program CAREER Award. Flores was awarded $500,000 over five
years for her
proposal, "Development of a Structurally Based Plastic
Flow Model to Enhance
the Utilization of Bulk Metallic Glasses."
READ MORE http://www.eng.ohio-state.edu/news/coe_news/coe_news.html
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