In Brief: March 16
Deadline extended for faculty grant workshop
The registration deadline has been extended to Wednesday (March 18) for the workshop “Unlocking the NIH and NSH Grant Review Process,” presented by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development and the Center for Family and Demographic Research.
This special event is intended to help faculty achieve success in grant writing. Faculty who are experienced with the NIH and NSF review process will show what happens behind the scenes during grant review sessions.
Drs. Susan Brown and Daniel Wiegmann will lead a brief discussion of the grant review process and then chair a mock NIH and NSF review of actual applications. These sessions can be generalized to any disciple.
Brown, sociology, has been the chair of the NIH Population Sciences Subcommittee study section since 2013. Wiegmann, biological sciences, has three years of experience as a program director at the NSF and is a current program director in the Directorate for Biological Sciences.
Seating is limited. RSVP to Laura Straley at lstrale@bgsu.edu. Anyone unable to attend may email cfdr@bgsu.edu to receive handout materials.
BFA exhibit showcases undergraduate work, looks at next steps
Opening events for the annual Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday (March 21) with an ARTalk panel titled “Where Next?: The Future of Art (School/Work/World)” in the Eva Marie Saint Theatre of the Wolfe Center for the Arts. Current and prospective art students will get a glimpse of their futures during this panel discussion about opportunities facing art professionals in a constantly evolving world.
The School of Art will host three professionals as panelists: Brian Kennedy, director of the Toledo Museum of Art; Brian Harper, associate professor of ceramics at Indiana University Southeast; and award-winning independent film director, producer and Toledo native Brett Leonard, producer of groundbreaking films such as “The Lawnmower Man” and “Virtuosity.”
Following the ARTalk panel, the BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition opens at 7:30 p.m. in the Dorothy Uber Bryan and Willard Wankelman galleries. The exhibition is the capstone experience for BFA students to share the work they have produced during their studies at BGSU. This year’s event will feature multiple works in a wide variety of mediums from almost 70 student artists majoring in graphic design, digital arts, 2-D art, 3-D art and art education. Awards will be presented at 8 p.m.
At 4:30 p.m. on March 20, Leonard will host an independent discussion titled “Revolution of the Digital Media Lifestyle: New Models on Business and Creation” in the Eva Marie Saint Theatre. This discussion will offer a look at the changes happening in the realm of digital media and how it will affect our lives. The Producers Guild of America and Variety Magazine recently named Leonard as one of the “Digital 25,” innovators transforming storytelling through digital media.
Both the talks and exhibition are free and open to the public. The exhibition will be on display from March 22-April 4. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, and 1-4 p.m. Sundays.
BWC funding workplace safety research at BGSU
The University has been awarded a $250,000 research grant from The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) and Ohio Board of Regents to improve workplace safety in nursing homes. BGSU is one of six higher education institutions in Ohio selected for $2 million in total funding for nine research proposals.
BGSU's psychology department will conduct research into preventing injuries, assault and abuse of nurse aides working in long-term residential settings. The long-term objective of the project is to improve the well-being of nurse aides and reduce these incidents in long-term-care settings throughout Ohio.
"Nurses in Ohio experience very high rates of injuries that are due to care-giving activities as well as physical aggression, verbal abuse and sexual assault from patients and residents," said Dr. William H. O'Brien, professor of psychology. "Our two-year project aims to identify risk factors for injuries, develop and evaluate a comprehensive injury reduction intervention, and share our findings with nurse aides, employers, and other researchers."
"While workplace safety and accident prevention have long been part of our mission at BWC, we are pleased to now champion research in the area of occupational safety and health research," said BWC Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer. "We are excited to partner with some of the finest academic institutions in Ohio to support research that could shift thinking on current workplace safety practices and introduce innovative approaches to preventing injuries and illnesses among Ohio's workforce."
BWC created the research grant program as a part of the Another Billion Back plan that returned $1 billion to Ohio public and private employers last summer. The program is designed to support advanced research and promote innovation in the areas of workplace safety and health.
Updated: 12/02/2017 12:42AM