Dr. Scott Highhouse has been named BGSU’s Ohio Eminent Scholar in industrial/organizational psychology. A Bowling Green faculty member since 1996, Highhouse fills the position that opened in June with the retirement of Dr. Milton Hakel, who had been the University’s Ohio Eminent Scholar in I/O psychology since 1991.

“His research is cited by scholars around the world,” said psychology department chair Dr. Michael Zickar of Highhouse, whose primary areas of expertise are assessment/selection for employment and human judgment/decision making. “He has served in leading positions in scholarly societies and is regularly consulted by leading companies on how to improve their hiring processes.”

In a College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Lecture, “Blink Again: The Science behind Holistic Hiring and Admissions,” Dr. Scott Highhouse, Ohio Eminent Scholar in psychology, asserts that there is no scientific foundation for “holistic” hiring assessment.

Lively discussions have been taking place at the forums held by the Connecting the Undergraduate Experience (CUE) Committee to give updates on its progress and gather feedback.

Ohio Sea Grant researchers at BGSU have discovered a winter-loving algae that may be contributing to the summertime “dead zone.”

Dr. Annette Mahoney, psychology, was an opening speaker at “Religious Practice and the Family: What the Research Says,” an Oct. 29 conference sponsored by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.

Fans of the beloved character Don Quixote, the “Man of La Mancha,” are in for a double treat from Bowling Green Opera Theater this week.