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Strong Lungs Key to Healthy Mind
 Charles Emery, professor of psychology, and an investigator in Ohio State’s Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, is lead author of a new study linking the ability to breathe well with warding off cognitive decline. Keeping the lungs healthy could be an important way to retain thinking functions that relate to problem-solving and processing speed in one’s later years, according to Emery.
Ohio State’s Heineken Prize Laureate Gives Closing Remarks at International Awards Ceremony
 Geoffrey Parker, Distinguished University Professor and Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History, awarded the Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for History 2012, gave closing remarks at a special International awards ceremony in Amsterdam on September 27. The prize includes a $150,000 cash award and is given biennially by the 200-year-old Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. It recognizes international scholars and scientists who exemplify the highest levels of accomplishment in their areas.The awards were presented to Parker and four other laureates by the Prince of Orange, crown prince of the Netherlands.
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Save the Date: ASC SAC World Café
Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 1, at 2 pm for the ASC Staff Advisory Council World Café to discuss staff rewards and recognition. Light refreshments will be served. More information to come. RSVP by October 29.
Arts and Sciences Undergraduate
e-Newsletter – October Issue
CATCO Play Highlights Ohio State Faculty, Alumni
 CATCO Theatre’s production of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, presented at the Riffe Center’s Studio Two Theatre October 10-28, has a full slate of Ohio State faculty and alumni who are key parts of the production, from the director and lighting designer to costumer and cast members.
Creative Writing Program Visiting Writer Series presents Rebecca Makkai
The Department of English Creative Writing Program invites you to attend a reading by Rebecca Makkai on Saturday, October 13, 8 pm in Thompson Library, room 165. Makkai will be reading excerpts from her latest publications and answering questions from the audience. The reading is free and open to the public. For more information about this event, please contact Kelli Fickle, Academic Program Coordinator, at (614) 292-2242.
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Psychology Professor Receives Grant
 Stephen Petrill, professor of psychology, has been awarded a $2,394,311 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to establish a NICHD Learning Disabilities Innovation Hub entitled Neurobiological Underpinnings of Math and Reading Comorbidity: A Twin Study. The 4-year project will integrate findings from the behavioral, genetic, brain imaging, and reading/math disability literatures to examine the mechanisms that affect variation and co-variation in brain structure, brain function, math outcomes, and reading outcomes.
Sharp Awarded Right Livelihood Award
 Gene Sharp (1951, MA, Sociology; 1949, Social Sciences), a senior scholar at the Albert Einstein Institution, was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, for outstanding vision and work on behalf of our planet and its people. Sharp is considered the world’s foremost expert on nonviolent revolution.
Astronomy Researcher Receives John Wheatley Award
 Sultana Nahar, research scientist, astronomy, received the 2013 John Wheatley Award sponsored by the Forum on International Physics. The Prize recognizes dedicated physicists who have made contributions to the development of physics in countries of the third world. It consists of $2,000 and a certificate.
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The Canterbury Tales Remixed; 2-3:30 pm, Gateway Film Center, 1550 N High St.
Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Second Language Studies Annual Lecture, Great Expectations' in 2012: Revisiting the Link Between L2 Research and L2 Teaching, Patsy Lightbown of Concordia University, Contact Wynne Wong for more information, 4-5 pm, Ohio Union Cartoon Room, 1739 N High St.
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