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George Rush: Beyond Rural Landscapes

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George Rush, Professor of Art at The Ohio State University, delves into his recent work, including international exhibitions Curtain Walls in Mexico City and Dresden Cabinet in Germany. Rush discusses the integration of site characteristics into his works, his use of photography and collage, and his exploration of themes like urban landscapes and architecture. Rush also reflects on the evolution of his practice and creative process, as well as his future projects that include exploring overlooked parts of Columbus, Ohio.

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Harvey Miller: Mapping the  Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus

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Harvey Miller, professor of geography and Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, discusses his project “Ghost Neighborhoods of Columbus,” which uses AI, machine learning, and GIS to extract data from historic Sanborn fire insurance maps and construct 3D virtual models of neighborhoods that have been altered or destroyed by urban renewal, highway construction, and redlining.

The project is a collaboration with Ohio History Connection and incorporates oral histories, archival photos, and VR experiences to preserve cultural memory.

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John Herbert: Not All Science is Going to Take Us to the Moon – And That’s Okay

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John Herbert, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, discusses his work in computational molecular quantum mechanics and quantum chemistry with host David Staley. Herbert describes machine learning, cost-effective training data for AI models and the need for low-cost computational methods, which he calls “computing for the proletariat”. Professor Herbert also shares his insights on the culture of academic science, advocating for a reevaluation of the current “great man approach” towards research and innovation.

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Bryan Carstens: How AI Can Predict Undescribed Mammals

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Bryan Carstens, Professor of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, discusses his research on phylogeography, molecular ecology, and systematics. Carstens’ lab uses genetic data to understand the evolutionary history of animals. A bat biologist by training, he delves into fieldwork processes, the importance of museum collections, and technological advancements like DNA sequencing and AI in his research. Carstens discusses with host David Staley his notable projects, such as a study predicting undescribed mammals using data science and AI models and ongoing work studying the shapes of bat skulls to understand early stages of species diversification.

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Kentaro Fujita Asks, “Can YOU Resist a Marshmallow?”

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Ken Fujita, Professor of Psychology, researches self-control in the Ohio State University Motivation and Cognitive Science Laboratory. He explores how motivation and cognition intersect to affect decision-making and behavior, such as the influence of thinking patterns on desires, as famously shown by the marshmallow test (can a child resist eating a marshmallow for 15 minutes?). Fujita looks at situational factors and strategies for self-control, arguing that self-control is a skill developed through practice rather than an innate ability. The interview ends with Fujita sharing his journey into psychology and discussing his commitment to mentoring students.

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Christa Teston: How to Teach Dignity

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Christa Teston, the Andrea Lunsford Designated Professor of English, discusses her book Doing Dignity: Ethical Praxis and the Politics of Care. Teston argues that dignity is not an inherent trait but a practice that depends on situations and can be taught. She supports her argument with ethnographic research and interviews with healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as case studies involving wheelchair fittings and medical aid in dying legislation. Teston see value in teaching dignity in medical training through simulations. Additionally, Teston describes her research methodology, which includes empirical research with human participants, and touches on the future impacts of AI on business and technical writing.

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Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin: Artisanal Quantum Research

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Professor of physics Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin studies quantum information science and engineering (QISE), a combination of quantum mechanics and information technology, and its applicability in computing, networking, and sensing. He describes the foundational concepts of quantum mechanics, magnetism, and the physical properties of materials to host David Staley. Halperin explains how classical electromagnetism cannot fully account for the behavior of magnetic materials, emphasizing the necessity of quantum mechanics. Halperin also describes his innovative research on quantum sensors and nanomaterials and a new technique his lab developed to integrate molecular systems with solid-state devices for quantum sensing applications.

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Stephen Gavazzi: Shaping Public Policy with Data

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Steve Gavazzi, Director of the College of Arts and Sciences’ CHRR and professor in the College of Education and Human Ecology, joins host David Staley to discuss Gavazzi’s research on public higher education. Gavazzi and Staley coedited Fulfilling the 21st Century Land Grant Mission: Essays in Honor of The Ohio State University’s Sesquicentennial Commemoration. Gavazzi emphasizes the importance of the good relationships between universities and their communities and shares insights from longitudinal studies run by CHRR, such as the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY). The discussion also touches on the American Population Panel and CHRR’s role in housing secure, accessible data repositories for long-term research. Gavazzi also discusses the upcoming 60th anniversary of CHRR.

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Jeffrey Cohen: “I Can’t Do Work on Them if I Don’t Eat Them, Right?” The Scholarship of Eating Grasshoppers

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Some people look at a grasshopper and see an insect. 

Anthropology professor Jeffrey Cohen sees a snack. 

Cohen’s research spans migration, development, and nutrition, interests that have taken him from Project Panchavati, which addressed the digital divide in the Bhutanese community in Central Ohio during the pandemic, to his new book Eating Grasshoppers, which explores the cultural and economic significance of grasshopper consumption in Oaxaca, Mexico. Cohen describes the process and benefits of entomophagy (insect eating) and its potential role in human diets, despite the “yuck factor,” which host David Staley overcomes to enjoy the chapulines offered during the interview. 

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Exploring Shakespeare’s London with Christopher Highley

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Christopher Highley, Professor of English and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at The Ohio State University, discusses the context and findings of his most recent book, Blackfriars in Early Modern London. He highlights his extensive knowledge of the historical and cultural landscape of London during the time of Shakespeare. He describes the opportunities The Ohio State University has for students who want to learn more about this subject both at the university and overseas. Highley also tells host David Staley about the exciting initiatives through the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, which range from symposiums and research talks to fencing and falconry exhibitions.

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Elizabeth Renker: Discovering and Recovering Sarah Piatt

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Elizabeth Renker, Professor of English at The Ohio State University, discusses her work in “Discovering Sarah Piatt“, a podcast and recovery project aimed at reclaiming the legacy of 19th-century poet Sarah Piatt, who was once a famous poet but faded into obscurity due to shifts in literary canon. Renker faced challenges in recovering Piatt’s work, such as incomplete archives and lost manuscripts but persevered to make her poems accessible through a digital humanities project. Renker gives glimpses of her forthcoming biography of Piatt, her views on the evolving nature of English departments, and her award-winning teaching methodologies.

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Robert Baker: From Laser Tag to Laser Lab

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Dr. Robert Baker, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has had a life-long fascination with light, culminating in his work co-creating the National Science Foundation-Ohio State University NeXUS Laboratory. Baker’s current research focuses on electron dynamics and catalytic energy conversion. The NeXUS Laboratory houses a groundbreaking laser system capable of taking attosecond (10-18) measurements. “Voices” host David Staley and Baker tour the NeXUS lab, exploring its three main beamlines and discussing the facility’s role in advancing fields such as quantum information processing and material science. Dr. Baker describes the collaborative nature of the facility, involving graduate students, postdocs, and researchers from around the world.

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Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́: Why Would Anybody Write an Ode to Palm Trees?

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Dr. Adélékè Adéèkó, Humanities Distinguished Professor at The Ohio State University, discusses his book Arts of Being Yorùbá. Dr. Adéèkó delves into the cultural significance of Yorùbá proverbs, praise poetry, and fiction. He explains how these forms of expression define Yorùbá identity and addresses their use in modern forms like pictorial magazines. The conversation also touches on orature, a term coined to describe oral literature, and its impact on written texts. Dr. Adéèkó reveals his interest in 20th-century literary theory and how he integrates Derrida’s deconstruction into his work.

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Tanya Berger·Wolf: Why You Should Go to See Zebras

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Tanya Berger·Wolf directs The Ohio State University’s Translational Data Analytics Institute and is a professor in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology. She discusses translational data analytics, interdisciplinary research, and the intersection of computer science with ecology and biology. Berger Wolf describes the importance of data analytics in addressing societal challenges, the role of computational ecology in understanding animal behavior and conservation, and the development of imageomics as a new field of science.

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David Brakke Explains How the Gnostics Influenced “The Matrix”

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David Brakke, Professor and Joe R. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity in the Department of History, studies and teaches the history and literature of ancient Christianity from its origins through the fifth century, with special interest in asceticism monasticism, Gnosticism, biblical interpretation, and Egyptian Christianity. He discusses why the Gnostics and their views were considered so dangerous and what the Gospel of Judas reveals about these beliefs.

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How To Be Curious, With Doug Alsdorf

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Doug Alsdorf, Professor in the School of Earth Sciences, researches satellite hydrology, large tropical wetlands, and geophysics. He describes himself as driven by curiosity, to ask “why is that there?” or “what is that over there?” Join him as he discusses the value of scientific curiosity and more with David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence.

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Siri, Which OSU Researcher Is On This Week’s Voice of Excellence? “It’s Michael White”

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Michael White, Professor of Linguistics, researches how to enable computers to usefully converse with people in natural language. He’s seen the ability of predictive text become so good that it’s created concerns about the ethical uses of it. He discusses this and more with David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence

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Mindfulness Meditation Can Improve Mental and Physical Health, Says Ruchika Prakash

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Ruchika Prakash, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging, researches neuroplasticity in the context of healthy aging, and neurological disorders, specifically, multiple sclerosis. Her lab’s findings include ways that meditation can improve your behavioral and neural functioning.

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What Can Minions Reveal About Child Language Acquisition? John Grinstead Explains

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John Grinstead, Professor and Interim Chair in Spanish and Portuguese, researches developmental linguistics, developmental semantics and pragmatics, and children’s comprehension of syntax. Ten years ago, he began using stop-motion movies in his experiments on language development, and the Despicable Me “minions” were a well-known and experimentally useful choice. For more about how minions reveal the workings of language acquisition, listen to his discussion with David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence.

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A Passage Through India: How Scott Levi’s Study Abroad Trip Led to a Career Studying Central Asia

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Scott Levi, Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Interim Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, specializes in the social and economic history of Central Asia. His most recent book is The Bukharan Crisis: A Connected History of 18th-Century Central Asia, which he describes as “the first time I’ve ever written a book by accident.”

Sedentary Versus Pastoralist Logic With Mark Moritz

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Mark Moritz, Professor and Graduate Studies Chair in Anthropology, studies the transformation of African pastoral systems, specifically examining how pastoralists adapt to changing ecological, political, and institutional conditions. He shares some of the results of his research with pastoralists in the far north region of Cameroon with David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence.

How Did Humans Evolve? Scott McGraw Explores This and More

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Scott McGraw, Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, is a researcher, biological anthropologist, evolutionary anatomist, and primate behavior analyst. He observes animals in the wild to see how their physical movements, for example, result from bone structures. Biological anthropologists then use this information to understand how extinct animals might have moved, such as our human ancestors.

Robert Holub Explains Nietzsche’s Jewish Problem

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Robert Holub, Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor and Chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, studies 19th and 20th century intellectual, cultural, and literary history, especially Friedrich Nietzsche, Heinrich Heine, German realism, and literary and aesthetic theory. He discusses the historical setting of Nietzsche and how this impacts the ways we understand his writing.

Making the Inner Ear Cool: Eric Bielefeld

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Eric Bielefeld, Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, studies auditory physiology, especially inner ear pathology. His most recent work involves modeling how exposure to HIV medications during pregnancy influences the development of auditory systems and the impact of cooling the inner ear on chemotherapy efficacy.

How a Highly Advanced Microscope is Like a Record Player, Jay Gupta

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Jay Gupta, Professor of Physics, explores the properties of novel materials at the atomic scale to address problems in energy conversion and advanced computing. Via scanning tunneling microscopy, his group examine items that are a billionth of a meter. For more of his discussion of nanomaterials, semiconductors and how to spell your name in atoms, listen to this week’s Voices of Excellence.

“I Fell in Love with Mountain Glaciers as a Mountaineer,” Bryan Mark

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Bryan Mark, Professor of Geography, studies climate-glacier-hydrologic dynamics over different time scales and serves as State Climatologist of Ohio. He joins David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence.

Meg Daly On Why Animals Choose Their Habitat

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Meg Daly, Professor of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, studies animal systematics and ecology, serving as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education. She’s particularly interested in studying how and why marine animals live where they do, most recently looking at sea anemones that live in temperate marine intertidal ecosystems.

Ludmila Isurin On the Production of Collective Memory Versus History

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Ludmila Isurin, Professor in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, is an interdisciplinary scholar with multiple affiliations within Ohio State. Her latest book is Collective Remembering: Memory in the World and in the Mind, which she discusses with David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence.

Mari Noda: Learning a New Language is Performing as a Believable, Intelligent Person in a Culture

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Mari Noda, Professor in Japanese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, is a specialist in East Asian language pedagogy and is primarily interested in curriculum, material development, and assessment. She seeks to help students not only understand a language, but to use that language as a mechanism to participate in the culture.

Different Languages Follow Similar Evolutions, Says Brian Joseph

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Brian Joseph, Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and the Kenneth E. Naylor Professor of South Slavic Languages and Linguistics, studies historical linguistics, the history of the Greek language, language contact, Greek, Albanian, and Balkan linguistics, and Sanskrit. He’s especially interested in the way that the similar experiences that cultures have with language influence how their language develops.

Think You Know the Classical World? Think Again, Says Carolina Lopez-Ruiz

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Carolina Lopez-Ruiz, Professor of Classics, studies ancient Greek literature and classical mythology, and Greek and Near Eastern interaction and colonization. She strives to show that this period was more than just traditional Greek influences, with many cultures interacting and influencing each other.

Prof. Zhengyu Liu on Using the Past to Predict the Future of Climate Dynamics

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Zhengyu Liu is the Max Thomas Professor of Climate Dynamics in the Department of Geography. His areas of expertise include climate change, Earth systems modeling, and climate dynamics. He discusses how scientists can have confidence in their predictions about the future of climate on this week’s Voices of Excellence.

The Tension Between the Practical and the Impractical: Reitter Describes the Crisis in Humanities

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Paul Reitter, Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, studies German-Jewish culture, the history of higher education, modernism, and critical theory, among other areas. His most recent book, co-authored with Chad Wellmon, is Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age, which examines the long history of the Humanities being described in terms of crisis.

What Is It to Know Something, and Do Dogs Have Knowledge? Declan Smithies knows

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Declan Smithies, Professor and Director of Philosophy Graduate Studies, researches what it means to know something and to have consciousness. His book, The Epistemic Role of Consciousness, argues that consciousness gives humans knowledge of the external world and that without consciousness, we wouldn’t know anything. Since a dog can know whether there’s food in its bowl by perceiving its bowl, Smithies says, “it’s very plausible that the conscious experience of seeing or smelling the food in the bowl can give dogs knowledge.”

From Florida to the Antarctic: W. Berry Lyons’ Scientific Journey

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W. Berry Lyons, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar in the Ohio State School of Earth Sciences, was born and raised in the sunny state of Florida, but much of his career has been focused on the decidedly colder Antarctic, where he’s researched the impact of climate and climate change on the McMurdo Dry Valleys, the continent’s largest ice-free area. 

Who Were the First Americans? Mark Hubbe Has Some Suggestions

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Professor of Anthropology Mark Hubbe studies modern human dispersion with a special emphasis on the settlement of South America. He joins host David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence to discuss how the Americas were inhabited, what makes archeological evidence for human settlements controversial, and what methods are used to explore these questions.

What Makes Us Sick? Daniel Wozniak Looks at the Causes

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Daniel Wozniak, Professor of Microbial Infection and Immunity and Microbiology, studies bacterial pathogenesis and gene regulation. He joins David Staley to discuss his research that seeks to determine how bacteria live in human hosts and what kinds of treatment can stop their growth.

An Economist and a Geographer Meet in a Forest…: Research by Darla Munroe

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Professor Darla Munroe, Chair of the Department of Geography, studies land economics and human geography, with a focus on human environment interactions at a landscape level. She joins David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence to discuss her work on the forests of southeast Ohio and the methodological distinctions between economists and geographers, among other topics.

The Quirks of Quarks and Other Aspects of Quantum Mechanics with Yuri Kovchegov

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Yuri Kovchegov, Professor of Physics at The Ohio State University, studies quantum chromodynamics at high energy and nuclear theory, and was recently named to the 2020 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He breaks down some of the intricacies of quantum mechanics with David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence.

Professor Susan Van Pelt Petry on turning COVID-19 into 19ChoreOVIDs

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When Dance Professor Susan Van Pelt Petry began working from home due to the pandemic, her interest in staying hopeful as an artist led her to begin creating 19 choreographed videos, aka 19ChoreOVIDs, a play on COVID-19. She describes these videos and more of her work with David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence.

Shannon Winnubst on “The Past That Is Never Past”: Anti-Blackness & Anti-Indigeneity

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Shannon Winnubst, Professor and Chair of the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, researches queer and trans studies, race theory, psychoanalytic theory, and 20th century French theory. Energized by the Black Lives Matter movement, she talks about new language that is emerging in the public sphere to name systemic racism and the deeper encounter it offers, especially for white persons and institutions, with the centuries-long violence.

Judson Jeffries: Why the BLM Protests Look New

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Judson Jeffries, Professor of African American and African Studies, researches media studies, public policy, Homeland Security, African American politics, and police-community relations. He sees the BLM protests as having a new kind of participant and perhaps a new kind of possibility for success.

Kristi Williams Discusses How 60% of U.S. Adults Experience Trauma Before 18

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Kristi Williams, a Professor in the Department of Sociology, researches the influence of family and other personal relationships on mental and physical health, with a particular focus on gender and life course variations in those patterns. She is particularly interested in exploring how the more trauma people experience, the worse their health is and how that can be treated.

Prof. Wendy Panero Talks About What It’s Like to Really Be Under Pressure

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A Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Director of the Mineral Physics Research Group, Wendy Panero studies the behavior of materials under the high pressure and temperature of the Earth’s interior.

Professor Brad Bushman: Mythbuster

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“I want people to base their beliefs on research evidence rather than hunches,” says Brad Bushman, Professor of Communication and the Margaret Hall and Robert Randal Rinehart Chair of Mass Communication. Bushman studies the causes, consequences, and solutions to the problem of human aggression and violence, and shares his insights.

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Morality is a Product of Our Emotions, Says Justin D’Arms

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Professor of Philosophy, Justin D’Arms, researches moral theory, meta ethics, reason and rationality, evolutionary theory and the philosophy of emotion. His forthcoming book, Rational Sentimentalism, is an “articulation and defense of sentimentalist theory of value.”

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The Impact of My Big Fat Greek Wedding and the Greek Crisis on Greek Self-Identity

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Georgios Anagnostou, Professor of Modern Greek and American Ethnic Studies, discusses the impact of the Greek debt crisis and pop culture representations of Greeks on Greek self identity, especially for those living outside of Greece.

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Michael Poirier Wants to Know: Why Are Some Genes Used and Others Aren’t?

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Professor of Physics, Michael Poirier, is a member of the Ohio State Biochemistry graduate and the Biophysics graduate programs. He joins David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence to describe his research into biology with a physics approach that manipulates and looks at individual molecules.

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Statistical Modeling Can Coax More Information Out of Medical Studies, Says Elly Kaizar

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Statistical modeling can reveal many hidden facts, such as the best time to start certain treatments for childhood traumatic brain injuries. Elly Kaizar, Professor of Statistics, has shown that statistically combining data from several sources gives us the opportunity to learn more about treatment effectiveness as it varies with different treatment implementations and across populations. Prof. Kaizar discusses this topic and more ways statistical analyses can mitigate imperfect data collection with host David Staley on this week’s Voices of Excellence.

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Studying Cell Communication Offers Insight into Development of Embryos and Cancer, Says Susan Cole

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Susan Cole, Professor of Molecular Genetics at The Ohio State University College of the Arts and Sciences, joins David Staley on Voices of Excellence this week to discuss the role of cell communication in both the development of people from embryos to adults and the growth of cancer cells. 

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“Are Longer Commutes Necessarily Inefficient?” Morton O’Kelly Says Not Necessarily

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Morton O’Kelly, Professor of Geography and Divisional Dean for the Social and Behavioral Sciences at The Ohio State University College of the Arts and Sciences, is fascinated by how things and people get from one place to another. He discusses whether Columbus is a more efficient city than San Diego or Las Vegas and if airlines that use point-to-point versus hub-and-spoke networks save or cost you money.

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Professor David Horn on Cultural and Historical Studies of Science

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Professor of Comparative Studies David Horn describes the history of spiritism, automatic writing, and other human sciences of the 19th century on Voices of Excellence.

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Why Are We Fascinated by Horrifying or Sad Stories? Michael Slater Has Some Thoughts

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Director of the School of Communications and distinguished professor Michael Slater has researched media influence on youth behavior, as well as the impact of social media on its users.

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The Foundation of All Universities Is in Arts and Sciences, Says Professor Janet Box-Steffensmeier

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Janet Box-Steffensmeier stepped down as the Interim Executive Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University in July to return to being the Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science. She joins David Staley to discuss the extension of the university’s land grant mission and her return to studying coalition behavior in politics.

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Diaspora, Beyoncé, and Law School: Prof. Simone Drake’s Academic Journeys

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Simone Drake, Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of African American and African Studies, discusses her latest book, When We Imagine Grace: Black Men and Subject Making.

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The Case of the Murderer Caught by Speech Scientist Robert Fox

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In addition to his many publications and academic achievements, Professor and Chair of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science Robert Fox consults about forensic phonetics, including a 2003 murder trial that was resolved with his expertise and audiology technology.

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Why Do Viewers Find TV Mobsters So Attractive? Prof. Dana Renga Has a Theory

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A sympathetic treatment of people who do horrible things seems hard to justify. So why are such depictions so common with mafia movies and tv, especially in Italy? Professor Dana Renga’s new book Watching Sympathetic Perpetrators on Italian Television: Gomorrah and Beyond offers the first comprehensive study of recent, popular Italian television.

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How Did U.S. Supreme Court Justices Divide Along Party Lines? Lawrence Baum Knows

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We tend to think of a Supreme Court in which Justices divide along party lines as the way it’s always been. But that’s not the case, according to legal scholar Lawrence Baum, whose research points to these party-line divisions as being a relatively recent phenomenon.

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Controlling Your Microbes: Michael Ibba

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Humans have at least as many microbial as human cells on and in their bodies. These microbes can be beneficial or destructive, and Professor Michael Ibba describes what happens when these microbes get out of control through antibiotic resistance and how Ohio State is working for better health outcomes.

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Professor Barry Shank Says Musical Beauty Builds Community

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Professor Shank’s latest book explores the power of music to create community, and he discusses this along with a history of Comparative Studies and how greeting cards maintain social connections.

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How Did Precious Lapis Lazuli End Up on the Teeth of a Medieval Nun? Alison Beach Has Some Ideas

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When researchers studying the teeth of a medieval woman excavated in a dig near Dalheim, Germany found something strange, they knew the right person to call: Professor Alison Beach. Her expertise in twelfth-century female scribes helped to document that women were heavily involved in the creation of illuminated manuscripts.

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Professor Osei Appiah Describes How We Move Beyond Racial Prejudice to Form a More Perfect Union

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News images of racial conflict are contradicted by the fact that society is becoming increasingly progressive and accepting of diversity. One key indicator of progress may be increasing instances of mediated interracial interaction, facilitated though a process of cultural voyeurism. Join Professor and Associate Director of the Ohio State University School of Communications Osei Appiah in a conversion about this concept and more.

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Harvey Miller Uses New Mobility Data to Understand Cities and Transportation

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Trucks, buses, autonomous cars, scooters and bikes: everyone is crowding onto roadways. Professor and Chair of Geographic Information Science in the Department of Geography Harvey Miller talks with David Staley about how GIS can help make sense of it all. 

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Jennifer Schlueter: Making Found Text into Theatrical Events

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So you’ve found a 28-volume transcription of a 1920s spiritualist who believed a thwarted seventeenth century authoress spoke through her. What do you do? Theatre Professor Jennifer Schlueter’s approach with this and other texts is to work with collaborators to create performance events built out of archival material. Listen in as she describes her process and how, with experimental work, sometimes failure is the best teacher.

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What Should You Do During a Bank Run? Professor Peck Gives Advice

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Professor Jim Peck, interim chair of the Department of Economics, describes what causes bank runs, whether Federal Deposit Insurance works to prevent them, and what financial crises qualify as bank runs. 

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Scientific Curiosity Is in the Blood Says Irina Artsimovitch

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Her grandfather is credited with saying “Science is a way to pursue one’s sense of inquiry at the expense of the State,” so it’s no surprise that Irina Artsimovich has a passion for science, including “trying to channel [her curiosity] to find new antibiotics because we desperately need them.” 

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What’s the Intersection of War and Math? It’s Where Bear Braumoeller’s Research Happens

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Join Bear Braumoeller and host David Staley for a discussion of how data analytics apply to geopolitics, including those times when the computer models fail to account for the actions of global players in maintaining international order.

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Not Your Grandparents’ English, Says Janice Aski

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“I’m fascinating with how languages change,” says French and Italian Professor Janice Aski. Join her and David Staley for a discussion of the ways that languages change and why interest in learning another language is decreasing in the United States at exactly the time it needs to be increasing.

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Hannah Shafaat Looks Deep into the Oceans and Gets Answers

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Professor of Chemistry Hannah Shafaat knows what lurks way below the ocean’s surface and she’ll talk about the research that garnered her a Department of Energy Early Career Award.

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Yuan-Ming Lu Describes the Surprising Connection Between the Avengers’ Thanos and Condensed Matter

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Ohio State University Physics Professor Yuan-Ming Lu is a National Science Foundation Career Award winner and a condensed matter theorist. Tune in to learn more about this fascinating field when Professor Lu talks to David Staley on Voices of Excellence from the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Ann Hamilton’s Creativity Secret? Work Comes from Paying Attention

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The work of Ohioan, visual artist, and educator Ann Hamilton has been described as “internationally recognized for the sensory surrounds of her large-scale multi-media installations.” She joins host David Staley to discuss her work including her latest installation, at the Cortlandt -World Trade Center Station, called CHORUS.

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Steve Quiring Keeps an Eye on Temperatures Across the Globe

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Ohio State University Geography Professor Steven Quiring is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Career award for his work with Drought Predictability and the Role of Land-Atmosphere Interactions in the U.S. Great Plains.

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