· OSU celebrates national championship Buckeyes
· Longtime Alumni Association president to retire
· Studentís film selected at Sundance competition
· OSU is among top colleges for African Americans
· Ohio State research is among Discoverís top 100
· Fisherís finance department is among top in world
· Top high school students visit, learn about OSU
· Law professor Cole is named state solicitor
· Engineering professor elected IEEE Fellow
· City Club speech addresses economic development
· Download some Buckeye Pride for your desktop
· Tressel selected 2002 national coach of the year
· Cheerleaders in top 10 at national competition

OSU celebrates national championship Buckeyes

Despite frigid temperatures, some 50,000 fans packed into Ohio Stadium to relive game highlights and celebrate Ohio Stateís 2002 National Championship football squad. Among the memorable highlights of historic event — Cie Grant singing ìCarmen, Ohio,î the 13 senior members of the team dotting the ìIî in Script Ohio, and the renaming of Lane Avenue to ìChampions Lane.î Photographs and a video recap of the event are available online. READ MORE >

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Longtime Alumni Association president to retire

Dan L. Heinlen, who helped The Ohio State University Alumni Association grow into one of the nation's strongest and largest alumni organizations, announced today (2/7) that he will retire this December after three decades as its leader. "This has been a wonderful opportunity to serve a great university and an extraordinary group of alumni who are an important force in Ohio State's future," said Heinlen, 65, in a message that revealed his plans to retire on Dec. 31. Heinlen has spent 38 years with the Alumni Association, all but eight at its helm. The Alumni Association is a dues-supported organization of graduates, former students, and friends of Ohio State with more than 123,000 members. READ MORE >

Studentís film selected at Sundance competition

Erica Beeney, a master of fine arts student in the Department of English’s Creating Writing Program, is the winner of this year’s Sundance Film Festival’s Project Greenlight competition — the second such competition run by actors and screenwriters Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Several thousand screenplays were submitted. As the winner, Beeney will have her film made by Miramax and is being provided with a $1 million budget. An HBO documentary will chronicle the production. Beeney’s film is “The Battle of Shaker Heights,” about a war re-enactor who plots with a friend to take on his high school enemy in the Cleveland suburb. The screenplay was selected as the winner by Affleck and Damon and can be read online. READ MORE >

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OSU is among top colleges for African Americans

Ohio State has been selected as one of the countryís 50 best colleges for African Americans by Black Enterprise magazine, appearing for the first time in the annual ranking at No. 45. The article appears in the magazineís January 2003 issue. ìOhio State has long recognized that the key for attracting quality students is to provide an environment that is competitive academically in addition to one where diversity is a respected asset,î said Mac Stewart, vice provost for minority affairs.

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Ohio State research is among Discoverís top 100

The January issue of Discover magazine has named two Ohio State studies among the top 100 science stories of 2002. At No. 51 was Allison Snow, professor of evolution, ecology and organismal biology, and her research on how genetic tinkering with plants could lead to ìsuper-weeds.î Read about Allison Snowís work at http://www.osu.edu/units/research/archive/sungene.htm. At No. 94 was Joseph Krzycki, associate professor of microbiology, and Michael Chan, associate professor of biochemistry and chemistry. They identified the 22nd genetically encoded amino acid, a discovery that is the biological equivalent of physicists finding a new fundamental particle or chemists discovering a new element. An article about Krzyckiís and Chanís discovery of the 22nd amino acid is online at http://www.osu.edu/units/research/archive/aminoacd.htm.

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Fisherís finance department is among top in world

Based on publications in the top 15 finance journals, Ohio Stateís Fisher College of Business finance group placed ninth out of the 100 most productive departments ranked worldwide, according to the recent issue of Financial Management, which ranked finance departments for the period of 1990-2001. When focusing on the top three journals in the field, the Fisher College finance group was ranked 10th in the world among the 923 departments that were eligible for inclusion in the study.

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Top high school students visit, learn about OSU

President Holbrook was among those who welcomed nearly 250 of the top-performing high school seniors in the region to Scholars Day last month. Holbrook invited the prospects to explore Ohio State, and learn about the unparalleled benefits and opportunities offered by a large research university. Scholars Day, now in its fourth year, gives university officials the opportunity to share information about academic resources. Students, attending by invitation only, rank in the top 20 percent of their high school class and averaged a minimum score of 25 on their ACT. Students toured the campus and met with faculty, staff and current students enrolled in the Scholars program.

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Law professor Cole is named state solicitor

Moritz College of Law professor Douglas R. Cole has been appointed state solicitor by Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro. As state solicitor, Cole will provide direction to the appeals, opinions, and antitrust sections. He will be taking a leave of absence from the university to assume the position. Cole has taught at Ohio State since 2000 and is the second Moritz Law faculty member to serve as Ohio solicitor in recent history. Professor Edward B. “Ned” Foley took a leave from the faculty in 1999 and 2000 to serve as solicitor.

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Engineering professor elected IEEE fellow

An Ohio State professor has been given one of the highest honors of a professional engineering organization. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has elected Rama Yedavalli, professor of aerospace engineering and aviation, to the rank of Fellow. IEEE recognizes individuals whose ìcontributions to the art and science of electro- and information technologies worldwide have improved the quality of daily life.î In any one year, no more than 0.1 percent of IEEE members may receive this honor. Among his accomplishments, Yedavalliís research has far-reaching implications for the design of control systems in applications such as aircraft and spacecraft.

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City club speech addresses economic development

President Holbrook was the recent featured speaker at a forum of the City Club of Cleveland, which is billed as the oldest free speech forum in the United States. Among the nationally prominent leaders discussing current political, social and business issues have been presidents of the United States and other notables. Holbrookís presentation, titled ìThe Role of Higher Education in Economic Development,î can be viewed on the City Clubís web site. The City Club was founded in 1912 and is generally considered among the top speaking platforms in the country. READ MORE >

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Several ../ from the Ohio State Buckeyesí national championship victory are available for downloading to your computer as desktop wallpaper. The new ../ join other university scenes. READ MORE >

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Tressel selected 2002 National Coach of the Year

The American Football Coaches Association capped its 2003 convention by presenting its top coaching award — AFCA Coach of the Year — to four outstanding coaches, including Ohio State Buckeye Head Coach Jim Tressel in Division I-A. The AFCA coach of the year award is the oldest and most prestigious of all the coach of the year awards and is the only one chosen exclusively by the coaches themselves. Tressel also was named the Football Writers Association of America/Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year. Tressel is the third Ohio State coach to win the award since the FWAA began honoring coaches in 1957. Ohio State coach Woody Hayes won the inaugural award and also took the honor in 1968 and 1975. Earle Bruce won it in 1979. READ MORE >

Cheerleaders in top 10 at national competition

The Ohio State cheerleaders placed seventh at the Universal Cheerleaders Association’s 2003 College Cheerleading National Championship last weekend in Orlando, Fla. The Buckeyes finished second among Big Ten schools, finishing behind Penn State. Members of the 2003 nationals squad include Mike Fresch, a junior from Dublin, and Tara Zinslen, a senior from Canton, whose halftime field goals during the Fiesta Bowl earned $125,000 for Club 100, an organization that provides financial support for killed and injured firefighters, peace officers and traffic officers in Arizona.

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