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Office of the President
April 6, 2004

1. Rep. Rogers Secures $1 Million for Cancer Initiative to Increase Survival Rates

   U.S. Representative Hal Rogers announced an initiative at UK Markey Cancer Center to increase survival rates for lethal cancers.  The center, nationally known for its research in cancer detection and treatment, will oversee a new health care initiative supported by $1 million in federal funding.  The project, named the Marty Driesler Lethal Cancers Project in honor of Rogers’ former chief of staff, will serve the 29 counties in Rogers’ Fifth Congressional District.

2. President Todd Presents Second Annual Awards Celebrating Diversity Efforts

   President Todd presented the second annual President’s Awards for Diversity in a ceremony during the “Education Beyond Brown:  Future Perspectives” conference.  The winners by category are student, Veleashia Smith, College of Social Work; staff, Jim Wims, Residence Life, and Kathy Sheppard-Jones, Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute; faculty, Tamara Brown, Department of Psychology; UK unit, International Hospitality Program, Office of International Affairs; and community member, Juanita Fleming, UK professor emeritus and interim vice president for academic affairs at Kentucky State University.  Coordinated by the President’s Commission on Diversity, the President’s Awards for Diversity are in honor and appreciation of those who have demonstrated outstanding efforts toward advancing UK’s mission of embracing diversity while maintaining academic excellence.

3. UK Contributes to NASA Initiative

   Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher joined with representatives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in early March to announce a partnership between NASA and the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation on behalf of President Bush’s emerging Moon/Mars initiative. Kentucky’s colleges and universities – including the University of Kentucky – and innovation-driven companies are in a position to contribute and participate in the initiative.  UK already has several NASA-funded research projects under way, with total funding exceeding $2 million.  Among the participants in the governor’s announcement were students and faculty participating in the UK College of Engineering’s BIG BLUE project, which uses a balloon to deploy and launch a computer-guided glider capable of gathering scientific information from another planet’s atmosphere.

4. UK Taps Two for Beckman Scholars Awards to Support Undergraduate Research

   President Lee T. Todd Jr. announced the selection of Stephanie Lynn Logsdon and Brandon Michael Sutton as recipients of the 2004 Beckman Scholars awards.  Logsdon and Sutton each receive $17,600 to support undergraduate research projects in chemistry and the life sciences for two summers and a full academic year.  Logsdon will work with biology professor Robin Cooper on various aspects of synaptic transmission, while Sutton will study the glial scar that develops following spinal cord injury and inhibits nerve cell regeneration with anatomy and neurobiology professor Diane Snow.  They are the fifth and sixth Beckman Scholars at UK since the University was selected by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation as a participating institution in 2002.  UK has been invited to apply for a second three-year participation in the program.

5. UK Pediatric Surgeons Use Minimally Invasive Procedures to Great Success

   Pediatric surgeons at the UK Chandler Medical Center are reporting great success in using minimally invasive surgical procedures in even the tiniest patients.  The procedures involve instruments less than a half-inch in diameter, smaller incisions, less pain and faster recovery.  Since 2001, UK has been one of about a dozen hospitals nationwide and the only one in Kentucky to perform complex pediatric procedures with advanced minimally invasive surgery techniques.

6. oE’s Department of Administration and Supervision Is Part of $2.1 Million Venture

   The Department of Administration and Supervision in the UK College of Education is one of five partners in a $2.1 million cooperative venture with the University of Minnesota to improve the technology preparation of school administrators throughout the United States.  University of Minnesota is implementing a School Technology Leadership Initiative to create an innovative national technology curriculum model for preparing principals, superintendents, and other educational leaders to facilitate information technology in their schools and districts.  The initiative is the first academic program based on these standards and involves colleges and universities, school districts and major technology corporations.

7. UK Plans Winter ‘Intersession’ to Help Students Meet Course Needs

   Provost Michael Nietzel announced recently that UK will offer a pilot program for a winter term in the 2004-05 academic year during the weeks between the end of fall semester and the beginning of spring semester.  The program will have three aims: to help students get courses they may need for graduation, to enrich study-abroad opportunities, and to introduce new or experimental classes.  Students would be limited to one course.  Some would involve travel, others may be offered online, and some would be a more traditional four-hour class every day of the week.  Classes would not be held between Christmas and New Year’s.

8. Senator McConnell Secures $1 Million for Instructional Technology Research

   William Berdine and Kristina Krampe of the College of Education’s Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling received a $1 million congressional directed appropriation to continue researching and developing the Commonwealth Center on Instructional Technology and Learning Institute.  Senator Mitch McConnell provided the congressional leadership to secure the award.

9. UK Recruits Teachers and Students for Girls in Science, Girls in Research Programs

   UK is recruiting teachers and students in southeastern Kentucky for two innovative education programs, Girls in Science and Girls in Research. Funded through the National Science Foundation, Girls in Science encourages girls entering seventh grade to pursue careers in science, math, engineering and technology. Girls in Research is designed for girls entering sixth grade and encourages girls to consider careers in scientific research. The programs feature summer camps at UK to reinforce the girls’ interest in science and research.  Girls from Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Rockcastle, Whitley and Wolfe counties are eligible to participate.

10. New Rockefeller Fellows Are Now at UK

    Three Rockefeller fellows are in residence at the Appalachian Center for the spring 2004 semester.  Susan Williams and Tom Hansell are Appalachian activists, and Jenkeri Okwori is from Nigeria.  Williams is conducting research on immigrant labor issues for her Rockefeller project.  Hansell, a documentary filmmaker with Appalshop in Whitesburg, Ky., is working on a film that will explore the dynamics of electricity production and the effects of coal mining.  Okwori, a drama professor at Ahmadu Bellow University in Nigeria, is focusing on how arts programming can be used to strengthen democracy.

11. UK Trumpet Quintet Wins National Competition in Washington, D.C.

    A UK trumpet quintet directed by music professor Mark Clodfelter won a national competition in mid-March against 30 other schools.  The Washington, D.C., event included ensembles from Thailand, the Julliard School of Music, the University of California at Los Angeles and the Cincinnati Conservatory.  The student performers were T. J. Tesh, Will Adamchik, Josef Traver, Jonathan Stites, and John Tuck.

12. Brockopp of President’s Commission on Women Wins Sarah Bennett Holmes Award

    Dorothy Brockopp, assistant dean for undergraduate studies, College of Nursing, and chair, President’s Commission on Women, received the 11^th annual Sarah Bennett Holmes Award given by the UK Women’s Forum.  Named for a former distinguished dean of women at UK, the award is granted annually to women working at the university who promote the growth and well-being of other women.  Brockopp was one of 12 nominees recognized during a special luncheon ceremony March 24.

13. UK Hospital Nurse Researchers Complete Study on Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

    Nurse researchers at the obstetrical unit at UK Hospital have completed a research study on the effects of early initiation of breastfeeding on infants.  The study determined if early initiation encouraged mothers to breastfeed while in the hospital and to feel more comfortable to breastfeed after they were discharged.  The study involved 100 breastfeeding mothers and showed that early initiation was the most successful factor in the success of breastfeeding in the hospital, affected the mother’s desire to breastfeed when returning home, and reduced postpartum problems.

14. UK Equal Opportunity Panel Presents Awards to Five Departments and Programs

    The UK Equal Opportunity Panel presented the inaugural Equal Opportunity Awards to five UK departments and programs in late March.  Receiving the honor were the UK Chandler Medical Center for multicultural and academic affairs; the President’s Commission on Diversity for its efforts to create baseline data important for improving programs, achieving larger institutional goals and providing concrete evidence about links between diversity, staffing needs, faculty scholarship and student learning; African American Studies and Research Program for efforts regarding issues central to the lives of African-American women through the annual Black Women’s Conference; the Disability Resource Center for efforts to highlight artists and lecturers whose focus is on living with a disability; and the UK chapter of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences for its promotion of diversity in the College of Agriculture and across campus.

15. UK Music Student Commissioned to Write Piece for Geographers’ Convention

    David McKee, a doctoral student in the UK School of Music in the College of Fine Arts, was commissioned to write a composition to be performed at the centennial meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Philadelphia in mid-March.  McKee wrote “Scenes from a River,” a seven-minute piece for piano, violin and cello, that evoked his memories of the Tennessee River as it meanders through his hometown of Florence, Ala.  Its three movements depict a Deep South slow-moving river, overhanging cypress trees, high cliffs, and a Native American ceremony celebrated annually called “the Dance of the Singing River.”

16. UK School of Music Holds First Benefit Concert

    Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and the composer’s Ninth Symphony were performed recently by faculty and students from the UK Symphony Orchestra, choirs and Opera Theatre at the first School of Music Scholarship Benefit Concert.  The UK Orchestra, directed by Julian Shew, was joined by School of Music faculty members Daniel Mason, violin; Benjamin Karp, cello, and Alan Hersh, piano.  Music professor Jefferson Johnson, director, and soloists from the Opera Theatre program, including Shawn-Allyce White, soprano; Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber, mezzo-soprano; Everett McCorvey, tenor; and Edward White, bass, also performed.  The concert raised money for scholarships for students in the School of Music. Special donors of at least $2,273.25, which is the current undergraduate tuition per semester, were recognized in the Director’s Circle, and received all of the benefits of a person in the Conductor’s Circle plus a CD of the event.

17. Journalism Hall of Fame Inductees Include UK’s Maria Braden, WHAS’s Glen Bastin

    Former UK journalism professor Maria Braden, a former Associated Press writer, and former WHAS radio news director Glen Bastin were among five inductees in the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.  Also inducted were John Egerton, a career free-lance reporter-writer whose work in the early 1960s helped focus national attention on the civil rights movement; media attorney Jon Fleischaker, known for decades in litigation and legislation protecting press rights in Kentucky; and journalism pioneer Eliza Piggott Underwood, the first female state editor of a Kentucky newspaper.  Underwood also was UK’s first female journalism graduate and the first woman editor of both the UK student newspaper and yearbook.  Hall of Fame festivities conclude with the annual Joe Creason Lecture by former New York Times reporter Earl Caldwell, the only journalist present when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

18. Survey on Women’s Safety Conducted at UK

    A telephone survey on UK women’s safety is under way.  The survey is sponsored by the Center for Research on Violence Against Women, the UK President’s Commission on Women, the Division of Student Affairs, the Graduate School, and Student Government.  The purpose of the study is to examine the prevalence of physical, sexual, and stalking victimization among female students at UK; to examine the correlates and contextualized patterns associated with victimization; to examine the perceptions of female students regarding fear of crime, risk of victimization, and university response, and to inform the University community and improve the protection of women who live, work, and study on campus.  The anonymous telephone survey will contact 1,000 female graduate and undergraduate students at the University and should be completed within four weeks.  Findings from the survey will be announced in the fall. 

19. Governor Fletcher Honors Arturo Sandoval for Artistic Contributions to Commonwealth

    Governor Fletcher honored UK art professor Arturo Alonzo Sandoval with a Governor’s Award in the Arts for his work in fabric art, mixed media art and foundation drawing at a ceremony in Frankfort in early March.  Sandoval was one of 10 Kentuckians, along with Ashley Judd, a UK alumna, to win the recognition.

20. UK Opera Theatre Performs Monteverdi’s ‘Coronation of Poppea’

    The Opera Theatre program in the School of Music of UK’s College of Fine Arts presented Claudio Monteverdi’s “The Coronation of Poppea” in late March at the Singletary Center for the Arts.  The opera was directed by Predrag Gosta, artistic director of the New Trinity Baroque in Atlanta, with stage direction by Sandra Bernhard of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

21. UK College of Pharmacy Advocates Poison Prevention to Protect Children

    The UK College of Pharmacy took an active role in National Poison Prevention Week in late March, urging parents to learn how to protect their children from accidental poisoning.  Nearly 30 children die each year in the United States due to accidental poisonings, and about a million phone calls are placed to poison control centers annually.  Tips to protect children are online at www.uky.edu/PR/News/040324_poison_prevention.htm.

22. Middle and High School Students Display Projects at Regional Science Fair

    Ninety-seven middle and high school students from Central Kentucky displayed their projects at the Central Kentucky Science and Engineering Fair at UK’s Alumni Gym in early March.  Winners advanced to the state finals held in Richmond in late March.  The regional fair was sponsored by Intel, Kentucky American Water Company, and the University of Kentucky.  Associate professor of biology Robin Cooper coordinated the regional fair.

23. Art Program Turns UK’s Rasdall Gallery Into Toy Store

    The Rasdall Gallery in the UK Student Center recently became a toy store/beach as UK art students and their own young students from public schools held an interactive reception. Plastic swimming pools and flying birds were part of an exhibit titled “The Artist Within the Teacher” organized by student art teachers under the direction of art professor George Szekely.  The exhibit was sponsored by the UK Student Activities Board and the art department in the College of Fine Arts.

24. CAER Seminar Series Session Focuses on Biodiesel Research

    UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research hosted a seminar on biodiesel-derived fuels as part of its annual seminar series.  Ajay K. Dalai, a visiting CAER scientist from the University of Saskatchewan, was the speaker at the session, which was attended by 35 energy researchers and other interested scientists.

25. College of Nursing Holds ‘Fitness Fantasia’ for Youngsters

    More than 1,100 third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students from Fayette and nearby counties learned about rest and stress, nutrition and exercise during “Fitness Fantasia,” a three-day event in late March at Crestwood Christian Church in Lexington.  The event taught relaxation techniques and physical activities designed to promote health and well-being.  “Fitness Fantasia” was developed by the UK College of Nursing through a grant from the Good Samaritan Foundation.

26. UK Gatton College, Host Communications Launch Own ‘Apprentice’ for Students

    The UK Gatton College of Business and Economics is partnering with Host Communications to launch their own version of “The Apprentice,” NBC’s program in which contestants compete for a job with entrepreneur Donald Trump.  The UK-Host version will give three MBA students a three-month summer internship with Host, asking each to develop a marketing and promotional strategy for a regional rodeo event.  The results will be based on the greatest return on investment based on paid attendance for the events.  The winning student will be offered a full-time position at Host.

27. UK Hosts Top Students During Merit Weekends

    The Office of Undergraduate Admission and University Registrar hosted Merit Weekends March 19-20 and March 26-27. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the program.  Merit Weekends were created to allow the best and brightest high school students, who are considering attending UK, one last look at the university.  Students had the opportunity to meet with an academic adviser, receive an orientation about student life at UK, and register for fall classes.  To be invited to Merit Weekend a student must score at least 28 on the ACT or 1240 on the SAT.

28. National Health Communication Conference Set for Lexington

    The eighth biennial Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, focusing on such areas as patient-provider communication, is set for April 15-17 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Lexington.  Conference coordinator Nancy Harrington, Communications and Information Studies, said the conference attracts health communicators and educators from around the nation to consider topics ranging from intimate relationship abuse to communicating cancer issues.  This year’s theme will be “The Future of Health Communication: Bridging Across Disciplines.”  Among the conference speakers are Michael D. Slater of Colorado State University and Gary Kreps, chief of health communication and informatics research at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md. 

29. College of Social Work Holds Open Houses on Masters and Doctoral Programs

    The UK College of Social Work is holding a series of four open houses to showcase its graduate programs.  The sessions are for people interested in social work careers or education, with college administrators and faculty discussing admission requirements, financial aid, the curriculum and other questions of prospective students.  These open houses began at Northern Kentucky University on March 17; at UK on March 31; and continue at Morehead State University, Academic Athletic Center, Len Miller Room, on April 13 from 3 to 5 p.m., and in Hazard at the UK Center for Rural Health, 1000 Airport Gardens Road, Room 220, on April 27 at 5:30 p.m.  For more information about the open house in Morehead, contact Lynn Geurin at (606) 783-2409 or e-mail lgeurin@uky.edu.  For more information about the open house in Hazard, contact Dierdra Robinson at (606) 439-3557 ext. 240 or e-mail drobi3@uky.edu.

30. Water Resources Annual Symposium Draws More Than 100

    More than 100 researchers from academia, state government, and water-related businesses and organizations attended UK’s Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute’s Annual Symposium in February at Lexington’s Holiday Inn North.  In addition to poster presentations, sessions addressed such topics as groundwater, watersheds, environmental management, nutrients and pesticide, pathogens, and biology.

31. Kinesiology and Health Promotion Marks Contributions of Women With Reunion

    The Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion celebrated the contributions of women in health education with a reunion of its female faculty and graduates from 1940 to 1980.  The reunion honored women who had an impact on sports, coaching, teaching and mentoring without the funding or support of Title IX. 

32. Seventeen Year Nap Nears End; State Braces for Cicada Invasion This Spring

    After 17 years of living underground, the periodical cicada is set to emerge this spring in Kentucky and several other states.  UK Cooperative Extension entomologist Doug Johnson says this particular insect will start to emerge somewhere between late April and early June, when the insects will fly to the first vertical object they can find to shed their juvenile skin.  The adult is soft when it gets free from its adolescent skin, but its wings and body begin to harden upon contact with air.  The insect has a black body, red eyes and clear wings with orange veins.  The cicada’s arrival means producers of fruit-bearing and ornamental trees may see reduced production this year. For more information, go to the College of Agriculture Web site at www.ca.uky.edu or contact a local office of the UK Cooperative Extension Service.

33. Education Dean, Reading Center Chief Join Governor to Support More Program Funding

    James G. Cibulka, dean of the UK College of Education, and Judy Embry, director of UK’s Reading Recovery University Training Center, joined Governor Fletcher and state Senators Dan Kelly and Jack Westwood to support Senate Bill 100, which would increase spending on early intervention reading programs throughout the state.  The College of Education provides the central headquarters for the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development and for the Reading Recovery program in Kentucky.

34. University Announces New Web Policy

    A new policy effective February 18 now governs Web site creation and maintenance at UK, with provisions requiring universal accessibility and greater consistency of Web sites, as well as clear rules on domain names, non-UK logos, and the sale of goods and services on the University’s Web sites. The policy, developed after nearly a year of research, discussion, feedback and review by the Web Advisory Committee, aims in part to eliminate concerns over a lack of consistency and continuity among the many UK Web sites and to set new standards for universal accessibility.

35. Auctions Benefit UK Children’s Hospital to Support Pediatric Research

    UK Children’s Hospital was the beneficiary of the 29^th annual Central Kentucky Home and Garden Show’s live and silent auctions, held April 2, 3 and 4 at Rupp Arena/Heritage Hall.  Auctioned items included furniture, framed art, accessories, ceramic tile, items for summer entertaining and more.  The proceeds support pediatric research, program enhancement and medical equipment for UK Children’s Hospital.

36. UK Student Dance Ensemble Plans April 17 Performance at Singletary Center

    The UK Student Dance Ensemble, directed by Rayma Beal, a professor and dance instructor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, will perform “Dances for Isadora.”  This tribute to Isadora Duncan, one of America’s most famous dancers who has been credited with establishing the Modern Dance form, will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 17, in the Recital Hall of the Singletary Center for the Arts.  Tickets may be obtained from the Singletary Ticket Office by calling (859) 257-4929.

37. UK Hospital Is Part of Habitat for Humanity House-building Team

    UK Hospital is teaming with other Lexington health care facilities to raise funds and muscle to build a Habitat for Humanity house in Lexington during National Hospital Week May 9 through 14.  The construction cost of the house is $37,500.  To make a donation, contact Ame Sweetall at (859) 257-1121.  Other participating facilities include Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington Clinic, Saint Joseph HealthCare and Samaritan Hospital.



38. Student Awards and Achievements
    • Tim Arrowsmith, Electrical Engineering, and Amy Sandman, Mechanical Engineering, were ranked among the top five students in the nation in engineering cooperative education by the American Society of Engineering Education.
    • John Henton Challis, Physics and Mathematics, received the 2004-05 Katherine Cater Fellowship and $3,000, from Alpha Lambda Delta, an academic honor society for first year students.
    • Kalen Gibson, Agriculture, was named the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week in late March.  He came within one out of a complete game shutout in the March 19 baseball game against Auburn.
    • Donna Kerley, Administration and Supervision doctoral candidate, was one of 40 doctoral students nationwide selected to attend the 25^th Annual David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration and Policy. The seminar will be held in the spring in San Diego.
    • Valerie Leake, Educational and Counseling Psychology doctoral student, was awarded an American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division E student travel fellowship. This fellowship will enable her to attend the AERA conference in San Diego.
    • Sherman Lee and Tierra Freeman, Educational and Counseling Psychology doctoral students in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, were selected to receive Dissertation of the Year Fellowships for 2004-2005. Dissertation of the Year fellowships are among the UK Graduate School’s most competitive awards.
    • Deborah Mapp-Embry, Administration and Supervision doctoral student, was named the recipient of the 2004 Student Grant Award from the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) Black Caucus.  The award was presented at the AAHE Black Caucus Summit on Blacks in Higher Education III. As a recipient of the award, she made a presentation related to her dissertation topic.  Her research interest is “Teacher’s Sense of Efficacy and African American Student Engagement Through the Lens of Critical Race Theory.”  Mapp-Embry is currently director of first-year experience for students at Kentucky State University.
    • The Animal Sciences’ student quadrathlon team placed first overall at the Southern Region Academic Quadrathlon competition held in conjunction with the Southern Region Section meeting of American Society of Animal Science.  The competition covered topics related to beef cattle, dairy cattle, horses, swine, poultry and sheep included a practical, a written exam, an oral presentation and a quiz bowl.  The UK team now will compete in the National Quiz Bowl at the National Cattlemen’s Association meeting in San Antonio.
    
    
39. Faculty and Staff Awards and Achievements
    • David Atwood, Chemistry, and co-inventors Brock S. Howerton and Matthew Matlock received a patent for “Multidentate Sulfur-Containing Ligands.” (patent #6,586,600).
    • James W. Bard, Dermatology, presented “Tsunamis in the Soup, Medicine on the High Seas Aboard Containerized Freighter Ships” at the annual meeting of the Noah Worchester Dermatological Society in Wailea, Hawaii.
    • Tom Barnes, Forestry, had his book “Kentucky’s Last Great Places” used as the inspiration for a special television program with the same name airing statewide on Kentucky Educational Television in March.
    • T. Brown, K. Flory. D. Lynam, C.G. Leukefeld. and R. Clayton, Center for Drug Abuse Research, published “Comparing the Developmental Trajectories of Marijuana Use of African American and Caucasian Adolescents: Patterns, Antecedents, and Consequences” in Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 12(1), 47-56, 2004.
    • Tricia Browne-Ferrigno, Administration and Supervision, presented a research paper about the federally funded Pike County project, Principals Excellence Program: Developing Effective School Leaders through Unique University-District Partnership, at the annual meeting of the American Association of School Administrators in San Francisco in February.  She repeated the paper presentation during the annual Kentucky Teaching and Learning Conference in Louisville in March 2004.
    • Stanley Brunn, Appalachian Center, edited “11 September and its Aftermath: The Geopolitics of Terror.”  The book is a collection of essays about how the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon have changed American society.
    • James Campbell, Music and Percussion Studies, presented two workshops at “Delta 2004,” the 40th annual music conference sponsored by the British Columbia Music Educators’ Association in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, in February. Campbell presented “Playing Across the Bridge – Connecting the Middle School Instrumental Program” and “Preparing the Expressive Percussionist” for music educators around the province.
    • James Campbell, Music and Percussion Studies, performed as a guest artist in concert with the Percussion Ensemble of the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts in Las Vegas, Nev., in February.  While there, Campbell also presented a percussion workshop for local students, teachers and professionals at the Community College of Southern Nevada.
    • Bill Chapman, Acute Care Services, was named the UK Hospital Employee of the Month for March.
    • Joseph Chappell, Agronomy, and co-inventors Shaohui Yin and Catherine Cornett received a patent for “Pathogen- or Elicitor-Inducible Transcription Regulatory Element from the Tobacco 5-Epi-Aristolochene Synthase Gene and Plants Transformed Therewith.” (patent #6,605,764).
    • Joseph Chappell, Agronomy, and co-inventors Kathleen Manna, Joseph Noel and Courtney Starks received a patent for “Synthases.” (patent #6,645,762).
    • Monty Chappell, Animal Sciences, was inducted into the Kentucky 4-H Volunteer Hall of Fame as an inaugural recipient of the Friend of Kentucky 4-H Award.
    • Christine Christle, Education, presented a workshop on “Preventing Youth Delinquency: Identifying School Risk and Protective Behaviors” at the 16th annual At-Risk Young National FORUM in Myrtle Beach, S.C., in February.
    • Christine Christle and Kristine Jolivette, Education, and Mike Nelson, professor emeritus of Education, presented “Climate Control as Delinquency Prevention: What Schools Can do to Reduce Suspension and Improve Student Outcomes” at the Midwest Symposium for Leadership in Behavior Disorders, in Kansas City, Mo., in February.
    • Alan Daugherty, Medicine and Physiology, has been elected the incoming chair of the Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology of the American Heart Association, effective June 1.
    • Surjit S. Dhooper, Social Work, recently authored "Social Work Response to the Needs of Biracial Americans" in the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 12(1).
    • Melinda Edgerton, Arts and Sciences, has been named the recipient of the 2004 Frances J. Ockerman International Award by the UK Office of International Affairs. The award is named for Frances J. Ockerman, a Kentucky native and UK graduate who volunteered her time for 26 years hosting and tutoring international students and editing manuscripts for students and visitors. 
    • Don Ely, Animal Sciences, earned the Distinguished Service Award from the Southern Section of the American Society of Animal Science.  The award, which recognizes excellence in teaching, research and service, is the most prestigious award given by the Southern Section.
    • Joseph L. Fink III, Research and Economic Development, Advanced Science and Technology Commercialization Center and Pharmacy, was recently honored by the American Society for Pharmacy Law, an affiliate organization of the American Pharmacy Association.  The Joseph L. Fink III Founders Leadership Award was created and named for Fink during the society’s observance of the 30^th anniversary of its founding by Fink.  He also has been appointed the public member of the board of directors of the American Academy of Wound Management. 
    • Lori Garkovich, Community and Leadership Development, received the Southern Rural Sociology Association's Excellence in Extension and Public Service Award at the organization's 2004 annual meeting.
    • Craig A. Grimes, formerly Electrical Engineering, and co-inventor Keat Ong received a patent for “Temperature, Stress, and Corrosive Sensing Apparatus Utilizing Harmonic Response of Magnetically Soft Sensor Element(s).” (patent #6,639,402).
    • Craig A. Grimes, formerly Electrical Engineering, and co-inventor Elizabeth Dickey, formerly Chemicals and Materials Engineering, received a patent for “Apparatus and Method for Dispersing Nano-Elements to Assemble a Device.” (patent #6,659,598).
    • Thomas R. Guskey, Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, recently published a chapter in the 2004 Teacher Education Yearbook titled, “Linking Professional Development to Improvements in Student Learning.”  In addition, in the past year Professor Guskey published articles in Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, Journal of Staff Development, NASSP Bulletin, Kentucky Journal of Excellence in College Teaching and Learning, Professional Development Brief, and the California Curriculum News Report.  He also prepared a Professional Development Kit for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development on “Developing Grading and Reporting Systems for Student Learning,” and in January presented a paper at the Hawaii International Conference on Education, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
    • Boyd Haley, Chemistry, recently testified before the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and gave talks on autism and mercury toxicity at a conference in Geneva and at the University of Milano, Italy.
    • David Heisterberg, Craig Gibson, Colby Blair, Darwin Foley and Rick Costin, Agricultural Economics farm business management specialists, recently completed another successful year of income tax seminars across the state. 
    • Arleen Johnson, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and OVAR/Geriatric Education Center, and colleagues will present “Cyber-Learning: Designing Internet-Based Continuing Education Instruction for Geriatric Healthcare Providers” at the American Society on Aging conference in San Francisco April 14-17.
    • Michael Karpf, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, and Carl Leukefeld, Center for Drug Abuse Research, attended the “Reducing Underage Drinking in Rural and Final Urban Settings Through Academic/Community Research Partnerships” Advisory Conference in Washington, D.C., February 10-11.
    • Michael R. King, UK Hospital, was named the UK Hospital Resident of the Month for March.
    • Chien-Suu Kuo, Internal Medicine, and co-inventor John C. Gurley received a patent for “Flexible Recording/High Energy Electrode Catheter with Anchor for Ablation of Atrial Flutter by Radio Frequency Energy.”  (patent #6,623,480).
    • Carl Leukefeld and Robert Walker, Center for Drug Abuse Research, were appointed by Lieutenant Governor Steve Pence to the Statewide Drug Control Assessment Summit, a task force to examine substance use in Kentucky and to assist with developing state policies on enforcement, prevention and treatment.
    • David Maehr, Forestry, has been selected as an Aldo Leopold Fellow for 2004, one of 20 academic environmental scientists from throughout the United States and Guam to receive the award.
    • Richard R. Muse, Center for Manufacturing, and co-inventors Lisa Vaillancourt and William Young received a patent for “Cutter Assembly for a Microscope and Related Method.” (patent #6,601,488).
    • Melanie D. Otis, Social Work, will present "The Right to Marry:  Lesbian and Gay Activists Framing of the Newest Battle for LGBT Rights" at the Society for the Study of Social Problems 54th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., August 13-15.  Her presentation is part of the session on Culture, Identity and Families.
    • Fred Otto III, UK Police, became the University’s first police chief to receive a Law Enforcement Chief Executive Officer Certificate from the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
    • B.K. Parekh, Center for Applied Energy Research, won the Robert H. Richards Award given by the American Institute of Mining Engineers to “recognize achievement in any form which unmistakably furthers the art of mineral beneficiation in any of its branches.”  The award was presented to him in February at the 2004 Society of Mining Engineers’ Annual Meeting.
    • Robert Pearl, UK Police, has received the Police Community Relations Award from the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission.
    • David A. Pienkowski, Surgery, and co-inventor Rodney J. Andrews received a patent for “Polymethylmethacrylate Augmented with Carbon Nanotubes.” (patent #6,599,961).
    • Lynn Posze, Center for Drug Abuse Research, facilitated the quarterly meeting and training for the Kentucky Coalition of Women’s Substance Abuse Services.  Sixty-one service providers from across the state attended this training in Radcliff, Ky., on February 20.
    • Barbara Ramlow, Center for Drug Abuse Research, presented “Kentucky Women and Substance Abuse: Co-Occurring Problems Among Low-Income Women,” at the Behavioral Neuroscience Psychopharmacology Brown Bag Forum held at the UK Department of Psychology on February 27.
    • Eric Scorsone, Agricultural Economics, will travel to Glasgow, Scotland, in June to present work from UK’s Agriculture and Rural Entrepreneurship project at the Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
    • Marie-Antoinette Sossou, Social Work, had an abstract "The Meaning of Gender Equality in Ghana: Women's Own Understanding and Interpretation of the Concept of Gender Equality," accepted for the Global Social Work Congress in Adelaide, Australia, October 2-5.  The Congress is sponsored by the International Federation of Social Workers and the International Association of Schools of Social Work.
    • Janet Barcley Stith, UK Libraries, has been elected to the board of directors of HealthWeb, a program designed to help Midwestern medical libraries develop an online interface.
    • Eric Thompson, Economics, has been named director of the UK Center for Business and Economics in the Gatton College of Business and Economics.
    • Robert Walker, Jennifer Cole, and T. K. Logan, Center for Drug Abuse Research, presented a poster on Pain and Substance Abuse Among Partner Violence Victims at the 6th International Conference on Pain and Chemical Dependency in New York on February 5-7.
    • Robert Walker, Center for Drug Abuse Research, presented a four-year review of the Kentucky Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Board to the state Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.  He also presented results of a study of traumatic brain injury prevalence conducted by him, T. K. Logan, Carl Leukefeld and Erin Stevenson.
    • Robert Walker, Center for Drug Abuse Research, was elected to the UK Medical Institutional Research Board.
    
    
40. Faculty Research Activities
    • George Allen, AES/Veterinary Science, $30,000, Genetic Determinants of Equine Herpes Virus-I Neurological Disease.
    • James Anderson, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study to Investigate the Safety and Tolerability of Progressive Dose-Escalation of Pramlintide in Obese Subjects with Non-Insulin Treated Type 2 Diabetes and Obese Non-Diabetic Subjects.
    • Henrietta Bada, Pediatrics, $5,400, B-Type Nutriuetic Peptide for PPHN.
    • Michael Baker, AES/Forestry, $10,000, Survey of Forest Bats in Managed Coniferous Forests of North-Central Idaho.
    • Lars Bjork, Administration and Supervision, $6,000, A Proposal to Develop a New Curriculum for Educating the Next Generation of School Superintendents.
    • David Booth, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, FPH02 - A Phase III, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Safety and Efficacy Study of Sitaxsentan Sodium Treatment with an Open-Label Bosentan Arm in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (STRIDE II).
    • David Booth, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, FPH02-X An Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety of Sitaxsentan Sodium Treatment with a Bosentan Arm in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (STRIDE II-X).
    • David Booth, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, A Long-Term, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety of Sitaxsentan Sodium Treatment in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (STRIDE-III).
    • Jennifer Brueckner, Anatomy and Neurobiology, $5,000, Development of a Digital Tutorial Compendium for the Dental Anatomical Science.
    • Peter Crooks, Pharmaceutical Tech, $93,823, Parthenolides as Potential Treatments for Lung Cancer.
    • Ken Culp III, 4-H Central Operations, $114,225, Army Volunteer Coordinator Handbook.
    • Paul Dassow, Family Practice and Community Medicine, $124,807, Prescription for Health: Promoting Health Behaviors in Primary Care Research Networks.
    • Emily Defranco, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Trial, A Phase III Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy Safety  and Tolerability of Prochieve 8 Percent Progesterone Gel in Preventing Preterm Delivery in Pregnant Women at Increased Risk for Preterm Delivery.
    • Carol Diedrichs, Library Administration, $88,430, Lexmark International Inc. Information Center.
    • Paul Eakin, Mathematics, $325,512, AMSP - Science Strand Participant Cost.
    • Paul Eakin, Mathematics, $129,299, AMSP - Financial Tracking of Inverness Research Associates Sub Award.
    • Bruce Eastwood, History, Astronomical Conversations: Ninth-Century Commentaries on the ‘Astronomia’ of Martianus Capella.
    • Ahmed El-Ghannam, Center for Biomedical Engineering, $25,000, Synthesis and Characterization of Silica-Calcium Phosphate Composite for Bone Tissue Regeneration.
    • Moshe Elitzur, Physics and Astronomy, $59,827, Data Analysis of IR Emission From Active Galactic Nuclei.
    • Adria Elskus, Biological Sciences, $6,750, Linking Chemical Tolerance to Reproductive Resilience: CYP1A as a Metric for Predicting Fish Species Distributions in Chemically-Impacted Habitats.
    • Ming Gong, RCTF-Physiology, $206,250, Vascular Smooth Muscle Hyperactivity and Type II Diabetes - Associated Hypertension.
    • Paul Goodrum, Civil Engineering, $163,171, Commodity vs. Value Added Contractor Services.
    • Paul Goodrum, Civil Engineering, $20,000, Health and Safety Training in Construction.
    • Zhenheng Guo, RCTF-Physiology, $65,000, A Novel Mechanism for Up-Regulation of RGS2 Expression by Angiotensin II in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
    • Edward Hall, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, $97,971, Novel Pharmacotherapy for Traumatic Brain Injury.
    • Rena Hallam, Family Studies, $199,916, A Partnership to Promote Linkages Among Assessment Curriculum, and Outcomes in Order to Enhance School Success in Head Start Programs.
    • Donald Harman, Kentucky Transportation Center, $90,545, CTI Academy State Transportation Preferences and Issues Assessment.
    • Donald Hartman, Kentucky Transportation Center, $64,350, Academy for Community Transportation Innovation.
    • Claudia Heath, Family Studies, $10,000, The Effects of Marriage on the Economic Well-Being of Families in Kentucky:  The Complete Model.
    • David Horhov, AES/Veterinary Science, $36,800, Production of Antibodies to Selected Equine Cytokines.
    • Dianna Howard, Internal Medicine, Clinical Trial, A Phase I Study Using Bortezomib (Velcade, Formerly Known as PS-341) With Weekly Idarubicin For the Treatment of Elderly (>60 Years) and Relapsed Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
    • Charlotte Kaetzel, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, $7,788, Molecular Adjuvants to NALT Based Immunity to Anthrax.
    • Kathi Kern, History, $5,000, American Legacies: Revitalizing American History in our Public Schools.
    • Barbara Knutson, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Perfluorocarbon Materials as Drug Delivery Vehicles.
    • Steven Kreis II, Kentucky Transportation Center, $48,425, CTI Academy Organizational Study: A State Transportation Agency.
    • Laurie Lawrence, AES/Animal Sciences, $33,900, Plant Factors Affecting Forage Consumption by Horses.
    • Ana Leon, Lexington Community College Instruction, $2,283, Kentucky Early Math Testing Program.
    • Carl Leukefeld, Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, $270,000, Girls in Drug Abuse Science.
    • Peter Little, Anthropology, $39,004, Improving Pastoral Risk Management in East African Rangelands.
    • Karen McDowell, AES/Veterinary Science, $50,000, Monitoring and Recommendations for the Prevention of MRLS.
    • Kyle McLeod, AES/Animal Sciences, $96,050, Impact of Supplemental Energy on Nitrogen Conservation Mechanisms of Amino Acid and Nucleoside.
    • Susan Modesitt, Obstetrics and Gynecology, $10,000, Evaluation of Barriers to Participation in Cancer Screening Programs:  The Impact of Violence Against Women.
    • Susan Modesitt, Obstetrics and Gynecology, $10,000, Evaluation of Barriers to Participation in Cancer Screening Programs: The Impact of Violence Against Women.
    • David Mohney, Design, $50,000, Urban Design Studio.
    • Carole Moncman, RCTF-Biochemistry, $65,000, Architecture of the Thin Filament-Z-Line Junction: analysis of Nebulette Functions.
    • Jeffery Moscow, Pediatrics, $2,500, A Prospective Randomized Double Blind Multicenter Pilot Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Interferon Gamma-lb Plus Voriconazole Vesus Placebo Plus Voriconazole in the Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis and Other Filamentous Fungal Infections.
    • Kenneth Muse Jr., Obstetrics and Gynecology, $9,406, Validation of a New Diary to Estimate Hot Flash Frequency in Post-Menopausal Women.
    • Kenneth Muse Jr., Obstetrics and Gynecology, $1,000, A Double Blind Randomized Placebo Controlled Efficacy and Safety Study of DVS-233 SR for Relief of Vasomotor Symptoms Associated with Menopause.
    • John Obrycki, AES/Entomology, $219,317, Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey.
    • Randall Paylor, Kentucky Geological Survey, $23,662, Characterizing Pollution Impacts to Urban Karst Aquifers from Artificial and Enhanced Recharge.
    • Robert Pearce, CES/Agronomy, $115,233, Assessment of the Current Starus of Heavy Metals in Kentucky Soil Routinely Used for Tobacco.
    • R. Peiter, CES/Program and Staff Development, $22,500, Rural Youth’s Participation in Leadership Activities.
    • Luis Pena, Internal Medicine, $35,000, An Instrument to Predict Endoscopy Tolerance: A Prospective Randomized Study.
    • Mark Pendergast, Psychology, $255,268, Ethanol Withdrawal and HIV-1 Neurotoxicity.
    • Tanya Peres, Program for Archaeological Research, $7,135, Phase I Archaeological Survey KY 779 BR. and APP. Replacement, Whitley County, Kentucky - Item #11-1048.0.
    • Susan Pollack, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, $55,220, Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Lexington/Fayette County at University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital.
    • Steven Post, Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, $100,000, Novel Mechanisms for Posttranscriptional Regulation of LDL Receptors.
    • Alexander Rabchevsky, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, $99,000, Influence of Neurotrophins on Intraspinal Plasticity Modulating Autonomic Dysreflexia.
    • Vivek Rangnekar, Radiation Medicine, $301,709, Novel Mechanisms of PTEN Gene Regulation.
    • Michael Reid, Physiology, $183,374, Redox Modulation of Muscle Function in Microgravity.
    • Erick Reynolds, Pediatrics, $5,400, Nutriuetic Peptide for PPHN.
    • Michele Rivkin-Fish, Anthropology, $17,550, Changing Family Structures and Reproductive Strategies After Socialism: An Interdisciplinary and Comparative Investigation.
    • Anthony Roberto, Communication, $3,515, Advocate Self-Efficacy as Mediated by Interpersonal Communication.
    • Anthony Roberto, Communication, $3,515, Advocate Self-Efficacy as Mediated Interpersonal Communication.
    • Jurgen Rohr, Pharmaceutical Tech, $94,589, Novel Gilvocarcin-Type Natural Products Against Luncg Cancer by Combinatorial Biosynthesis.
    • Harold Rowe, Geology, $18,000, Assessing Groundwater Age, Regional Flowpaths, and Hydrochemical Evolution of the Knox Group Aquifer in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky.
    • Kozo Saito, Mechanical Engineering, $75,702, Nondestructive Inspection Techniques for the 500N Fuel Tank.
    • Eric Scorsone, AES/Agricultural Economics, $9,532, Economic Impact of the Natural Products Industry in KY.
    • Douglas Slaymaker, Russian and Eastern Studies, $1,200, Yoko Tawada: Voices From Everywhere.
    • Lyle Snider, Rural Kentucky Healthcare, $21,450, Floyd County Health Department Project.
    • Joe Springer, Anatomy and Neurobiology, $84,447, COX-2 Induction in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.
    • Audra Stinchcomb, RCTF-Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, $11,663, Preliminary Evaluation of a Drug for Transdermal Delivery.
    • Lisa Tannock, Internal Medicine, $80,760, Lipoprotein Retention in Diabetic Complications.
    • Lisa Tannock, Internal Medicine, $85,650, Glucosamine, Proteoglycan Syntehsis and Atherosclerosis.
    • Dongping Tao, Mining Engineering, $261,448, Development and Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Deep Cone Paste Thickening Process for Phosphatic Clay Disposal.
    • Norman Taylor, AES/Agronomy, $750, Cultivation of Running Buffalo Clover.
    • Stephen Testa, RCTF-Biological Chemistry, $59,802, Repairing RNA Transcripts Linked to Lung Cancer.
    • Bruce Walcott, Electrical and Computer Engineering, $70,000, Kentucky NEED.
    • Bruce Walcott, Electrical and Computer Engineering, $100,000, Engineering Summer Program.
    • Kenneth Warlick, Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, $98,000, ILSSA - Rhode Island.
    • Thomas Widiger, Psychology, $5,000, A Dimensional Model for Typologies of male Batterers.
    • Pamela Wilcox, Sociology, $2,708, Rape Victimization and Accommodation Behavior: Predictors of Fear of Crime.
    • Edward Woolery, Geology, $54,158, High-Resolution Geophysical and Geological Investigation of Late Quaternary Deformation in the Lower Wabash Valley Fault Zone.
    • Edward Woolery, Geology, $45,774, Ground Motion Site Effects in the Wabash Valley Region from the 18 June 2002 Darmstadt Earthquake.
    • Youling Xiong, AES/Animal Sciences, $80,671, Sensory Properties and Microbiological Stability of Red Claw.
    • Hong-Bo Zhao, Otolaryngology Surgery, $15,000, Regulation of Cyclin-dependent Kinases on Math1 Gene Expression in Hair Cell Differentiation

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