97-07-18 Story Tips for Local News 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. OHIO STATE PRIMATE RESEARCH ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL--July 21-22. Ohio State University researchers and their chimpanzee subjects will be featured next week on two Discovery Channel programs focusing on studies of animal intelligence. Experiments in the university’s Comparative Cognition Project have shown the chimps can make and use stone tools, count and do simple arithmetic. One set of experiments also shows the animals’ ability to relate scale models to the real environment, previously thought to be possible only in humans. The programs are “Wild Discovery: Animal IQ -- Naturally Clever” at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. July 21 and “Wild Discovery: Animal IQ -- Socially Smart” at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. July 22. CONTACT: Sally Boysen, Comparative Cognition Project, 457-9259. EXPERIMENTS IN ART AND SCIENCE EXHIBITED IN HOPKINS HALL GALLERY- July 21-Aug. 1. An Ohio State University graduate student comments on ethics in science, popular culture presentations of scientific discoveries and the relationship of science to creativity and art in an M.F.A. thesis exhibition in Hopkins Hall Gallery opening July 21. The exhibition by Nathania Vishnevsky, titled “Selected Species: Experiments in Art and Science,” includes works in computer animation, computer graphics, drawing, installation, interactive multimedia and painting. Gallery hours at Hopkins Hall, 128 North Oval Mall, are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. July 21. CONTACT: Department of Art, 292-5072. MEDICAL CENTER OFFERS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON CANCER, HEART DISEASE--July 22-24. Cancer prevention, heart disease in women and cancer pain are the subjects of three upcoming Health for Life programs offered by The Ohio State University Medical Center. The program schedule is: “Can We Really Prevent Cancer?” featuring screening guidelines and suggestions for healthful lifestyle habits, at 6:30 p.m. July 22 at the Asbury North United Methodist Church, 1581 Clifton Ave.; “What Every Woman Should Know About Her Heart,” including an explanation about how heart disease differs in women and men, at 7 p.m. July 22 at the OSU Center for Wellness and Prevention, 2050 Kenny Road; and “Cancer Pain,” a talk on successful techniques available to fight cancer pain, at 7 p.m. July 24 at the J. Leonard Camera Center Tower Building, seventh floor, 2050 Kenny Road. CONTACT: Sandi Latimer, Medical Center Communications, 293-3660. HISTORY PROFESSORS ARE CONSULTANTS FOR A&E PROGRAM ON PROHIBITION--July 27. Austin Kerr and John Burnham, professors of history, were consultants for the television program “Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America” to be aired at 8 p.m. Sunday, July 27 on the A&E cable network. The Ohio State professors worked with the producers, Atlantic Productions in London, England, during the four years of research for the project. The program chronicles events resulting from the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of 1920, which prohibited citizens from producing or selling alcoholic beverages. The three-hour broadcast is narrated by actor Ed Asner. Kerr and Burnham were interviewed on camera, but do not know if that tape was included in the final edit. CONTACT: Austin Kerr, Department of History, 292-2613. 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; Tracy Turner, 688-3682; and Emily Caldwell, 292-8309. Compiled by Emily Caldwell, University Communications, (Caldwell.151@osu.edu). [Submitted by: Von Vargas (vargas.12@osu.edu) Fri, 18 Jul 1997 11:18:45 -0400 (EDT)] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.