1.         University of Kentucky Alumni Association Honors Six as Great Teachers

            The University of Kentucky Alumni Association presented six faculty members with Great Teacher Awards in late February at the Helen G. King Alumni House.  UK President Lee T. Todd Jr., Provost Mike Nietzel and UK Alumni Association President Charlie Moore presented awards to Lee A. Edgerton, College of Agriculture; Kathi L. Kern, Hubert M. Martin Jr. and D. Stephen Voss, College of Arts and Sciences; Frank Romanelli, College of Pharmacy; and B. Peter Sawaya, College of Medicine.  Since 1961, the Alumni Association has recognized UK professors for outstanding teaching and honored them with a plaque and a $2,000 cash award at a recognition luncheon.  This tradition is the oldest, continuously given award for teachers at the University.

2.         UK and U of L Win $4.2 Million for Community Transportation Academy

UK and the University of Louisville are using $4.2 million in federal funds obtained from U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers to establish the Academy for Community Transportation Innovation.  The academy combines education and research with the overall goal of enhancing the integration of transportation project development with community involvement and environmental sensitivity through a cooperative venture of the UK College of Engineering Kentucky Transportation Center, the U of L Speed Scientific School Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.  The academy will provide a new way of thinking to strike a balance between issues of diverse communities and the means of transportation that serve those communities.

3.         Bioterrorism Is Focus of Family Medicine Program at College of Medicine

            The UK College of Medicine is educating current and future family medicine physicians about a relatively new, possible threat to their patients - bioterrorism.  The college’s recently held 34th annual Family Medicine Review discussed various topics, including clinical symptoms of bioterrorism agents and education in vaccines.  The week-long course consisted of seminars, lectures, workshops, exhibits and discussion panels.  Sessions also focused on prescription drug abuse and other issues.  Frank Miller, Obstetrics and Gynecology, organized the program.

4.         UK Pediatric Cardiologists Use Special Device to Repair Children’s Hearts

UK pediatric cardiologist Mark Vranicar has become one of the first physicians in the United States to use a device recently approved by the FDA to repair heart defects in the cardiac catheterization lab, rather than with open-heart surgery.  Vranicar used the Amplatzer® Septal Occluder to repair atrial septal defects, or holes in the wall or septum of the upper chambers of the heart. The heart defect results in an increase in blood flow to the right side of the heart, making it work harder and sending a larger than normal volume of blood to the lungs.  The new device repairs the defect in a way that reduces the need for several days’ recovery in the hospital and allows the children to return home on the day after the procedure.

5.         State Provides $1.4 Million to Diversify Tobacco-dependent Counties’ Economies

            The state Agricultural Development Board has awarded a $1.4 million grant to the UK College of Agriculture to develop a program to help 19 northeastern Kentucky counties end their dependence on tobacco farming.  The program will study the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities of the entrepreneurial culture of the region, provide mini-grants to entrepreneurial encouragers and facilitators, and build entrepreneurial leaders in the targeted counties.  Ron Hustedde, Community and Leadership Development, and Larry Jones, Agricultural Economics, are the program’s researchers.

6.         Four UK Engineering Students Are Chosen for Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program

Four University of Kentucky College of Engineering students made U.S. Navy history when they were selected for the Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate Program (NUPOC).  Mike Carter, Merritt Johnson, Matt Major and Robert Sellin all requested duty in the Navy’s fleet of attack submarines.  The Navy selects about 200 NUPOC applicants each year. Only UK placed multiple students in the program. The 22 students in the current NUPOC group came from schools with top engineering programs like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the California Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech University, Princeton University and the U.S. Naval Academy. 

7.         UK Markey Cancer Center Offers Free Colorectal Cancer Tests

            During March, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the UK Markey Cancer Center provided free colorectal cancer information and fecal occult blood test cards.  Screening is important because symptoms may not accompany colorectal cancer in the early stages of the disease.  This year’s program was held in honor of 30-year veteran WTVQ-TV news anchor John Lindgren, who lost his battle with colorectal cancer in 2001. 

8.         Oxford’s ‘Recreational Mathematician’ Delivers 2003 Blazer Lecture

Sir Roger Penrose, a mathematics professor at the University of Oxford in England who is fascinated with what he calls “recreational mathematics,” was the 2003 UK College of Arts and Sciences Blazer Lecturer.  Penrose’s talk was titled “The Fundamental Gap of 20th Century Physics: What Does This Tell Us About the Science of the Future?”  Penrose, who earned his doctorate in algebraic geometry from Cambridge, was recently knighted for his outstanding contributions to mathematics.

9.         Health Care Students Get Hands-on Learning From Practitioner-mentors

            UK students in the colleges of Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy receive hands-on learning experiences every year by working with health care practitioners at about 600 sites across the state.  Their mentors, called community-based faculty members, are not paid for their help, although they provide a tremendous amount of teaching time to students.  In fact, those who teach students from the UK College Medicine alone give $2.2 million a year in teaching time.  With the help of the community-based faculty, students are integrated into the community where they work, encouraging them to perhaps return to practice in that area after graduation.  Many students go to Eastern Kentucky for training, since practitioners are in high demand in that area.

10.       Martin School Student Wins Johns Hopkins Administrative Fellowship

Kyle Green, a student in the UK Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, has been selected as one of two persons in the country to receive an Administrative Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore.  The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System is a recognized leader in patient care, medical research and teaching.  Green was selected for the fellowship on the basis of his academic record, four essays he wrote on topics regarding hospital administration, and a series of interviews that culminated with an interview before a 12-member panel of senior management of Johns Hopkins Health System.  During his two-year fellowship Green will work in operations, finance, ambulatory services, and planning and marketing.  

11.       Men’s Basketball Team Wins Southeastern Conference Tournament

After going 16-0 in regular-season Southeastern Conference play, the 2002-03 men’s basketball team went undefeated in the SEC Tournament in New Orleans.  Under Coach Orlando “Tubby” Smith, the team took a 29-3 record into the NCAA Tournament, won first- and second-round victories.  The Wildcats entered the national championship tourney as the number-one team in the Associated Press poll of sportswriters.  UK basketball is celebrating its 100th season this year.

12.       Black Women’s Conference Focuses on Romantic Relationships

            The ninth annual Black Women’s Conference, which was themed “Romantic Relationships in the Lives of Black Women: Building Families and Futures,” was held in late March at UK.  Among the speakers was Audrey Chapman, a relationship expert from Washington, D.C.; UK visiting professor Patricia Hill Collins; and Yolanda Pierce, a UK assistant professor of English.

13.       UK, LexLinc Release Community-wide Assessment Results

The Lexington Local Investment Commission (LexLinc) and the UK Research Center for Families and Children released research results in early March of the in-depth, community-wide Lexington-Fayette County Self-Assessment.  This research provides human service and neighborhood organizations, government and business with a unique tool to make informed decisions regarding community investments.  More than 1,500 randomly selected families completed interviews with responses to more than 100 questions regarding their financial needs, income support, mental health needs, and characteristics such as ethnicity, education, marital status, and number of people in household.  Specific human needs such as child care or employment can be identified in each geographic sector. 

14.       Author, Illustrator Address 35th McConnell Children’s Literature Conference

            An author of 30 books for youth and a book illustrator whose work was selected in 2001 by School Library Journal as one of the 100 Books That Shaped the Century list were featured at the 35th McConnell Children’s Literature Conference last week.  Author Richard Peck, who has received many awards for his youth books including the 2001 Newbery Award, addressed the conference on “Preparing the Literate for Change.”  Chris Raschka, a book illustrator whose work has won New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year Awards, discussed “Making Little Books for Little Hands I Cannot See.”  The conference was co-sponsored by the UK School of Library and Information Science and Book Wholesalers Inc.

15.       UK Jazz Ensemble Takes Top Awards at Elmhurst College Jazz Festival

            The 19-member UK Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of jazz music professor Miles Osland, won top awards at the 36th Annual Elmhurst College Jazz Festival held at Elmhurst, Ill., in late February.  The jazz combos from the ensemble (UK JazzCats and the UK Mega-Sax) also received an outstanding rating.  In addition to the overall ensemble awards, seven students received individual outstanding performer certificates.  Out of 36 ensembles to perform, only six big bands received an outstanding rating.  Of those six, UK was the sole ensemble invited to perform during the awards concert.

16.       Medicine Students Find Out Residencies at Match Day

Fourth-year UK College of Medicine students found out which programs they will join for their residency specialty training after graduation. The residency programs begin July 1 at medical centers across the United States, including the UK Chandler Medical Center.

17.       Women Writers Conference Focuses on Role of Food in Literature

The 2003 Kentucky Women Writers Conference featured local, national and international authors who use food as a primary organizing device in their writing in late March at the UK Student Center.  Themed “A Feast of Words: Nourishing the Mind and Body, the conference drew 20 authors. Among the presenters were Patricia Volk, author of a recent memoir called “Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family;” Barbara Robinette Moss, painter and creative writer, whose works include the memoir “Change Me Into Zeus’s Daughter;” and Jewell Parker Rhodes, author of several critically acclaimed novels and short stories.  UK professors and authors participating included Nikky Finney, Susan Bordo and Kim Edwards.

18.       Richmond’s Joseph Stephens Is Children’s Miracle Network Ambassador

After a lifetime of battles, Joseph Stephens, now 10, and his parents will celebrate his good health with a visit to the White House where they will share their story with the world.  Joseph, son of Joni and Pat Stephens, will be one of 50 children — one from every state — to participate in a Children's Miracle Network program called Foresters Champions Across America and Canada. Joseph, a fourth-grade student at Kit Carson Elementary School in Richmond, Ky., was treated at University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital.  Selected as Kentucky’s representative in the program, Joseph will go to Washington, D.C., as an ambassador for 17 million hospitalized children.  Joseph has had more than 40 surgical procedures to make fingers and toes, to fix two hernias, to make more room in his skull for his brain to grow, and to help with his breathing and kidney problems.

19.       Medicine Students Host Run/Walk to Benefit Chrysalis House

Fourth-year UK College of Medicine students will host a 5K run/walk at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 5, at the UK/Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Arboretum to benefit Chrysalis House. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with a fun run for kids starting at 8:30 a.m. Registration forms are available at John's Run/Walk Shop or by calling Karry Wilkes at (859) 335-2396 or e-mailing Karry Wilkes.

20.       UK Offers Innovative Grant Writing Program for Minority-serving Colleges

The University of Kentucky is the only institution in the country to offer a unique grant-writing program sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  UK, through this NIGMS grant, offers an innovative way for university faculty at minority-serving institutions to learn the essentials of writing successful grant proposals via an interactive, Web-based grant writing course.  The program empowers faculty engaged in biomedical research or training to develop and submit competitive research proposals.  Most of the coursework is conducted via the Web, but the program begins with an expense-paid, two-day workshop at UK.  Don Frazier, Physiology, is principal investigator of the grant.

21.       Kentucky, Ohio Universities Form Research, Economic Development Alliance

            UK, the University of Louisville, the University of Cincinnati and Wright State University have formed the Ohio Valley Affiliates for the Life Sciences (OVALS), an alliance designed to enhance collaborative research and economic development efforts for Ohio and Kentucky.  Formed last year, OVALS attracted more than 200 leaders of business, academia and government to a two-day conference in Cincinnati in early March to discuss strategies to advance research programs and to attract and launch companies engaged in life sciences enterprises such as biotechnology and pharmaceuticals to the region from Dayton to Lexington.  UK Vice President for Research Wendy Baldwin delivered the closing keynote.  UK Vice President for Corporate Relations and Economic Outreach Joseph Fink III has spearheaded the formation and strategizing for OVALS.  

22.       UK Entomologists Focus on Controlling Caterpillars Linked to Foal Deaths

            Entomologists at the UK College of Agriculture have studied several insecticides and treatment strategies to find out how well they work for controlling the Eastern Tent Caterpillar, the insect associated with the outbreak of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome (MRLS) two years ago.  The studies found several effective treatment methods, from spraying the leaves of host trees to applications to small larvae.  Researchers also are exploring “micro injection,” where insecticide is injected into the base of a tree that contains caterpillar nests.  In late March, the state Agricultural Development Board awarded $190,000 to the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Inc. for work on the syndrome, to be overseen by UK.  The board also renewed a $1.4 million grant, a portion of which also will be used for continuing MRLS research.

23.       Children’s Miracle Network Plans Broadcast for UK Children’s Hospital

The 16th annual Children’s Miracle Network fund-raising campaign to benefit the UK Children’s Hospital will be broadcast locally June 6-8 from Fayette Mall in Lexington on WKYT-TV, channel 27 (Lexington), and WYMT-TV, channel 57 (Hazard).  All proceeds raised in Kentucky will stay in Kentucky to benefit the UK Children’s Hospital, the only participating hospital in the Commonwealth.  For more information about UK Children’s Hospital, call (859) 257-1121.

24.       Six Will Be Inducted Into Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame

            Six journalists have been chosen for induction into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame at an April 8 luncheon at the UK Hilary J. Boone Center.  The six are Louise Hatmaker, former editor, publisher and owner of the Jackson Times and Beattyville Enterprise; Bob Edwards, host of National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition;” the late Robert G. McGruder, a Louisville native who was executive editor of the Detroit Free Press until his death last April; the late Ed Ryan, a Courier-Journal bureau chief in Frankfort and Washington, D.C.; Ed Staats, former Kentucky bureau chief for the Associated Press; and Car West, editor of the Frankfort State Journal since 1979.  Edwards also is scheduled to deliver the 26th annual Joe Creason Lecture in Memorial Hall at 6 p.m. April 8.

25.       UK Celebrates 14th Annual Cultural Diversity Festival

UK’s 14th annual Cultural Diversity Festival began March 24 and continues this week as it celebrates the broad range of cultures represented on campus with displays, events and cultural shows.  Among the highlights are the European Pastry Café and “A Taste of Our World,” which featured food items representing six continents.

26.       UK Physicians Discuss Lung Cancer Research at Seminar

UK physicians spoke at the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research 2003 Scientists’ Seminar, held for health care professionals interested in learning about lung cancer research. Kentucky has the highest rate of lung cancer incidence and death in the country. The Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program, a collaborative effort between the UK Markey Cancer Center and the University of Louisville Brown Cancer Center, sponsored the conference.

27.       UK Art Museum Will Host Crow Asian Art Exhibit Into Summer

            The UK Art Museum will exhibit “Magic, Mystery and Materials: Treasures From the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art” in its gallery at the Singletary Center for the Arts from April 6 through August 3.  The Crows traveled extensively in China, Japan, India and Indonesia during the 1960s, collecting pieces ranging from jade screens to Tang Dynasty tomb furnishings.  In 1998, the Dallas, Texas, couple created a museum to house the collection’s finest pieces.  Tickets to the exhibit are $8 for the general public, $6 per person for groups, $5 for senior citizens and free to UK Art Museum members.

28.       Tennessee Assistant Coach Micki DeMoss Takes Women’s Basketball Reins

            Mickie DeMoss, an 18-year assistant to University of Tennessee women’s basketball Coach Pat Summit, has been named head coach of the UK Women’s team.  Both President Todd and Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart expressed excitement about DeMoss’ appointment, which is pending approval of the UK Athletics Association Board of Directors.

29.       High School Students Learn Middle East Issues From Patterson Conference

            About 250 high school students got an inside view of conflict in the Middle East in early March from three of the world’s foremost authorities on that region at the Worldview Conference at UK.  Speakers Carl Brown, Ambassador Samuel W. Lewis and Patterson School Director John Stempel spoke about the looming military action against Iraq and the Arab-Israeli conflict.  Co-sponsored by the UK Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce and Lexington Rotary, the annual conference seeks to expose Kentucky high school students to world issues.

30.       UK Symposium Focuses on Future of Advertising, Public Relations

            Three alumni of the UK School of Journalism and Telecommunications discussed the future of advertising and public relations at a mid-March symposium, titled “Has a Changing Media Landscape Set Public Relations and Advertising on a Collision Course?”  Speakers were Jack Guthrie, founder and co-owner of Guthrie/Mayes Public Relations of Louisville and a former member of the UK Board of Trustees; Mary Ellen Slone, chief executive officer and chairman of Meridian Communications of Lexington; and Jim White, founding partner of Groundwork of Louisville.  The symposium was the third in an annual series of symposia focusing on issues in mass communications and was sponsored by the journalism school’s Integrated Strategic Communications sequence.

31.       Student Awards and Achievements

Keith Bogans, Agriculture, was selected the 2003 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year by SEC coaches.

David Christian, Chemical Engineering, has been listed among the nation’s top three engineering cooperative-education students by the National Cooperative Educational Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.

George McGill, Finance and Marketing double major, received the 2002 Ernst & Young Scholarship Award at the National Association of Black Accountants Regional Conference in Oak Brook, Ill.

Janelle Merritt, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student in the BS/MBA program, recently received the National Society of Black Engineers’ Distinguished Fellow Award for 2003.

Vince Peagler, Finance and Marketing double major, was selected as a Motorola Finance summer intern for 2003 at the National Association of Black Accountants regional conference.

Scott Sloan, Journalism and Telecommunications, won 14th place in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program for the television broadcast new competition.

Ashley Wills, Music, received the national Martha Ann Stark Memorial Scholarship.  Willis is a junior bassoonist.

32.       Faculty Awards and Achievements

Warren Anderson, Kentucky Geological Survey, received a one-year $224,358 grant from the U.S. Geological Survey for digital compilation of geologic maps for Kentucky.

Susanne Arnold, Medicine, received a two-year, $200,000 grant from the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program for her study “Low-dose Fractionated Radiation Plus Docetaxel and Cisplatin as Induction Therapy for Stage II and IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.”

Kathryn Brinegar, Internal Audit, published “How Safe are Your Audit Records” in the latest issue of College and University Auditor.

Dorothy Brockopp, Nursing, was appointed chairperson of the President’s Commission on Women. 

Mark Berger, Economics, co-authored a study titled “Is the Threat of Reemployment Services More Effective than the Services Themselves?  Evidence from Random Assignment in the UI System,” for the American Economic Review.  Berger is studying in Ireland during 2002-2003 on a Fulbright award.

Lisa Cliggett, Anthropology, received a $233,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to begin a new phase of field research on migration and environmental change in Zambia, East Africa.

Glenn Collins, Agronomy, received $332,000 from the United Soybean Board for soybean tissue culture and genetic engineering center.

Stephen Dobson, Entomology, received $226,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to research vector population modification using wolbachia symbionts.

George Duncan, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and interim assistant Extension director for Kentucky 4-H, received a $120,000 grant from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families for a state youth development collaboration demonstration project.

Joseph Gaugler, Behavioral Science, received a $1.17 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the National Institutes of Health for his study “Institutional Permeability in Long-term Care.”  He also received a grant of $287,539 from the Kentucky Cancer Research Program for his study “The Comprehensive Support Protocol: Providing Psychosocial Assistance to Lung Cancer Patients and their Families.”

Don Graves, Forestry, received $334,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to study carbon sequestration on surface mine lands.

David Hildebrand, Agronomy, received a $163,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research in efficient leaf aldehyde production.

Kevin Holm-Hudson, Music, published “Just Intonation and Indian Aesthetic in Terry Riley’s The Harp of New Albion” in the latest issue of the theory journal Ex Tempore.  His article “Your Guitar, It Sounds So Sweet and Clear: Semiosis in Two Versions of ‘Superstar’” was published in Music Theory Online, issue 8.4.  He has also written three entries for the forthcoming “Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound,” to be published by Routledge.

Jacqui Kearns, Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, has been appointed to associate membership in the graduate faculty for the administration and supervision program in the College of Education.  The appointment is for a three-year period. 

Harold Kleinert, Beth Harrison, and Josh Owens, Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, gave a presentation, titled “New Directions in Peer Tutoring in Kentucky and Peer Tutoring from the Eyes of Peer Tutors,” at the annual Kentucky Council for Exceptional Children and Parent Professional Conference in Louisville in early March.

Kyong Bo Kim, Pharmacy, received a two-year, $200,000 grant from the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program for his project, “Molecular Mechanism of an Apoptosis-inducing Estrogen Metabolite 2-Methoxyestradiol.”

Fred Knapp, Entomology, received a $114,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a cooperative agricultural pest survey.

Janet Kurzynske, Family and Consumer Science, received a $453,000 grant from the Kentucky Families and Children Cabinet for the UK food stamp nutrition education plan.

Pat Litzelfelner, Social Work, is presenting the findings from her study “Consumer Satisfaction with Court Appointed Special Advocates” at the National CASA Conference in Boston this week.  The study included a nationwide sample of 726 judges, child welfare workers and parents. 

David Nash, Dentistry, was appointed by Governor Paul E. Patton to serve on the Kentucky Commission on Women until 2005.

Lindell Ormsbee, Civil Engineering, has been appointed by Governor Paul Patton to serve on the Kentucky Environmental Quality Commission.

Adrian Park, Minimally Invasive Surgery, received a $1.14 million grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command for his project, “REMIS: A Tool to Facilitate Innovation, Standardization and Validation in the Creation of Ergonomic Surgical Simulators.”

Ron Pen, School of Music, was elected vice president of the Society for American Music.  He recently chaired a panel on “An Avenue for People to Tell Their Stories: The Legacy of Alan Lomax” at the Society for American Music national conference in Tempe, Ariz. 

Chris Pool, Anthropology, received a $194,848 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his research on the ancient Olmec site of Tres Zapotes in Viracruz, Mexico.

Chris Rice, Center for Appalachian Studies, made a presentation to the Personal Responsibility in Desirable Environments board of directors in Somerset in February.  The presentation discussed how the center’s Common Knowledge Network approach can be used to integrate the efforts of citizens, organizations and government entities to improve community planning and development.

Kenneth Roberts, Pharmacy dean, has received the 2003 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy.

Christopher Schardl, Plant Pathology, received a $561,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study advanced genetic technologies.

Michael Sharkey, Entomology, received $137,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research of identification keys to the economically important species of cotesia.

Jerry Skees, Agricultural Economics, presented a seminar at the World Bank “Workshop on Managing Agricultural Catastrophic Risks in Developing Countries” in February.  His topic covered provision of subsidies in agricultural insurance programs.  

Orlando “Tubby” Smith, Athletics, was named National College Basketball Coach of the Year by The Sporting News magazine.  He also received the Henry Iba National Coach of the Year Award from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.  Smith also was named the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year in voting by the SEC coaches.

Jeffrey Stringer, Forestry, received $173,000 from the Kentucky Natural Resources Environmental Protection Cabinet for education and best management practices training for timber harvesters, operators and forest and natural resource professionals.

Chris Thompson, Regulatory Services, was appointed chair of the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments Hauling Procedures Committee in January.  The committee, which reviews proposals impacting the milk hauling industry, consists of 17 members from several U.S. regions and includes state and federal regulatory officials. 

Martin Tracy, Social Work, wrote one of the chapters, “Models of International Collaboration in Social Work Education,” for “Russian-American Summer University: A Collaboration between Samara Oblast, Russia and Southern Illinois University.”

Paul Trawick, Anthropology, has published “The Struggle for Water in Peru: Comedy and Tragedy in the Andean Commons.”  He also published an article in Natural History Magazine, titled “Trickle-Down Theory Andean Style: Traditional Irrigation Practices Provide a Lesson in Sharing.”  He also recently won a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research and Writing Grant for research on water management in several communities in Spain and Chile. 

S. Randal Voss, Biology, received a $274,028 grant from the Department of Comparative Medicine in the National Center for Research Resources in the National Institutes of Health for his project “Genome Resources for Model Amphibians.”

Ken Warlick and Jacqui Kearns, Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, received a contract for the Inclusive Large-Scale Standards and Assessment (ILSSA) project with New York on that state’s alternate assessment. ILSSA will receive $120,000 for the first year and $160,000 a year for the following three years.