1. University celebrates 2005 Academic Champions
2. OSU's heart hospital debuts new stroke prevention
3. Research sheds light on anticancer drug
4. WOSU to build digital media center at COSI Columbus
5. New Women in Leadership Lecture Series created
6. Graduate students awarded NSF fellowships
7. Infectious disease specialist wins award
8. Entomology prof receives faculty's highest honor
9. Kiplinger Program receives accolades
10. Oval restored in time for summer

Pomp and circumstance: Spring 2005 Commencement On June 12, 2005, new Ohio State graduates received diplomas in Ohio Stadium; a total of 7,368 degrees were conferred spring quarter. Commencement speaker Bill Hall, vice president of student affairs, summed up his advice to the new grads with three messages: One, keep a positive attitude; two, make integrity a cornerstone of your life; and three, value people. VIEW COMMENCEMENT SLIDESHOW >

University celebrates 2005 Academic Champions

Ohio State is celebrating a year of significant recognition for faculty and student achievement from some of the nation’s most prestigious academic associations and foundations. Faculty highlights include a 2005 National Book Award winner for Non-Fiction, a Flight 93 National Memorial Project Completion finalist, 13 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows, two National Science Foundation Career Awards, and an American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow. Student achievement includes three National Science Foundation fellows, a Fulbright Scholar, and a Goldwater Scholarship recipient.

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OSU’s heart hospital debuts new stroke prevention

Approximately 25 percent of strokes are caused by carotid artery disease from atherosclerosis, a buildup of plaque in the arteries that carry blood to the brain. The Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital at Ohio State is now one of the few institutions across the nation to utilize a stent that opens blocked arteries in the neck, and recently began using the only carotid stent system approved by the Food and Drug Administration. READ MORE >

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Research sheds light on anticancer drug

Ohio State scientists are learning how a new class of anticancer drugs fights cancer by reactivating genes that normally protect against cancer but have been turned off. Samson Jacob, PhD, professor of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and co-leader of the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center—James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Experimental Therapeutics Program, led the study, which appeared online in Molecular and Cellular Biology. READ MORE >

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WOSU to build digital media center at COSI Columbus

The WOSU Stations, the public broadcasting stations licensed to The Ohio State University, have signed an agreement with COSI Columbus (the Center of Science and Industry) to share space in their 320,000-square-foot downtown facility and build a new, state-of-the-art digital media center. The center will be designed as community space and used as a local gathering place for civic engagement, forums, performances, events, and meetings; an interactive exhibit area; and television and radio studios. READ MORE >

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New Women in Leadership Lecture Series created

The John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy is launching the Barbara K. Fergus Women in Leadership Lecture Series. The series will bring women from all walks of life to campus to educate and enlighten the university community on leadership and the associated issues and opportunities that women face in today's society. The first lecture is scheduled for November 2005. READ MORE >

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Graduate students awarded NSF fellowships

Seven Ohio State graduate students in the Colleges of Engineering and Mathematical and Physical Sciences have been named fellows in a program designed to foster relationships between scientists and K-12 educators. The "Science Fellows Supporting Teachers" program pairs the graduate students with teachers in the Columbus Public Schools. The students are: Kelly Denney, astronomy; Theodore Nicholson, biomedical engineering; Michael Schuette, electrical engineering; Justin Shearer, chemistry; Christine Specker, geological sciences; Jeremy White, chemistry; and Mathew Yung, chemical engineering. READ MORE >

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Infectious disease specialist wins award

Calvin Kunin, Ohio State professor emeritus of internal medicine and a world-renowned authority in infectious diseases and antimicrobial therapy, received the 2005 Hamao Umezawa Memorial Award. Kunin is a leading authority on the therapy of urinary tract infections, and his seminal work on antibiotic pharmacokinetics became the guideline for the appropriate usage of antibiotics in patients with renal and hepatic failure.

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Entomology prof receives faculty's highest honor

David Denlinger, an internationally renowned entomologist, was designated a Distinguished University Professor, one of only 32 Ohio State faculty members to have received the title. Denlinger has served as chair of the Department of Entomology for more than 10 years, and his discoveries on how insects survive harsh weather offer new tools for controlling insect populations and for better understanding the regulation of animal development. In 2004, Denlinger was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the premier scientific society in the United States. READ MORE >

View a video tribute to Professor Denlinger

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Kiplinger Program receives accolades

Kiplinger Fellows Joel Moroney and Paul Kostyu nabbed first-place honors in the Ohio Associated Press annual newspaper competition. Moroney and colleague Linda Martz won first place with an eight-day series, "Hidden Deaths: A Fatal Fight with Drugs", published in December in the Mansfield News Journal. Kostyu won second place in the Best Breaking News category for "View to Kill", which ran in The (Canton) Repository. The Associated Press also awarded Debra Jasper, director of the Kiplinger Program, second place in Best Investigative Reporting, for a series called "Troubled Minds, Chaotic Care".

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Oval restored in time for summer

After approximately one year of renovation, the Oval Restoration Project, which included walkway replacement, irrigation, and turf and lighting restoration, is coming to a close. Removal of all fencing erected around the Oval was removed in early June. Students, faculty, and visitors, including frisbee throwers and power walkers, are now free to traverse the heart of Ohio State’s main campus. READ MORE >

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