· Wetlands professor wins prestigious water prize
· Distinguished faculty honored at ceremony
· President Holbrook wins national women's award
· Students display FutureTruck in Washington, D.C.
· Baeslack named dean of College of Engineering
· Ohio State alum is pilot to the president
· James doubles its mobile mammography effort
· Holbrook co-hosts Science Coalition roundtable
· Fencing claims first-ever national title

Wetlands professor wins prestigious water prize Years of studying wetland behavior have paid off for Ohio State Professor Bill Mitsch, who last week became co-recipient of the prestigious 2004 Stockholm Water Prize. For water scientists, winning the Stockholm Water Prize is equivalent to winning a Nobel Prize. Mitsch, who directs the Olentangy River Wetlands Research Park on Ohio State's campus, is the fifth researcher from a U.S. institution to receive the Stockholm Water Prize since its inception in 1990. READ MORE >

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Distinguished faculty honored at ceremony

President Holbrook and Interim Provost Barbara Snyder recognized Ohio State's most distinguished faculty at a special event last month. They presented the 2004 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Faculty Award for Distinguished University Service, and the Distinguished Scholar Award to 19 faculty at the annual Faculty Awards Ceremony. READ MORE >

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President Holbrook wins national women's award

President Holbrook and four other nationally known leaders were honored by a Washington, D.C.-based organization designed to support women. Holbrook received the 2004 Women's Center's Leadership Award for leadership and for enriching the lives of women. Holbrook became the first woman to serve as president of Ohio State in October 2002, where she has continued the university's focus on the Academic Plan for moving into the nation's top tier of research institutions. READ MORE >

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Students display FutureTruck in Washington, D.C.

Ohio State's FutureTruck student team displayed its hybrid vehicle in Washington, D.C., last month to increase awareness of the alternative fuel developments taking place on university campuses through the FutureTruck competition. The FutureTruck Competition challenges teams of students from 15 top North American universities to refine their reengineered Ford Explorers to achieve lower-emission and at least 25 percent higher fuel economy, without sacrificing performance, utility, safety and affordability. READ MORE >

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Baeslack named dean of College of Engineering

President Holbrook and Interim Provost Snyder have recommended the appointment of William A. "Bud" Baeslack III as dean of the College of Engineering, effective July 1. Baeslack is a familiar face at the university, having been an Ohio State faculty member since 1982 before leaving in late 1999 to become professor and dean of the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. READ MORE >

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Ohio State alum is pilot to the president

Lt. Col. Bob Piatt's marine helicopter squad is responsible for ferrying the nation's top dignitaries, including President Bush. Other members of the 1987 Ohio State graduate's unit include Majors Randy Engberg, class of '93, and Sam Crisler, class of '92. READ MORE >

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James doubles its mobile mammography effort

When a new mobile mammography coach from the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute takes to the highway in the next couple of weeks, it will offer thousands of central Ohio women the chance to get a mammogram in a fast and efficient manner — at their place of work, on a break, or over their lunch hour. The James' current mobile unit visits between 150 and 200 sites a year and technologists typically see 20 to 30 patients per day, generating 6,000 mammograms a year. The new coach is expected to provide service to an additional 3,000 women this year. READ MORE >

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Holbrook co-hosts Science Coalition roundtable

President Holbrook, along with Arizona State President Michael Crow, co-hosted the Science Coalition's fifth annual Media Roundtable last month at the New York Press Club to discuss major science and policy and funding issues facing the nation today. Media outlets represented included the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report, Business Week, Los Angeles Times, Columbus Dispatch, Arizona Republic, Money Magazine, CBS, ABC, Chronicle of Higher Education, CNBC, CNN, Nature, Scientific American, WNBC-TV, Christian Science Monitor, and others. Many of the media attendees were senior level editors or reporters with longstanding interest in science and education.

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Fencing claims first-ever national title

The Ohio State fencing team recently won its first-ever NCAA National Collegiate Fencing Championship. The Buckeyes outscored second-place Penn State by 34 points en route to the national crown. The team won 97 bouts in both the men's and women's competition.

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