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The Inside Front
Wednesday July 12, 2000
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
KU professor to delay discrimination lawsuit
LAWRENCE — Mike Cuenca, assistant professor of journalism, is asking to withdraw his discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against the University of Kansas.
Cuenca said Monday that he planned to refile the case sometime after the end of the 2000-2001 academic year when his dismissal from the University was complete.
Kansas denied Cuenca tenure during the spring semester. He can teach only one more academic year at the University.
Cuenca, an assistant professor of visual communications, filed the lawsuit with the U.S. District Court in Topeka in April 1999. In it, he claimed he was discriminated and denied promotions because he is Filipino-American. He also claimed the University punished him for complaining about the retaliation.
Federal law requires that a person claiming to be a victim of discrimination first seek remedy through administrative bodies, such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Cuenca said he would refile his claim with the EEOC.
The Associated Press
History professor named KU Hall Center director
Victor Bailey, professor of history, was named director of the KU Hall Center for the Humanities last week.
The Hall Center — located in the former Watkins home just down the hill from Watson Library — sponsors seminars for humanities students, holds a lecture series for the community, runs a grant development office, and is the base of operations for several University journals.
"The Hall Center is one of KU's most valuable research assets," said Bailey, who specializes in modern British history. "it is an honor to be appointed as its next director."
Currently, Bailey is writing a book on the history of the death penalty in England.
Bailey's work has examined the British judicial and penal system, and includes a 1998 book on the social history of suicide in Victorian Britain.
The center's former director, Roberta Johnson, will return to teaching in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
—Phil Cauthon
University announces science fiction awards
Sky won KU's award for the best science fiction novel of the year, and David Marusek's "Wedding Album" won the award for best short science fiction of the year.
The awards were presented Friday by the KU Center for the Study of Science Fiction at a dinner, attended by both Vinge of San Diego and Mausek of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Vernon Vinge's A Deepness in the
Runners-up for the John W. Campbell Award for best novel were Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio and Norman Spinrad's Greenhouse Summer. Honorable mentions included Peter Watts' Starfish and Jack Williamson's The Silicon Dagger.
Runners-up for the Theodore Sturgeon Award for best short science fiction were Eleanor Arnason's "Dapple: A Hwarath Historical Romance," and Judith Berman's "The Window."
Phil Cauthon
All three Sturgeon awards were published in Asimov's Science Fiction collection.
The awards dinner was followed by a "Science Fiction in the 21st Century" conference on July 8 and 9, which scholars from Brazil, India, Japan and Mexico attended.
Grants up $20 million during 1999 fiscal year
Research at the University of Kansas for fiscal year 1999 increased by more than $20 million from the previous fiscal year.
Kansas for fiscal year 1999 increased by more than $20 million from the previous fiscal year. Officials at KU's Center for Research said the University received almost $168 million for research including $123 million in federal, state and private grants and contracts up more than 14 percent from fiscal year 1998 Science and engineering received the bulk of the funding, at just less than $133 million, while training and non-science research accounted for the rest.
Funding figures are used for peer review and institutional ranking. The University's goal is to be in the top 75 research institutions in the nation, and among the top 50 public schools, said Robert Barnhill, vice chancellor and president of the KU Center for Research.
"We're going to break that top 75—make no mistake about that," Barnhill said. "But this isn't basketball, so it is going to take more than one year."
Professors win award to support research
University officials will have to wait until other schools report their research expenditures for 1999 to determine the school's rank.
A KU chemist and a molecular biologist will receive the first of a new faculty award to support their research.
Robert Dunn, associate professor of chemistry, and Leslie Heckert, assistant professor of molecular and integrative physiology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, will receive $50,000 annually for three years and can use the money to pay for personnel, equipment, supplies or travel.
Dunn is researching new microscopic techniques to study single molecules. Heckert is researching the regulation of reproductive hormone levels during the development of the testes and ovaries in mammals.
The grant was created this year by KU alumni Madison "Al" and Lila Self to recognize and support scientific research at the University.
Phil Cauthon
—Phil Cauthon
KU professor granted best scholarly book award
William Tsutsui, associate professor of history, won the 2000 award for best scholarly book written on Japan or Korea in 1998, presented by the Association of Asian Studies.
Tsutsui receives award for best Asian Studies book
Tsutsui's Manufacturing Ideology: Scientific Management in Twentieth Century Japan traces the roots of modern Japanese management to Frederick Winslow Taylor, American industrial engineer
whose 1911 book, Principles of Scientific Management, pioneered standardized, repetitive tasking.
"While embracing Taylor's theories, the Japanese adjusted and improved on them," Tsutsui said. "Japanese managers recognized that the welfare of workers and their commitment to corporate goals were essential to efficiency and productivity. Thus, Japanese industry sought to humanize the grueling routines of scientific management and the American assembly line."
—Phil Cauthon
Cool your jets
Bryan Courtney
— age 5,
Lansing, Kan. — grimaces as a blast of water from a fountain hits him in the face on Monday afternoon at the Lawrence
Aquatic Center,
727 Kentucky St.
The Aquatic Center provides many youngsters and parents with a relaxing and entertaining means of beating the summer heat.
Photo by Nick Krug/KANSAN
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Academic Computing Services presents:
FREE COMPUTER TRAINING for the KU Community
Some classes are $75 for non-KU as noted.
Web Authoring: Improving Accessibility—Learn how to make your Web site accessible to users with visual and other cognitive disabilities. Mon, July 17, 1-3 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium.
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PowerPoint: Intermediate—Learn to insert charts and graphics. Prerequisite: PowerPoint: Introduction or equivalent skills. Requires registration and fee for non-University. Tues. July 18,
1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Budig PC Lab, Room 202B.
Web Authoring: Introduction to Pet—Create CGI scripts for processing forms on the Web. Prerequisite: UNIX: Introduction or equivalent skills. Tues. July 18, 4 p.m.-7 p.m., Computer Center PC Lab, Room 202A
Outlook 2000: Message, Contacts, and Rules—Send, receive, organize, store, and share email messages and maintain information about your correspondents. Prerequisites: Outlook 2000: Introduction. Participants must have an Exchange account. Requires registration. KU faculty, staff, and students only. Wed. July 19, 9-11:30 a.m., Computer Center Auditorium.
Photoshop: Web Graphics—Learn about the powerful new features for developing Web graphics. Prerequisite: Photoshop: Introduction or equivalent experience. Wed, July 19, 2-3 p.m., Computer Center MAC Lab, Room 202B
Access Forms- Create forms using Access Form Wizard and Design View. Prerequisite: Access: Intermediate or equivalent skills. Requires registration and fee for non-University. Wed. July 19, 3-6 p.m., Computer Center PC Lab, Room 202A