97-03-21 Story Tips for Local Media STORY TIPS This and every University Communications news release is available on the Internet and World Wide Web. To access by Internet, you may reach us through either OASIS (Ohio State Information System), the Columbus Freenet or World Wide Gophers. Our Web address is www.acs.ohio-state.edu. ENTOMOLOGISTS SWARM TO COLUMBUS--March 23-26. Nearly 400 insect specialists from across the midwest will buzz to the 52nd annual meeting of the North Central Branch of the Entomological Society of America at the Hyatt Regency Columbus, 400 N. High St. The meeting offers scientists a chance to present new information on their research and current studies. Events include an Insect Photo Salon on March 23; a welcome from Columbus Mayor Lashutka on March 24; sessions on insect physiology, behavior, and control strategies. A 100 Year Celebration of Entomology will be held March 24 at the Ohio State Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd. Four nationally-recognized speakers will be featured at the 2 p.m. Centennial Symposium, including a talk titled A Six-legged Leap into the 21st Century. CONTACT: Dave Shetlar, Entomology, 292-3762 or Michael Wilhelm, OSU Extension Entomology, 292-3207. WEXNER PRIZE EVENT RE-BROADCAST ON NPR--March 24. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese accepted the Wexner Prize on Friday, Feb. 28 at the Wexner Center for the Arts. The weekend's major public event was Friday evening's public conversation between Scorsese and noted film critic Roger Ebert. The conversation will air on Terry Gross's National Public Radio show Fresh Air on March 24. Fresh Air is heard on approximately 190 stations across the country, including WCBE-FM, 90.5 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. CONTACT: Darnell Lautt, Wexner Center, 292-0330. INSECT ART ON DISPLAY--March 25-26. What better way to welcome entomologists than an Insect in Art Show? Ar (t) ropoda is the new exhibit in the Hopkins Hall Gallery, 128 N. Oval Mall. The show helps kick off a year-long 100 year anniversary of the Entomology Department. CONTACT: Bev Gertman, Entomology, 292-7180 or Sandi Rutkowski, Biological Sciences, 292-4759. CONFERENCE EXAMINES LAND USE DEBATE--March 25-26. Balancing the competing demands for land is the topic of a conference sponsored by Ohio State Extension, the Ohio EPA and about two dozen other organizations March 25-26 at the Columbus Athenaeum, 34 N. Fourth St. Growth & the Future, A Land Use Conference for All of Ohio will feature 60 concurrent sessions on issues including housing and transportation, farmland preservation, greenways, urban sprawl, and agricultural zoning. CONTACT: Tim Lawrence, Ohio State Extension, Darby Watershed Project, 644-3162. VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR INFERTILITY STUDY--Women who have had unsuccessful treatment for infertility are wanted for a study to help health care professionals support women with similar problems. Women will be asked to discuss their experiences and how their lives have been changed. Results will provide health care professionals with information to support other women whose infertility treatments have been unsuccessful. Women ages 31 to 46 who have stopped treatment for infertility in the past one to five years are invited to enroll in the study. CONTACT: Patrice McCarthy, Nursing, 292-4978. 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 Tracy Turner, 688-3682. -Compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray- Goedde.1@osu.edu). [Submitted by: Von Vargas (vargas.12@osu.edu) Fri, 21 Mar 1997 14:51:41 -0500 (EST)] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.