2008 Woodie Awards
Campus
Dry cleaning business in Union launders with convenience
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Two months ago the Bowen-Thompson Student Union embarked on a new business venture. An ambitious new dry cleaning service was started to give students an alternative to independent businesses based locally. The service is managed by City Dry Cleaning, an independent business based out of Findlay, Ohio.
Elderly activist fights voter apathy
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Bill Pitney is Duke University's most visible political activist during this election season. But he doesn't live in a dormitory. He lives in a retirement home. Since August, Pitney, 76, has camped out by the West Campus Plaza archway armed with stacks of voter registration sheets, sitting in his fold-up chair at his fold-up table for hours a day, every day.
New robot diagnoses and treats breast cancer more efficiently
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For University of Maryland mechanical engineering professor Jaydev Desai, breast cancer awareness is more than a month-long endeavor. Though October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Desai has spent the past year and a half developing a robot that can perform biopsies and destroy tumor cells all in one session, making the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer less time-consuming and more accurate than ever before.
A 'clear eye' for online safety
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The University's Web site, "Clear Eye for the Facebook Guy," aims to keep internet stalkers at bay in an online society. Their Web site, http://www.bgsu.edu/downloads/sa/file30145.html, was created to inform and warn students about the dangers of Facebook.
Fact-seeking for the University is the name of his game
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The University is the fifth largest employer in Northwest Ohio. The most popular undergraduate major is "undecided." The average baccalaureate student graduates in four and a half years. To know all these facts and more, just ask Director of Institutional Research William Knight.
