ART AND ENGINEERING COME TOGETHER AT 2,400 DEGREES

The OU sculptor program and the School of Art and Art History will present Fuego Friday: Halloween Iron Pour and Costume Contest at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the Fred Jones Art Center.

Jonathan Hils, associate professor of contemporary sculpture, said spectators can watch student and faculty cast molds of molten iron exceeding 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit.

“This process brings together engineering, chemistry and artistry into one of the most unique visual spectacles you’ll witness. It’s also really, really hot and that’s just plain cool,” Hils stated in a press release.

The OU sculpture program will also sell small scratch molds for $20 so that students can create their own piece of metal art. OU students will cast the molds during the event. Proceeds will benefit the sculpture program and the Visual Art Student Association, according to the press release.

A costume contest will begin at 7 p.m. and the winner will receive a new iPod Nano. The iron pour and costume contest are both free and open to the public.

-Troy Weatherford/The Daily

GRANT AWARDED TO STUDY POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENT

The National Science Foundation awarded an OU professor a research grant focusing on living systems and Earth’s history according to a press release.

Lawrence Weider, professor of zoology, will use the grant money to investigate how aquatic organisms cope with alternative environments caused by nutrient pollution.

He will study the effects of long-term pollution at the OU Biological station located on Lake Texoma in collaboration with two colleagues from Indiana University.

The budget for the three-year project is $780,000.

The National Science Foundation awarded 61 grants totaling $26 million to university researchers in the United States.

-Hannah Rieger/Contributing Writer

LARGE PRIZES AVAILABLE FOR BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS

Business students interested in entering the 7th annual Bruzzy Westheimer Presentation Competition must register online by 5 p.m. Friday.

Teams will present a business or university-related topic before a panel of judges from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 6 in Price Hall, room 2065.

All teams that enter will receive cash prizes, with a $4,200 prize awarded to the first place team.

The event is sponsored by Bruzzy Westheimer, president of Valbel West Corporation and Price College board member. Westheimer will serve as a judge for the competition.

For more information, go to http://price.ou.edu/bcc/bcc_westheimer.aspx.

-Claire Brandon/Contributing Writer