Saturday, April 08, 2000
UC-Ohio State cooperation stressed at board meeting
BY JAMES PILCHER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Ohio State University board of trustees held its monthly meeting in an unusual spot Friday — the campus of the University of Cincinnati.
But the move was made to highlight the point of several presentations, which showed how well previous cooperation between two of the schools has worked.
The message was the cooperation should continue and expand if Ohio wants to heighten its high-tech presence and compete with states such as Georgia, Texas and North Carolina for high-tech industries and jobs.
“The state of Ohio is on the economic bubble and the region is on the bubble,” said UC president Dr. Joseph Steger, who spoke at the meeting. “If we don't pull together, we could be in economic trouble.”
OSU enrolls about 48,000 while UC's enrollment is 33,747.
Professors from both universities' engineering schools told the OSU board about three programs — a consortium that allowed sharing of research equipment between state schools, a shared research project into vehicle vibration and dynamics, and a cooperative effort to study the possibility of cleaner-burning coal.
“The best way to leverage our resources and influence is to cooper ate,” said Dr. David B. Ashley, dean of the OSU college of engineering. “This gives both institutions synergy as well as supporting existing and new industries.”
OSU's Dr. Daniel D. Sedmak is interim senior vice president for health sciences and dean of OSU's college of medicine and public health. He detailed an example of how OSU cooperated with UC, the Cleveland Clinic and Case-Western University in Cleveland to ensure that state schools got a share of the state's anticipated tobacco settlement.
About $459 million of the $10.1 billion settlement was set aside for biotech research, Dr. Sedmak said.
“We've always talked about this before, but the difference is now is that there is the will for it,” Dr. Steger said. “Both parties are tied into it, and this is literally the beginning of a new era.”
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