| AUG. 26, 2015 | TWEET! |
NEWS & UPDATES
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RSVP by August 31
Join Dean Manderscheid for the first annual Welcome Address and Reception, Thursday, Sept. 3, 1:30-3 p.m., in Hughes Hall Auditorium. Kick-off the new academic year and celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the College of Arts and Sciences. RSVP today! |
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Welcome Back!
Bright, shiny, new: another academic year begins. Take a deep breath. Look around. Savor the moment. Dean Manderscheid takes a moment to reflect on the excitement of a new academic year; a warm Buckeye Welcome with new freshman at the Student Involvement fair; and another record-breaking incoming class. |
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Microbiology Researchers Find 12,500 New Virus Genomes Affecting Microbes
Matthew Sullivan, assistant professor, microbiology, is senior author of a study published in the online journal eLife, finding genomic sequences of nearly 12,500 previously uncharacterized viruses, made possible by a computational tool developed by postdoc and study lead author, Simon Roux. |
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CLLC Selected to Receive Steelcase Learning Center Grant
The Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures (CLLC) is one of just 12 recipients across the U.S. and Canada awarded a 2015 Active Learning Center grant from Steelcase Education. The $50,000 grant provides the means to transform the classroom, enhancing student engagement. |
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Psychology Professor Receives Campbell Award
Jennifer Crocker, professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar, social psychology, will receive the Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Donald Campbell Award for Distinguished Scholarly Achievement, recognizing distinguished scholarly achievement and sustained excellence in research, at their annual meeting in January, in San Diego. Crocker is an influential scholar on social stigma, self and identity and mental health. |
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Psychology Chair Receives Distinguished Scientist Award
Richard Petty, professor and chair, psychology, will receive the Society of Experimental Social Psychology’s Distinguished Scientist Award, its oldest, most prestigious prize, reserved for the field’s luminaries. Petty is internationally recognized for pioneering work on attitudes and persuasion. He will receive the award at the society’s annual meeting in September, in Denver. |
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Software Update in the College of Arts and Sciences
Are you running an old version of Microsoft or Adobe software and need a newer version? ASC Technology Services can help bring your software up to date. |
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Email, Find People Directory Display Preferred First Name
Find People, University Email Systems and BuckeyeMail have been updated to allow searching with a preferred first name and legal last name. Beginning Aug. 19, a Preferred First Name set through my.osu.edu will affect both email display name and name in the online Find People directory. You can change your Preferred First Name at my.osu.edu. |
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Arts and Sciences Doctoral Students Awarded Fulbright-Hays Grant
Three arts and sciences doctoral candidates: Noah Dunham, Anthropology; Heather Fair, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology; and Peter Tunkis, Political Science; received U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship grants to engage in full-time research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. |
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