ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG TO RECEIVE WEXNER PRIZE -- May 22. Contemporary artist Robert Rauschenberg will be at the Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St., Monday (5/22) to accept the eighth Wexner Prize, culminating the center's 10th anniversary season. Rauschenberg will discuss his work with students at 3:30 p.m. Monday (5/22) in the Film/Video Theater. Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes will deliver a lecture on Rauschenberg's achievements at 7 p.m., May 31, at Mershon Auditorium, 1871 N. High St. Rauschenberg's work is on display at the Wexner Center through June 4. Contact: Karen Simonian, Wexner Center, 292-9923.

OUR FUTURE? KIRWAN OFFERS HIS VISION -- May 23. President Kirwan will speak on "The Future of the American Public Research University" Tuesday (5/23) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall, Room 14. Free and open to the public, this lecture is sponsored by the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy. Kirwan had a leading role in the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, and he chaired the committee that wrote the commission's recently published Millenium Report, Renewing the Covenant: Learning, Discovery, and Engagement in a New Age and Different World. Contact: Richard Sisson, 292-9658, sisson.9@osu.edu

ERECTOR-SET ROBOTS INVADE ST. JOHN ARENA -- MAY 24. Robots constructed with erector sets, PVC piping and sheet metal will race the clock and other robots at the 2000 Robot Competition, Wednesday (5/24) from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at St. John Arena, 410 Woody Hayes Dr. The annual competition tests the design and engineering skills of 35 teams of freshman engineering honors students. The student-designed robots will try to find and properly dispose of a simulated explosive device found in a "building" 6 feet wide by 15 feet long. The robots, limited in size to 9 square inches, will have two minutes to find and dispose of the "bomb." The contest is the culmination of a yearlong program coordinated by the Colleges of Engineering and Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Contact: John Demel, civil and environmental engineering and geodetic science, 292-2427; Rick Freuler, aerospace engineering and aviation, 688-0499; or Gina Langen, College of Engineering Communications, 688-4423.

ROTC STUDENTS MARCH IN MILITARY PARADE -- May 25. About 300 Ohio State student members of the Army, Navy and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps will march in full dress uniform in the 2000 Tri-Service Parade Thursday (5/25) at 4:30 p.m. on the Coffey Athletic Fields at the corner of Coffey Road and Woody Hayes Drive. The review renews a tradition that -- until last year -- was halted 22 years ago. Reviewing the troops will be Maj. Gen. Stewart Wallace, command general, U.S. Army Cadet Command. Contact: Maj. Bob Osborn, admission and scholarship officer, Army ROTC - Buckeye Battalion, 292-6075.

FEDERAL EXPERT ON MEDICAL ERRORS TO SPEAK--May 25. Dr. John Eisenberg, director of the federal government's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, will speak at the Ohio State University Medical Center on Thursday (5/25). The Washington-based watchdog agency is leading President Clinton's study on the 98,000 annual deaths reportedly caused by doctor errors. Eisenberg will speak to physicians and healthcare administrators at 3 p.m. in Room 518 of the James Cancer Hospital, 300 W. 10th Ave., on "Quality Healthcare and Patient Safety: A Systems Approach." As agency director, Eisenberg serves as one of the nation's senior advisors for health quality improvement issues. His visit is sponsored by the Center for Health Outcomes, Policy and Evaluation Studies, based at Ohio State.Contact: David Crawford, Medical Center Communications, 293-3737.

STEPHANIE SPIELMAN OFFERS INSPRIATIONAL MESSAGE -- June 3. Cancer survivor Stephanie Spielman is the keynote speaker at the annual awards ceremony of the College of Human Ecology Alumni Society on June 3. Spielman will talk about the importance of family, nutrition and a positive attitude toward health at 1 p.m. in the Sanders Grand Lounge of the Longaberger Alumni House, 2200 Olentangy River Rd. Contact:Janet Ciccone, College of Human Ecology, 292-5338.

HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE RESEARCHER OFFERS INSIGHT ON PROGRESS -- May is Huntington's Disease Awareness Month. Ohio State University has been selected as one of 11 Centers of Excellence in the United States for Huntington's Disease Research. Neurologist Dr. Donald Higgins, who directs Ohio State's Huntington's Disease clinic, says now that genetic testing can determine if someone will develop the progressive neurologic disease, researchers are working to identify and reduce its symptoms. Contact: Donald Higgins, Huntington's Disease Clinic, 688-4193.

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Compiled by Amy Murray, University Relations, (Murray-Goedde.1@osu.edu)