09-22-95 News Tips for Local Media STORY TIPS University Communication offers a listing of potential news stories on the Columbus campus. We'll update this listing every week. LECTURE: "GLOBAL WARMING: DO WE KNOW ENOUGH TO ACT?"--Sept.29. Fred Singer, an atmospheric physicist at George Mason University, will give a speech beginning at 3 p.m. in 100 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 S. Oval Mall. Singer says it may be premature to make expensive policy decisions to address global warming. Instead, he says scientists should solve problems that exist in climate forecasting models while making sensible policy decisions like conserving energy, as if there were no global warming scare. CONTACT: Douglas Southgate, Professor of Natural Resources, 292-2432 MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JOSEPH KRUZEL-Oct. 1. The memorial service will honor faculty member Joseph Kruzel, who died Aug. 19 in Bosnia while on a peace mission. Kruzel, on leave since 1993 from his position as director of the Mershon Center's Program on International Security and Military Affairs, was one of three diplomats killed in an accident on a muddy road near Sarajevo. As assistant deputy secretary of defense for European and NATO Affairs, Kruzel helped draw up a plan to end the Bosnian War. The service will be held at 1:30 p.m., St. Stephens Church, Woodruff Ave. CONTACT: Mershon Center, 292-8535. THE EVANS AWARD LECTURE--Oct.5-6. Since 1961, The Ohio State University Department of Chemistry has invited a chemist of outstanding international stature to receive the Evans Award (named for former department chair William "Billy" Evans) and deliver a lecture. The 1995 winner is Peter Schultz, professor of chemistry, University of California, Berkeley. He will discuss "Probing Protien Structure and Function with an Expanded Genetic Code" on Oct. 5, at 3:30 p.m. and "Lessons from the Immune System: >From Catalysis to Superconductors" on Oct 6.at 3:30 p.m., 100 McPherson Lab, 140 W. 18th. CONTACT: Martin Caffrey, Department of Chemistry, 292-1532 CELEBRATION OF TEACHING: A CONFERENCE FOR OHIO STATE FACULTY AND TEACHING ASSOCIATES--Oct. 6. This day-long conference will feature sessions on innovative teaching methods, effective uses of technology in the classroom, methods to help students do well on tests, reducing dissatisfaction, and many other topics. Presenters are faculty and teaching associates who have put innovative methods into practice in Ohio State's classrooms. The conference is designed to get faculty and teaching associates to talk about teaching issues, renew their commitment to teaching, and to demonstrate the interest Ohio State has in pursuing exceptional quality in teaching. The conference will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Gray Suites A, C and E, Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St. CONTACT: Nancy Chism, Faculty and TA Development, 292-3644. ANIMAL DERMATOLOGY CONFERENCE--Oct. 14-15 Veterinary dermatologists from around the world will gather at the Riffe Center's Capitol Theater, 77 S. High St., for the 19th Annual Waltham/OSU Symposium for the Treatment of Small Animal Diseases. Speakers will offer the latest information on the treatment of skin allergies and diseases in pets, and examine the treatments that work best for flea bites and infestations. You'll be itching to scratch the surface of this story. CONTACT: Dr. Kenneth Kwochka, College of Veterinary Medicine, 292-3551. PARENTS WEEKEND--Oct. 13-15-The Ohio State University Parents Association invites students and their parents for a weekend of college fun. Activities include a gallery hop, tailgate parties, dinner, dancing, midnight madness, hot air balloons and more. CONTACT: Bill Wahl, Parents Association, 292-9153. "HIGH ON PRIDE" CAMPUS AREA CLEAN-UP--Oct. 14. The semi-annual litter pick-up in the neighborhoods surrounding Ohio State involves hundreds of student, faculty, staff and community volunteers. 9-11 a.m. or 10 a.m. to noon, Wexner Center Plaza. To register, call 688-DIRT. CONTACT: Tracy Turner, University Communications, 688-3682. DONATE YOUR BODY TO SCIENCE The Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy in the College of Medicine invites you to consider "Gifts that Teach," by donating your body to science. Anatomical donations are used for teaching and research purposes to educate medical, nursing, dental, pharmacy and allied medical students. Any person over age 18 may donate their body to science by completing an Anatomical Bequethal Form. A "Gifts that Teach" brochure gives complete details. CONTACT: Darlene Johns, Dept. of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, 292-4770, 292-4831. CAP--THE CURE FOR DINGY WALLS AND CRANKY, DYSFUNCTIONAL KITCHENS--The Creative Activities Program (CAP) offers 217 non-credit, adult education programs this fall quarter, including: How to Wallpaper, Stenciling, Creating Your Dream Kitchen, Bed & Breakfasts 101, Dancing with Porcupines--Dealing with Difficult People, and Grant Writing. CONTACT: Samantha Cothern, Creative Activities Program, 292-9983. The person listed as the contact for each item will have the best information about the story. However, feel free to call on our news services staff for assistance with these or other Ohio State news stories. Amy Murray, 292-8385; Ruth Gerstner, 292-8424; and Tom Spring, 292-8309. -compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray-Goedde.1@osu.edu). [Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) Mon, 25 Sep 1995 09:42:28 -0400] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.