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The Columbus Dispatch : Rare tribute to recognize $17 million gift to OSU

An Ohio State University alumnus has donated $17 million to support chemical and biomolecular engineering at the school, and in an extraordinary move, the college will name the department after him.
The gift by William G. Lowrie and his wife, Ernestine, represents the largest commitment by an individual donor to the College of Engineering and the sixth-largest personal gift to Ohio State.
"It's a wonderful gift at a very unique time," said Peter Weiler, the university's senior vice president of development. "It gives everybody hope and inspiration for the future."
Ohio State trustees officially will vote today to name the chemical and biomolecular department after Lowrie. It would be the first time the university has named a department after a donor.


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Originally Posted by jimotis4heisman

The Columbus Dispatch : Rare tribute to recognize $17 million gift to OSU

I've had the pleasure of meeting Bill, who's been very active in the Ohio State Foundation's Chicago development office.

Great person and a great Buckeye. Lowrie's been at the forefront of fundraising for Ohio State since the eighties. It's a very well deserved honor.

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In other engineering college news, our 11th member of the National Academy of Engineering was just named.

WILLIAM S. MARRAS, Honda Endowed Chair, department of industrial and systems engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus. For developing methods and models used to control costs and injuries associated with manual work in industry.

National Academy of Engineering elects 65 members and 9 foreign associates

Of the 65 new members, Marras was the only inductee from Ohio. Elsewhere in the Big Ten

Iowa--0
Illinois--1
Indiana--0 (no engineering college)
Purdue--2
Northwestern--1
Penn State--0
Michigan State--1
Michigan--0
Minnesota--0
Wisconsin--1

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I thought this fit well here.

Miami banker gives $60 million of his own to employees - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com

Lots of bosses say they value their employees. Some even mean it.
And then there's Leonard Abess Jr.
After selling a majority stake in Miami-based City National Bancshares last November, all he did was take $60 million of the proceeds -- $60 million out of his own pocket -- and hand it to his tellers, bookkeepers, clerks, everyone on the payroll. All 399 workers on the staff received bonuses, and he even tracked down 72 former employees so they could share in the windfall.
For longtime employees, the bonus -- based on years of service -- amounted to tens of thousands of dollars, and in some cases, more than $100,000.


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Four Ohio scientists get Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships

Thursday, February 19, 2009
Ohio scientists win fellowships
Four Ohio scientists are among the 118 recipients of the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships, awarded to early-career researchers doing cutting-edge work. The awards, announced Tuesday in New York, are often a harbinger of future honors. Thirty-eight past Sloan Fellows have gone on to win the Nobel Prize and many others have earned top prizes in mathematics and economics. The Ohio winners are chemist Thomas Gray and neuroscientist Roberto Fernandez Galan of Case Western Reserve University, and mathematician Chiu-Yen Kao and physicist Todd Thompson of Ohio State University. Sloan Fellows receive a two-year grant of $50,000 to support their research.

Four Ohio scientists get Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships - Cleveland.com

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Saw this on OSU's Twitter feed:

Ohio State engineering students win national contest to design "vehicle of the future." College of Engineering

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Dr. Ali Rezai, pioneering neurosurgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, taking job at Ohio State University

At the university, Rezai will keep his title of director of neurological innovation as well as be named the director of the Center for Neuromodulation, director of functional neurosurgery and vice chairman of the department of neurological surgery. His salary will be $600,000 a year, according to the Columbus Dispatch.


Rezai, who holds seven patents, specializes in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders and brain injuries.
He is one of a few doctors around the world pioneering the use of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression and other disorders. The method was created to combat Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.

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Also, my friend in the administration tells me that, depending on how some last minute things shake out, this year's freshman class has upped their middle 50% ACT range to 27-31 with an average ACT of 28.3, putting the quality of this year's class just a hair below that of Illinois/Wisconsin.

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The Columbus Dispatch : New lab unifies plant research

Ohio State University researchers will work side by side with state agriculture scientists in a new plant, seed and insect lab in Reynoldsburg. The $10.1 million lab opens today. State officials say the partnership will help detect and protect against dangerous plant diseases that can affect the state's $14 billion agriculture industry.
"We're going to have all the brain trust, all the players," said David Schleich, chief of the division of plant industry for the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
"If there's ever an emergency, we'll all be here."
Emergencies such as sudden oak death, soybean rust and the emerald ash borer could devastate the agriculture industry.
Mike Boehm, chairman of the department of plant pathology at Ohio State, said the swine-flu pandemic illustrates why early detection and quick response are essential.
Each year, the state faces at least a couple of close calls. For example, a shipment of plants came in from a Washington nursery a few weeks ago that had tested positive for a pathogen that leads to sudden oak death.
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Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

In other engineering college news, our 11th member of the National Academy of Engineering was just named.



National Academy of Engineering elects 65 members and 9 foreign associates

Of the 65 new members, Marras was the only inductee from Ohio. Elsewhere in the Big Ten

Iowa--0
Illinois--1
Indiana--0 (no engineering college)
Purdue--2
Northwestern--1
Penn State--0
Michigan State--1
Michigan--0
Minnesota--0
Wisconsin--1

Don't let Methomps see this...

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The Columbus Dispatch : Child cancer expert moving to Children's

After 33 years as a top researcher at the nation's pre-eminent pediatric cancer center, Peter Houghton has decided to bring his life and lab to Columbus. Houghton left St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., to direct the Center for Childhood Cancer in the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Dr. Stephen Qualman, who died last year of pancreatic cancer, retired from the position in 2007 because of his illness.
Houghton, 60, who started this week, said he was attracted by the opportunity to build a prominent academic pediatric-cancer program and to expand on his work, which focuses on discovering new and better ways to treat childhood cancers. At St. Jude, he held several titles, including chairman of molecular pharmacy.
Cancer doctors and researchers here are abuzz about Houghton's move and about the potential to bring treatments to Columbus first. In addition to his work at Children's, he will serve as a leader of the emerging pediatric-oncology program at Ohio State University.
Hospital officials would not disclose what Houghton will be paid.
Dr. John Barnard, president of the Research Institute at Children's, said Houghton brings with him about $5 million in government and industry grants.
The majority of children -- about 80 percent -- are still alive five years after their cancer diagnosis. But doctors and researchers remain challenged to find successful treatments for the 20 percent who now don't survive; to improve the treatments that already exist; and to eliminate problems down the road, such as secondary cancers.
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Ohio State Cancer Center Director is New AACI President

At the annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI), October 18-20, Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, assumed the role of AACI president from Dr. Edward J. Benz, Jr., president and Chief Executive Officer of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in Boston.

Dr. Caligiuri is director of the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and chief executive officer of The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. He is a professor of medicine and a Distinguished University Scholar who holds the John L. Marakas Nationwide Insurance Enterprise Foundation Chair in Cancer Research. Dr. Caligiuri's laboratory, which has nearly 40 members, focuses on research in leukemia, lymphoma and the human immune system.

As AACI president, Dr. Caligiuri will help shape AACI policy on issues important to the nation's cancer research hospitals

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Joel Meyerowitz (B.A 1959)

Guggenheim Fellow and the only photojournalist allowed unfettered access to Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks.

Joel Meyerowitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Award-winning photographer from Ground Zero to speak at ASU | ASU News