· Ross Heart Hospital a model of form and function
· Ohio State prepares for 2004 football home games
· State Route 315 ramps improve Med Center access
· Nicklaus Design to renovate Scarlet Golf Course
· Royal Society names Herbst Centenary Lecturer
· Wetlands professor in Stockholm to receive prize
· Compound could give some cancer one-two punch
· Alumni Association hires senior vice president
· Stultz named one of 100 most influential in finance
· Engineer to develop system for next Mars mission
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Where's the Long Walk?
If you visit campus right now, you might not recognize — or even find — the Oval. It's undergoing an historic renovation, scheduled for completion next spring, that includes an irrigation system,
turf restoration, new pavements, and landscaping. The restoration is part of a larger project, aimed at reclaiming the historic qualities of Mirror Lake Hollow and building a pedestrian walkway, called
the River of Trees, that will connect the Oval and Mirror Lake with the Olentangy River. |
Ross Heart Hospital a model of form and function
Years of research, planning and design came together last month with the opening of the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital at the University Medical Center. The 100-bed heart hospital is the newest
component of the OSU Heart Center and supports Ohio State’s growing cardiovascular medicine and cardio-thoracic surgery programs. Its key features place a concentrated focus on personalized
patient care fortified by ongoing research initiatives with demonstrated potential for improving medical outcomes. READ MORE >
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Ohio State prepares for 2004 football home games
It's not marked as a holiday on any official calendar, but thousands of Ohio State fans know what Football Saturday means: a home game for the Buckeyes, a huge crowd at Ohio Stadium, football-themed tailgate parties, plenty of scarlet and gray, and hopefully a victory. Making the day as enjoyable, safe and family-friendly as possible is goal of number of policy changes that will affect the game day experience. These changes involve stadium security, parking and tailgating. Information on all aspects of game day (except the game itself) is compiled on a new web site. READ
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State Route 315 ramps improve Med Center access
The state and university Medical Center last month celebrated the completion of two new ramps that will provide direct access to the hospital for thousands of visitors and patients. The Medical Center is
a Level One Trauma Center, treating many of Ohio’s most severe injuries. The emergency center handles about 55,000 patients annually, and the hospital sees about 768,000. Currently, patients and
motorists coming from the south lack quick access to the hospital. More than 50 percent of OSU patients travel from counties outside Franklin County and about 400,000 patients live south of Interstate
70. For years, visitors, patients and emergency responders have used the Lane Avenue exit, which added 10 minutes onto their trip.
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Nicklaus Design to renovate Scarlet Golf Course
The task of renovating the Ohio State Scarlet golf course has been awarded to Nicklaus Design and former Buckeye and golf great Jack Nicklaus. The project, which is expected to begin this fall or in the early
spring of 2005, will include direct involvement from Nicklaus himself, who won the 1961 NCAA Championship while at Ohio State, and his son Gary, another former Buckeye. The renovations to Scarlet will cost
an estimated $1.2 million and will include a redesign of all bunkers, including bunker drainage revisions, expansion of the driving range, a review of the existing greens for possible recontouring, a review
of the tees for possible reconfiguration and the recommendation for the addition and/or removal of trees. READ MORE >
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Royal Society names Herbst Centenary Lecturer
As Carl Sagan said, we are all made of “star stuff” -- and Eric Herbst is trying to figure out how that happened. The Distinguished University Professor has spent more than 30 years
studying how lone molecules floating in space come together to form stars, planets, and everything else. Now the Royal Society of Chemistry has named Herbst a Centenary Lecturer, an honor it gives
to only three scientists worldwide each year. The society cited his “wide ranging contributions to astrophysical chemistry, especially those leading to an understanding of the processes involved
in the formation of molecules in the interstellar medium.” Herbst is a professor of physics, chemistry and astronomy.
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Wetlands professor in Stockholm to receive prize
Years of studying wetland behavior paid off for Ohio State professor Bill Mitsch, who last month received the prestigious 2004 Stockholm Water Prize at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. Mitsch,
a professor of natural resources and environmental science and director of the Olentangy River Wetlands Research Park, shares the award with Sven-Erik Jorgensen, a professor in environmental chemistry
at the Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Copenhagen. READ MORE >
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Compound could give some cancer one-two punch
Ohio State researchers are working on developing a multi-purpose cancer drug that might one day scale back the number of medications some cancer patients need to take. In laboratory tests, a dual-action
compound called OSU 111 has shown promise in killing prostate cancer cells, said Tom Li, the study’s lead investigator and associate professor of pharmacy. Li presented the results this month
at the summer meeting of the American Chemical Society. READ MORE >
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Alumni Association hires senior vice president
Ohio State Alumni Association President and CEO Archie Griffin has announced the appointment of Ohio State general counsel Virginia M. Trethewey as the association’s senior vice president,
effective Oct. 1. Trethewey has served as executive assistant to the president/general counsel at Ohio State since 1998 and came to the university in 1995 as vice president for legal affairs/general
counsel. The Alumni Association is a dues-supported organization of graduates, former students, and friends of Ohio State with 125,090 members. Its senior vice president position has been open
since July 1, when Ron Hopper retired after a 35-year career at the Alumni Association, 23 as senior vice president. READ MORE >
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Stultz named one of 100 most influential in finance
Rene Stulz, professor of finance, was recognized among the “100 Most Influential People in Finance” by Treasury and Risk Management magazine this summer. The individuals were selected
for their immediate influence on the magazine’s readership, which targets senior financial executives at U.S. corporations. Stulz was noted as one of four academics who have taken their teachings
to the marketplace. Stulz is internationally recognized for his research and expertise in corporate finance, banking, international finance, risk management and investments. He is president of the
American Finance Association and is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. READ MORE >
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Engineer to develop system for next Mars mission
Even as the current Mars rovers continue to log extra miles over the red planet’s surface, NASA is planning for the next generation rover to travel even farther. Ohio State navigation software
may help make that happen. NASA originally hoped that its rovers Spirit and Opportunity would survive long enough to travel at least half a mile each. Now the space agency has awarded Ohio State
engineer Ron Li and his team nearly $900,000 to develop tools that will enable the next-generation rover to travel at least three miles. Li, professor of civil and environmental engineering and
geodetic science, and his colleagues have already developed navigation software that is being used on the current Mars mission. They will take those same computer algorithms and adapt them to suit
the kind of autonomous rover that NASA plans to deploy for the Mars Science Laboratory. READ MORE >
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