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University Daily Kansan
Page 0379_1 from reel: L 725 (1956-09-10 to 1957-08-02)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/196126

Title: New Student Loan Fund Established at University
Summary: The John E. Selig Student Loan Fund established at KU with $1,600 gift from Selig family in memory of John E. Selig, to provide loans to worthy students.
Category: campus news
Subjects: financial aid; university funding; student support
Named Entities: Selig, John E.; Murphy, Franklin D. [chancellor]; Houston, Tex.
Confidence: 0.9

Title: KU Gets Research Grant
Summary: KU receives $1,950 research grant from Air Research and Development Command for study of upper respiratory disease among military population in Alaska.
Category: campus news
Subjects: research funding; military research; university grants
Named Entities: Air Research and Development Command; Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska; Jerome P. Schmidt
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Three to Attend Education Parley
Summary: Three University faculty members to participate in 39th annual meeting of Council of Administrative Officers of Higher Education in Wichita.
Category: campus news
Subjects: faculty participation; educational conferences; professional development
Named Entities: Anderson, Kenneth E.; Moore, Alfred H.; McFarland, E. A.
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Biochemistry Head on Sabbatical Leave
Summary: Dr. Russell C. Mills, professor of biochemistry, takes sabbatical leave to research at University of Minnesota, with Dr. Dwight J. Mulford acting as department chairman during absence.
Category: campus news
Subjects: faculty sabbaticals; academic leaves; department leadership
Named Entities: Mills, Russell C.; University of Minnesota
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Chemists Renew Work on Cancer
Summary: University pharmaceutical chemists begin new attack on cancer through substances that may induce cancer in certain susceptible individuals, with research directed by Dr. Joseph H. Burckhalter.
Category: campus news
Subjects: cancer research; pharmaceutical chemistry; medical research
Named Entities: Burckhalter, Joseph H.; University of Kansas; National Institutes of Health
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Caffeine Seen as Useful Drug
Summary: Research by Dr. Joseph H. Burckhalter shows caffeine derivatives may be useful in treating hypertension and heart ailments, with $8,145 grant from National Heart Institute.
Category: campus news
Subjects: pharmaceutical research; caffeine studies; medical applications
Named Entities: Burckhalter, Joseph H.; National Heart Institute; Public Health Service
Confidence: 0.9

Title: $1,000 Award to KU Doctor
Summary: Dr. Leonard Peltier, new chief of orthopedic surgery at KU, receives $1,000 annual award from American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons for outstanding research.
Category: campus news
Subjects: academic awards; medical research; orthopedic surgery
Named Entities: Peltier, Leonard [chief of orthopedic surgery]; American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons; Kappa Delta sorority
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Guidance Bureau to Test Navajos
Summary: University guidance bureau to develop test for measuring social development of Navajo students, with testing to be conducted at Sherman Institute in California.
Category: campus news
Subjects: educational testing; Native American students; social development
Named Entities: Collister, E. Gordon [director]; Williams, Cecil L. [research assistant]; Sherman Institute, Riverside, Calif.
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Engineering Prof to Illinois Post
Summary: Dr. Hubert E. Rissler, assistant professor of mining and metallurgical engineering at KU, to become economic geologist for Illinois State Geological Survey.
Category: campus news
Subjects: faculty appointments; engineering education; academic positions
Named Entities: Risser, Hubert E.; Illinois State Geological Survey
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Bacteriology Grant Boosted
Summary: 3-year bacteriology research grant increased to $15,875 per year for study of rickettsial diseases by Dr. Alfred H. Moore and associates at KU.
Category: campus news
Subjects: research funding; bacteriology; public health
Named Entities: Moore, Alfred H.; Paretsky, David; Cora Downs
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Faculty Pianist a Convention Soloist
Summary: Marian Jersild, assistant professor of piano at KU, to be soloist at American Music Teachers National Association convention in Chicago.
Category: arts
Subjects: music performances; faculty artists; musical conventions
Named Entities: Jersild, Marian [assistant professor of piano]; American Music Teachers National Association; Warne, Katharine Mulky
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Varsity; Granada; Jayhawker; Campus West
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 1.0

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