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Toledo Museum of Art guest residency completed; best political science faculty paper honored; plan for Ohio Inorganic Weekend

Art professor and glass artist Alli Hoag completes guest residency at Toledo Museum of Art

Alli Hoag, an assistant professor and area head of glass at the BGSU School of Art, recently completed a guest artist residency at the Toledo Museum of Art.

Hoag was named the 55th Guest Artist Pavilion Project (GAPP) Artist in Residence. She created new work and shared her process through an artist’s lecture and free demonstrations from Aug. 23-Sept. 1 at TMA. GAPP brings in glass and contemporary artists who are willing to explore the use of glass in their work to be inspired, without restriction, by the TMA collection, studio facilities and staff.

Hoag uses glass, installation, video, performance and digital technology to explore ideas of magic as humans’ desire to understand the natural world. Hoag compares her artistic practice to taxidermy. She dissects and reconstructs found objects to recreate real and imagined narratives that audiences can share.

Hoag has received awards, fellowships and scholarships from the Glass Art Society, The Studio at Corning Museum of Glass, Niche Magazine, UrbanGlass, the Janice Charach Gallery and more. She’s been a BGSU faculty member since 2014.

Wells, Jackson win award for best political science faculty paper

BGSU political science Professors Dominic Wells and David Jackson presented their paper titled "The Political Divergence of Ohio and Michigan" at the 81st annual meeting of the Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists on Sept. 16 at Walsh University in North Canton, and won the award for best political science faculty paper.

Their work examines structural factors such as the ease of voting and registration, redistricting and citizen-initiated ballot measures on levels of voter registration and turnout in the two states.

"We're happy to have our work acknowledged by the association, and we are excited to move this research forward," Wells said.

BGSU chosen to host Ohio Inorganic Weekend

Each year, the Ohio inorganic chemistry community comes together for a weekend conference, Ohio Inorganic Weekend (OIW). This year, BGSU has been chosen to host, Nov. 17-18, with Dr. Alexis Ostrowski and Dr. Joe Furgal serving as co-organizers.

OIW is primarily attended by students - both graduate and undergraduate - and consists of a poster session on Friday night, and student talks the next day in McLeod Hall. There are usually 150-170 attendees from universities throughout Ohio and the neighboring states of Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana.

To learn more and to register, visit the event website: https://ostrowskilab.org/oiw2023/. Registration deadline for abstract submissions is Oct. 27. Participants also can join the event through LinkedIn.

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Alumna leads innovation at Gilbane

BGSU alumna Kelly Benedict was promoted to the newly created position of head of innovation and transformation for the Arlington, Virginia-based Gilbane Building Company. Benedict, who has three decades of success in the construction industry, earned her bachelor of science in education from BGSU, with a focus on marketing communications. Her new role will focus on all aspects of Gilbane's innovation and transformation, in which she is shepherding the use of design thinking to harvest new approaches and partner with clients to drive solutions. Benedict will continue to lead Gilbane's Innovation Council, which comprises a diverse group of leaders representing all departments and service areas within the company.

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