Feb. 26, 1999

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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPETE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS--Feb. 26-27. More than 1,000 top high school seniors will come to campus this weekend for the University Scholars Maximus Competition to compete for 10 Presidential Scholarships, 30 Medalist Scholarships and 80 Tradition Scholarships. Presidential Scholars receive “full-ride” scholarships to Ohio State for four years, currently valued at $12,513 per year. Medalist Scholars receive in-state tuition for four years (currently $3,879 per year), and Tradition Scholars receive one-half in-state tuition. Students will complete an essay exam in the morning and take part in afternoon programs to better acquaint them with Ohio State and its Honors Program. There are also programs for their parents.
CONTACT: Mabel Freeman or Nina Hoppes, University Honors Center, 292-3135.

EVENT LOOKS AT HISTORY AND PROGRAMS AT STONE LAB--Feb. 27. The Friends of Stone Lab and Ohio Sea Grant invite you to learn about the history and current activities at the facility during a winter program and reception, 1-5 p.m. in Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd. Stone Lab, Ohio State’s research facility on Gibralter Island, Lake Erie, has an interesting history and mission. John Kleberg, assistant vice president for Business and Administration at Ohio State, will present Cooke Castle--Past, Present, and Future. Sea Grant researchers Susan Fisher and David Kelch will also discuss their ongoing investigations at Stone Lab.
CONTACT: Karen Ricker, Ohio Sea Grant College Program, 292-8949.

ELECTRONIC PRIVACY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY--March 2. Intellectual Property/Fair Use is the topic of a conference from 2:30-4:30 p.m. on March 2 in 14 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall. Sponsored by the Office of Technology Enhanced Learning and Research, Reprographics, University Libraries, and the Office of Legal Affairs, the conference will cover faculty issues of course ownership and fair use of materials in their Web-based classes, as well as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
CONTACT: Ronda Bucy, University Technology Services, 688-5875.

DEVELOPERS PRESENT PROPOSALS FOR UNIVERSITY GATEWAY CENTER--March 2. Campus Partners will unveil development proposals from three competing teams for the proposed University Gateway Center to be built in the area of 11th Avenue and High Street. Campus Partners and the Ohio Union Activities Board will co-sponsor a public presentation of the development proposals on Tuesday, March 2, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. and 6 to 9:30 p.m. in the Stecker Lounge of the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St. In addition, each developer team will make two formal slide presentations of its proposal. The University Gateway Center will reinforce High Street’s ‘Main Street’ character by blending an active pedestrian environment with the vitality of multi-story urban buildings. Campus Partners has been buying property in the area of 11th and High Street for nearly two years and has acquired about two- thirds of the 7.4 acres proposed for the center.
CONTACT: Terry Foegler, Campus Partners, 294-7300; or Frank Lazar, Ohio Union Activities Board, 292-3117.

WOMEN SUCCEEDING IN SCIENCE IN 1999--March 3. A Women researchers--undergraduate and graduate students--will present their work in a multidisciplinary poster session titled Women Succeeding in Science in 1999 on March 3 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the Ohio Union Ballroom, 1739 N. High St. The event will also include a poster exhibit to honor the late Dr. Gertrude B. Elion. Elion, 1988 Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Physiology, was scheduled to give the keynote address at this event. She died February 21, 1999. Among her honors were 26 honorary doctorates, inlcuding one from Ohio State.
CONTACT: Caroline Breitenberger, College of Biological Sciences, 292-9473.

TELECONFERENCE LOOKS AT EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE--March 4. The Center for Health Outcomes, Policy, and Evaluation Studies (HOPES) and the I.H. Page Center of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation present a teleconference, Evidence Based Medicine and its Implications for Academic Medical Centers, on Thursday (3/4) from noon-4 p.m. in Rhodes Hall Auditorium. Dr. Warren Newton, director of the Population Health Project at the University of North Carolina, will lead the discussion and apply an evidence- based approach to specific clinical examples. The Center for HOPES is Ohio State’s multidisciplinary center for the study, awareness and promotion of health policy.
CONTACT: Kris Clark, Center for HOPES, 688-3724.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETS--March 5. The Board of Trustees and its committees will meet March 5 at 10 a.m. in the Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Road. Committee meetings, where most of the discussion takes place, begin at 9 a.m.
CONTACT: Emily Caldwell, University Communications, 292-8309.

STUDENTS DEDICATE EMERGENCY PHONE PROJECT--March 6. Ohio State students will gather at 1 p.m. March 6 on East 14th Avenue to dedicate the first off-campus emergency telephone in the memory of Stephanie Hummer, a freshman who was abducted and killed in 1994. The dedication will begin at the Evans Scholars House, 52 E. 14th Ave., with remarks from university and city representatives. A procession will then lead to the phone location at the corner of East 14th Avenue and Pearl Alley--the site of Hummer’s disappearance. Evans Scholars, a group of golf caddie scholarship recipients, and Undergraduate Student Government are sponsoring the project. Hummer was an Evans Scholar; the ceremony marks the fifth anniversary of her death. The dedication launches a pilot project to place at least seven emergency phones in off-campus locations.
CONTACT: Steve Leffingwell, Evans Scholars, 421-1656; or Shane Hankins, USG, 292-2101.

HELIX WELCOMES STUDENTS TO CAMPUS--March 6. HELIX, the College of Biological Sciences' undergraduate honor society, will host 250 outstanding high school seniors and their parents from around the state on Saturday (3/6). In its 18th year, this program is organized and run by College of Biological Sciences honors students and their faculty advisors. It is the major undergraduate recruiting event of the year for the College. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Avenue. A formal program with student presentations and a welcome from Dean Alan Goodridge follows from 9-10 a.m. Visiting students and their parents then break into groups with their HELIX tour guides and visit labs in the College's six departments, where they are able to meet and talk to OSU faculty and students until 12:20 p.m.
CONTACT: Sandi Rutkowski, College of Biological Sciences, 292- 4759.

WOMEN AND WORKPLACE ISSUES TOPIC OF DISCUSSION SERIES--March 8. The Fisher College of Business is launching a series of discussions on women and workplace issues with a panel discussion from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Ohio Union Conference Theatre, 1739 N. High St. The Glass Ceiling--Real or Imaginary? will be moderated by Ohio University Provost Sharon Brehm and feature panelists Jean Patrick, executive vice president of marketing for WW Williams; Michelle Reese, association partner at Andersen Consulting; and Kamilla Sigafoos, chief operating officer of the Ohio State Medical Center.
CONTACT: Susan Josephs, associate dean, 292-5625; or Erik Battenberg, Media Relations, 292-8937.

ENGLISH PROFESSOR OFFERS THOUGHTS ON “SMARTS”--March 9. Professor Valerie Lee, Departments of English and Women's Studies, will present “Smarts” at the College’s fourth Inaugural Lecture of the year on Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 p.m. at the Faculty Club. Using cautionary tales about knowledge and learning from African American folklore and literature, Lee will discuss the promise and predicament of being a scholar caught between notions of education and “edumacation,” or how smarts (noun) smarts (verb).
CONTACT: Shari Lorbach, College of Humanities, 292-1882.

The person listed as the contact for each item will have the best information about the story. 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 Emily Caldwell, 292-8309.
**Compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray-Goedde.1@osu.edu).