October 25, 1999 University Pagemasters Forum Nov. 8 & 9 Ohio Univ. Tops in Character Development

• Winter Quarter Preregistration Begins. For information, contact the Registrar's Office.
  
  
• The 1999 Red Ribbon Celebration, with a march and rally on the theme "Join Hands Together and Be Drug Free," will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. The march will start at the College Gate and end at the Athens County Courthouse. Enjoy music and prizes afterward with Rockin' Reggie D.J.
  
  
• Two Exhibits at the Kennedy Museum of Art: the multimedia installation, "The Unfound Door," and "Will Barnet: An American Master Print Retrospective."
  
  
• For more, please visit the online Calendar of Events.
  

• Microsoft Products Available to Ohio University Students, Departments, and Employees
  
  
• Construction Closes Stewart Street
  
  
• Flu Shots Offered by OU-COM
  
  
• Free Cancer Screenings Offered to Women by OU-COM
  
  
• How to Get Your Bobcat Football Tickets
  
  
• Transportation from Athens to Columbus available

Wight Named to Council of Biotechnology Centers David Wight, director of the Edison Biotechnology Institute (EBI) at Ohio University, has been elected to the board of directors of the Council of Biotechnology Centers. The council, an international group of nonprofit institutional, research and development organizations, works for the advancement of biotechnology in areas of economic development, research, education and training, technology transfer and societal issues. The council is affiliated with the Biotechnology Industry Organization, which represents more than 850 biotechnology companies, academic institutions and state biotechnology centers in 47 states and 26 nations. Wight received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1975 and his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Michigan in 1982 and 1985. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Ohio University, Wight joined the staff of EBI as a research scientist in 1988. He became director in 1995 and completed a master's of business administration at Ohio University in 1997. For more information, please read the full text of this news release.