Appointments
Taylor, Chris, judge for the "Licking County Art Annual Juried Show" in Newark, OH.
Awards
Toth, Lucille, received the Early-Career Faculty Excellence Award which recognizes outstanding performance in all three areas of research, teaching and service of early-career faculty at the time of promotion.
Toth, Lucille, received the Ohio State Newark Faculty Service Award which recognize outstanding contributions in the area of service by members of the Ohio State Newark faculty.
Exhibits
Taylor, Chris, exhibition of paintings in "This Is The Future Of Non-Objective Art" group show at the Atlantic Gallery, New York City.
Taylor, Chris, exhibition of paintings in "Faces and Figures" group show at the Las Laguna Art Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA.
Taylor, Chris, exhibition of paintings at the Hilton Hotel in Columbus, OH.
Taylor, Chris, solo exhibition entitled "Stage; Paintings by Chris Taylor" at the Sean Christopher Gallery in Columbus, OH.
Grants and Fellowships
Doğan Ekici, Özlem, lead PI, The Ohio State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Exploration Grant, 2023-2024, ($50,000 Total Award) “Development of Novel SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors as Potential Antivirals Against COVID-19”
Goodell, Karen, The US Department of Defense, SERDP-ESTCP, Testing the limits of environmental DNA-based surveillance of pollinators. ($719,949.00, TDC, 3/1/2025 – 12/31/2028). funded Ohio Department of Wildlife (ODW). Assessing presence, environmental associations, and potential habitat enhancements for Ohio’s rare and specialist bees. ($145,661.00 TDC, 7/1/2024 – 7/1/2025)
Goodell, Karen, Ohio Department of Wildlife (ODW). Assessing presence, environmental associations, and potential habitat enhancements for Ohio’s rare and specialist bees. ($145,661.00 TDC, 7/1/2024 – 7/1/2025)
Labbas, Rachida, The Ohio State University. Office of International Affairs, the Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation. Virtual Exchange Global Teaching and Learning Grant.
Labbas, Rachida. The Ohio State University, Office of Technology and Digital Innovation.Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) grant.
Toth, Lucille. Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme, 2024-25 Society of Fellows Faculty Cohort. "Care/Culture/Justice."
Interviews, Commentaries and News Media Publications
Presentations
Doğan Ekici, Özlem, Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Proteolytic Enzymes and Their Inhibitors, Barga, Italy, June 11, 2024 “Aza-peptide Michael Acceptors as Inhibitors of the Human 20S Proteasome”
Doğan Ekici, Özlem, Invited Speaker, Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Workshop on Proteolysis: At the Interface between Health and Disease, Bled, Slovenia, Sept. 17, 2024, “Aza-peptide Michael Acceptors as Inhibitors of the Human 20S Proteasome”
Fetters, A., Bennett, A., Goodell, K. and Sivakoff, F. Plant-pollinator-arbuscular mycorrhizal interactions and community stability in reclaimed mine land. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.
Labbas, Rachida. "DEI Practices in the Classroom." Fulbright Germany/IELP. October 2024. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Soto-Cabán, Sandra, Keynote Speaker, Pioneers of Change: Shaping the Future Together, 2024 Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, Defense Supply Center Columbus, Defense Logistic Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, OH, Sept. 24, 2024.
Weiser, Elizabeth. May. “Decolonizing Collaborations: Models from Indigenous Museums.” Rhetoric Society of America, Denver, CO.
Promotions
Low, John, promoted to professor
Toth, Lucille, promoted to associate professor
Publications, Reviews, Abstracts and Essays
Gutti, Gopichand; He, Yiran; Coldren, William H.; Lalisse, Remy F.; Border, Sarah E. Hadad, Christopher M.; McElroy, Craig A.; Ekici, Ozlem Dogan. "In-silico guided design, screening, and molecular dynamic simulation studies for the identification of potential SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors for the targeted treatment of COVID-19," Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics (2024), 42(4), 1733-1750.
Hadeed, Reem. (2024). The Influences of Middle Eastern Culture on Women’s Lives(Publication No.31146121). [Doctoral dissertation, Grand Canyon University]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
Hepner, M. J., Orcutt, E., K. Goodell, K., Roulston, T. Jean, R. P., and Richardson, R. R. 2024. Montane Central Appalachian forests provide refuge for the critically endangered Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis). Forest Ecology and Management. 556:121751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121751
Hung, K-L., J., Ternest, J. J., Wood, T. J., Ingwell, L., Bloom, E. H., Szendrei, Z., Kaplan, I., and Goodell, K. 2024. Plant vs. pollinator protection: Balancing pest management against floral contamination for insecticide use in Midwestern U.S. cucurbits. Journal of Economic Entomology. XX(XX):1 – 12. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae202
Weiser, Elizabeth. (2024). “Celebrating Bad Times: The Epideictic Work of Museums of Racial Trauma.” In Museums, Narratives, and Critical Histories: Narrating the Past for Present and Future, K. Barndt and S. Jaeger (Eds.). De Gruyter.