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Speech and Hearing Science Scholars Honored
 Robert Fox, chair and professor, and Roy Koenigsknecht, professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, were recently honored by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) for their contributions to the professions of speech-language pathology, audiology, and speech and hearing science. Koenigsknecht was recognized with the Honors of the Association, the highest honor ASHA bestows, for contributions so significant that they have enhanced or altered the course of communication sciences and disorders. Fox was honored with a fellowship, for outstanding contributions to the discipline of communication sciences and disorders.
Twelve Ohio State Mathematicians Named
AMS Fellows
Vitaly Bergelson, Jim Cogdell, Avner Friedman, Marty Golubitsky, David Goss, Barbara Keyfitz, Steve Milne, Boris Mityagin, Henri Moscovici, Dijen Ray-Chaudhuri, Neil Robertson, and Ron Solomon were named to the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the world's largest and most influential society dedicated to mathematical research, scholarship, and education. The new AMS Fellows Program recognizes accomplished mathematicians who have made major contributions to understanding important mathematical questions; to applications throughout the scientific world; and to educational excellence. Fellows were selected from more than 600 institutions worldwide, averaging less than two AMS fellows per institution, but for Ohio State–leading the world with 12 Fellows.
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AAAS Brown Bag Lecture
 The Department of African American and African Studies announces a brown bag presentation featuring Assistant Professor Simone C. Drake. The talk, “ The Devil and the Saint: Why Condoleezza Rice and Michelle Obama Aren't that Different," is November 9, 12:30-2 pm, 347 University Hall, 230 North Oval Mall. For more information contact, Sarah Van Beurden or the Department of African American and African Studies, 292-3700.
Black Veterans Day Salute
 The Department of African American and African Studies Community Extension Center hosts the 7th Annual Black Veterans Day Salute honoring African-American men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Saturday, November 10, 11:30 am - 1:20 pm, 905 Mount Vernon Avenue, Columbus.
Children's Hospital Oncology Fundraiser
Historian to be Featured at Chicago Humanities Festival
 Kevin Boyle, professor of history, and author of Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age, winner of the 2004 National Book Award for Nonfiction, is giving the Baskes Lecture in History at this year’s Chicago Humanities Festival, Sunday, November 11. Click for more information/tickets.
Join ASC Alumni and Ohio State Students to Talk Election Results
Join the conversation about the outcome of the 2012 presidential election with political science professors Herb Asher and Herb Weisberg, arts and sciences alumni, and Ohio State students, Thursday, November 15, 6:30-9 pm, Faculty Club. Register here. Refreshments will be served.
The Geography of War
 Derek Gregory, professor of geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, speaks on war’s geography – military logistics, weapons systems, and the emergence of new media–to convey the theatre of war, Friday, November 16, 4:30 pm, 0100 Mendenhall. This event is one of many hosted by the department in celebration of Geography Awareness Week.
Dance Uptown Staged November 16 and 17
 The Department of Dance stages Dance Uptown: Feast Your Senses at 8 pm Friday, November 16, and Saturday, November 17, in Mershon Auditorium. Dance Uptown is a contemporary dance concert with a sensual and diverse palette of flavors and styles. It will spotlight original works by choreographers: Rodney A. Brown, Susan Hadley, Noa Zuk and Ohad Fishof; and Melanie Bales in collaboration with dramaturge Catherine Turocy. Tickets, Wexner Center Ticket Office. Information, Department of Dance website.
ASC Staff Advisory Council Staff Workshop Series
Flower Arranging with Wen Tsai, Tuesday, November 20, 4:30-5:15 pm, 451 Hagerty Hall. Join Wen Tsai, fiscal and human resources officer, Department of Comparative Studies, for a workshop on how to create floral arrangements. Fresh flowers and other supplies will be purchased in advance by the ASC Staff Advisory Council. All participants have the opportunity to create an arrangement to take home with them for the Thanksgiving holiday. The cost is $5 per person (to cover a portion of floral costs). Space is limited to 15 participants. RSVP by November 15 to Ruth Friedman.
Hot off “The Press” MBD Autumn 2012 Newsletter
 Read and see why the Museum of Biological Diversity is not just about “dead things in drawers.” Graduate student Sam Bolton discovered a new mite—in the MBD backyard—and museum stakeholders talk about the many ways the diverse and comprehensive MBD collections help them in their studies.
U-WE Service-Learning Spring Seminar
The Undergraduate Writing Experience for Social Change (U-WE) is a spring 2013 non-credit seminar for juniors, seniors, and GAs. Students learn writing for social change, discuss real-world education issues, and create a multi-media presentation based on their service-learning work in Columbus City Schools. For more information contact Nancy Hill-McClary, Center for the Study of Teaching of Writing (CSTW), 614-688-5357. |
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