TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 2006
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ON THE RECORD
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♦ A 33-year-old graduate research assistant reported the front right tire stolen from her 1991 Mercury Sable between 9:30 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday in lot 114 of Stouffer Place.
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The Department of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity is holding a seminar on "Retirement Benefits" at 9 a.m. today in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union.
Devdeep Sarkar, GTA, is giving a lecture on "Statistics in Astrophysics" at noon in 1089 Malot Hall.
♦ Piotr Wrobel, University of Toronto associate professor, is giving a lecture entitled "Rediscovering the Missing Neighbors" as part of the Brown Bag Discussion Series at 12:30 p.m. today in Bailey Hall 318. He will give another lecture entitled "Together and Apart: Poles and Jews in the 20th Century" at 4 p.m. today in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union.
- Kathryn Conrad, associated professor of English, and Bob McWilliams, Kansas Public Radio, are giving a lecture entitled "Conflict & Creativity: Ireland and the Immigrant Soul" at 7:30 tonight in the Conference Hall of the Hall Center.
- Martin Storey, cello player,
is performing as part of the
Visiting Artists Series at 7:30 to
night at the Swarthout Recital
Hall in Murphy Hall.
Garth A. Myers, associate professor of geography and African and African-American studies, is giving a lecture entitled "Colonialism's Legacies of Links and Desertions in Africa" as the 19th Annual James E. Seaver Lecture on Continuing Issues in Western Civilization at 8 tonight in the Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union. There will be a reception following the lecture.
▼ SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
Record funds received
School gets $16 million for research
BY CATHERINE ODSON
codson@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The KU School of Pharmacy ranked third nationally in grants from the National Institutes of Health in 2005.
The school received $16 million in NIH research funds, according to data from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Despite a $7 million drop in NIH pharmacy funding nationally, the school's funding increased by $3 million.
A combination of new and established researchers receiving both initial and continuing funding accounted for the increase, said Kenneth Audeth, dean of pharmacy.
Kevin Boatright, vice provost of research, said the increase stemmed from the University having an outstanding school of pharmacy.
"People are amazed by the quality of the program here," he said.
Boatright credits researchers for their entrepreneurial attitudes and taking advantage of available funding. Even with the University's outstanding faculty and resources, a $3 million increase
Audus said the competitive funding market means some facilities had less than 10 percent of their research proposals funded.
in one year is simply impressive, he said.
The KU school has 19 projects currently receiving NIH funds, all of which individually applied for NIH funding. The school hosts more than 100 different research projects.
The school received a total of $17 million in research funding last year, second behind the University of California-San Francisco. UCSF has a research budget of more than $22 million.
The school's other major sources for funding are the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society and the National Science Foundation.
The KU school has ranked in the top 10 since 1995 and spent the past five years as a top five school.
Audus said the school could compare favorably to UCSF and Utah, the No. 2 NIH-funded school, in the future. However, grants are timed, so funding could change drastically from year to year, he said.
Audus said the school's research in customized drug therapy could maximize response to treatment.
Reactions to pharmaceuclal drugs vary as much as
RESLARCITUNDS
The KU School of Pharmacy ranked third in the nation last year in the amount of money secured from the National Institutes of Health with $16 million. Here are the top five schools:
1. University of California-
San Francisco
2. University of Utah
3. University of Kansas
4. University of
Washington
5. University of Illinois at
Chicago
Source: American Association
Source: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
height and weight, he said, but this research could overcome genetic variations to create ideal drugs for everyone.
In addition to basic science and pharmaceutical research, the school does significant research in cancer and neuroscience drug discovery and development.
Newer faculty members joined the effort in those two areas, among others, and are reinforcing the University's solid researchers, Audus said, and young faculty researching antibiotics could create another solid research area in the school.
Edited by Vanessa Pearson
arships and the KU Cancer Center.
The athletics department will donate $200,000 a year for academic scholarships and $50,000 a year to the cancer center, according to a KU news release.
University officials will announce the donation dur
Athletics Director Lew Perkins said the money for the donations would come from new Adidas and ESPN contracts that the athletics department signed in the last year.
Athletics to donate $1 million to center
Kansas Athletics Inc.
announced Monday it will
donate $1 million over the
next four years to University
of Kansas academic schol-
ing halftime of the men's basketball game tonight against Baylor.
CAMPUS
Eric Jorgensen
Douglas Teenner/TRAVERSE CITY RECORD-EAGLE
A path less traveled
Douglas Tenner/TRAVERSE CITY RECORD-ELEGE Ice forms along the rail on the breakwater walkway in Clinch Park Marina on Monday in Traverse City, Mich.
PEOPLE
Remains of TV star find home in space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
— Scotty will be blasted into space — not beamed up
— and Gordo is returning for his third flight.
The planned launch sometime in March of a rocket carrying the ashes of actor James Doohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery Scott on "Star Trek," and Mercury program astronaut Gordon Cooper will give a fitting send-off to two men who helped popularize human space exploration.
The Associated Press
The craft also will hold the ashes of 185 others, including a telephone technician, a nurse and a college student.
STATE
Superintendent becomes professor
Robert McFrazier, who was named the 2005-06 Jones Distinguished University Professor at Emporia State University, is teaching introductory education courses and guest lecturing.
TOPEKA - The superintendent who led the Topeka school district during the final months of its school desegregation case is teaching at Emporia State University.
Topeka's desegregation case had its roots in the 1954 Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education desegregation case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ordered an end to racially segregated schools.
- The Associated Press
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
ENGINEER
February 21, 2006
Activities begin with keynote speaker Sam Gilliland at 9:30am on Friday, February 24 in the Lied Center.
Sam Gilliland is the Chairman & CEO of Sabre Holdings and a 1985 KU Electrical Engineering Grad.
Recycling Drop-off February 25 from 10am-4pm on the East side of the KU Memorial Stadium Parking Lot
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Student Environmental Advisory Board
EXHIBITS ARE HELD IN LEARNED AND EATON HALLS FRIDAY, FEB. 24TH, 11AM-3PM SATURDAY, FEB. 25TH, 9AM- 12PM
Nomination forms may be picked up in the Student Involvement and Leadership Center, Room 400 Kansas Union. Any student can nominate a person for the award.
Nominations are due by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 to the Student Involvement and Leadership Center, 400 Kansas Union.
The University of Kansas
CAMPANILE
AWARD
NOMINATIONS
Board of Class Officers
(BOCO)
PAID FOR BY KU
The Campanile Award was established by the Class of 2000 to honor a student, graduating in May, who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and respect for the University of Kansas and its students.
If you have any questions, please contact Whitney Ryan, Board of Class Officers (BOOC) President, at whitbit@ku.edu.
Make your voice heard!
Tuesday,
February 28
7:00 p.m.
Alderson Auditorium
in the Kansas Union
STUDENT SENATE TOWN HALL MEETING
All students and groups are invited to our annual Town Hall Meeting to discuss:
Issues
Suggestions Led by Student Body Vice President Marynell Jones & Student Senate.
Concerns
Got a question?
Contact Nolan T. Jones, Student Senate Communications Director, at nox13@ku.edu
ECM
Feb. 22nd 12-1pm is the lecture with a $3 lunch served at 11:30 or brownbag.
CREATE
Want to learn more about Volunteer Opportunities with CREATE?
Please Join Us!
Tues. Feb. 21,4:30
Wed. Feb. 22,4:30
Alcove G Kansas Union
Pizza
With Bill Lacy, Director of the Dole Institute of Politics and former Senior Political Advisor to President Reagan
Mr. Lacy will be giving a talk titled "Director's Tales: Stories and Insights from Twenty Years in National Politics". Come enjoy FREE PIZZA and hear humorous stories about life in politics.
When: February 22, 2006
12-1:30 PM
Where: Kansas Union, Jayhawk Room, 5th Floor
Presented by the Student Legislative Awareness Board & the Dole Institute of Politics
slab student legislative awareness board
Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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