2007KU Works for KansasAnnual Report

TEACH SERVE INNOVATE

ChancellorRobert Hemenway,

Executive Vice Chancellorof the KU Medical Center

Barbara Atkinson,and Executive Vice

Chancellor and ProvostRichard Lariviere.

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Governor Kathleen Sebelius

Board of RegentsReginald Robinson - President and CEO

Christine Downey-Schmidt, chair - InmanJarold Boettcher - Beloit

Jill Docking - WichitaRichard Hedges - Fort Scott

Dan Lykins - TopekaJanie Perkins - Garden City

Donna L. Shank - LiberalGary Sherrer - Overland ParkWilliam Thornton - Atchison

2 Chancellor’s Message

4 Research

6 Year’s Events

15 Student Awards

17 Faculty Honors

19 Financial Report

Teach • Serve • Innovate

ON THE COVER: Elizabeth Asiedu is an award-winning associate professor of economics | Students in Studio 804assemble modular housing units | KU is at the forefront of biodiesel research

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KUKansans have long had a commitmentto education and learning. The state constitu-tion required the establishment of a stateuniversity. Kansans responded by foundingthree of them.Those early leaders recognized that Kansas

would never prosper without institutions ofhigher learning. One hundred andforty-two years after the founding ofthe University of Kansas, that beliefin the power of education still existsand that vision of a better future stillmotivates us.KU works for Kansas in so many

ways, and in countless places allthroughout our state. The benefitsprovided by the university reachfrom the smallest child who receivescare from a KU-trained doctor, carryon through to a Kansas businessmade successful by a KU graduate,

and finally on to a world that is betterinformed about our changing climate as aresult of KU researchers’ work on ice sheets.It’s an exciting time to be at KU. This past

spring we had one of our largest graduatingclasses ever, sending more than 6,000 gradu-ates out into the world. They add to the morethan 142,000 KU graduates that call Kansashome and make up the backbone of a work-force in fields ranging from teaching to

business, medicine to engineering, and everyother profession in between.As we said farewell to graduating

Jayhawks, we also welcomed the class of 2011to campus. This is the most talented and mostdiverse incoming class ever, and everyone oncampus is thrilled to have the opportunity towork with these outstanding students.KU is a place dedicated to knowledge and

learning. Our first priority has always beenteaching, and it makes all of us proud to seestudents we’ve worked with for several yearswalk down the Hill at graduation, and go onto productive careers and successful lives.But we’re also a research university, and

our scientists and investigators are makingexciting discoveries — discoveries that willlead to new technologies, new treatmentsand cures for illnesses, and a better under-standing of the world around us.KU researchers are at the front lines in the

fight against cancer, seeking to discover thedrugs and therapies that will one day rid usof this and other diseases. Our scientistsare studying new ways of producing fuelfrom plants that will help free us from ourdependence on fossil fuels; at the same time,other researchers are investigating the causesof — and treatments for — autism.These discoveries don’t stay within the

lab, however. KU is dedicated to serving

Rescue workers search an overturned car as part of a disaster response training drill organized by the KU MedicalCenter and KU Continuing Education | Chancellor Robert Hemenway greets guests at a reception for students of color| KU researchers are converting vegetable oil into fuel

WorksFor KANSAS

KU is dedicated to

serving the citizens of

our state and nation,

providing themwith

opportunities for

happier, healthier lives

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the citizens of our state and nation, provid-ing them with opportunities for happier,healthier lives.Through telemedicine and our Area

Health Education Centers, people throughoutKansas can benefit from the expertise ofKU doctors right in their own communities,saving patients time and money. AudioReader gives print-disabled Kansans theopportunity for greater personal independ-ence by providing access to the printedword. And our Certified Public Managerprogram has organized a special training

program for public servants in southwestKansas, bringing a KU education totheir doorsteps.These are just a few of the ways KU is

working for Kansas every day, fulfilling ourmission and proving that a great universitydoesn’t confine its activities within the fourwalls of a classroom or laboratory.It’s a testament to our state’s founders that

the University of Kansas exists, but ourwork could not continue without the ongoingdedication of KU students, staff, faculty,alumni, and other supporters.

The vision to create a brighter future,shared by the Kansas pioneers in thebeginning just as it is by the KU communitytoday, still inspires us, and it is the fulfillmentof that vision which is detailed in this year’sannual report.Thank you for your continued support

of KU and best wishes for a successful 2008.

Robert E. HemenwayChancellor

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After being diagnosed with breast cancer, Hays resident Barb Grabbe received innovative treatment without ever leaving town. Grabbe, pictured in her convenience store, was treatedby a KU cancer specialist, Dr. Gary Doolittle, through interactive video networking, or telemedicine. It was "totally amazing, actually seeing the doctor one-on-one, almost like being inthe same room," Grabbe said.

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CANCER RESEARCH• The university’s No. 1 priority is to attainNational Cancer Institute designationfor the KU Cancer Center. To thatend, KU Medical Center is building aworld-class team of cancer researchersand physicians to make more discoveries,expand treatment options, improveprevention techniques, and providecutting-edge cancer care to the heartland.

• Apartnership between KUMC and theSchool of Pharmacy puts the university inposition to become a national leader in dis-covering and developing cancer-fightingdrugs. In the Office of Therapeutics,Discovery, and Development a team ofexperts — recruited from some of the finesttalent in pharmaceutical industry — isapplying sound business theories to helpKU capitalize on its pharma expertise andefficiently propel drug research efforts.

• Moreover, individual investigators areconducting research with promisingresults. For example, Lisa Timmons, assis-tant professor of molecular biosciences, isinvestigating RNAi — a process by whichRNAmolecules are tailored to eliminate aspecific gene function within a cell. In herlab on the Lawrence campus, Timmonshas discovered a link between the RNAimechanism andABC transporters, genesthat move drugs and small molecules in orout of a cell. Timmons’ research may shedlight on the origins of aggressive cancersand someday lead to novel therapies.

THE KU BIODIESEL INITIATIVEResearchers are converting waste cookingoil into clean-burning transportation fuelthat soon will be powering campus busesand Facilities Operations equipment. TheBiodiesel Initiative lab is leading the way fora biodiesel boom that could cut dependenceon foreign oil while boosting the state’ssoybean farmers and cattle ranchers whoseproducts are used as biodiesel feedstock.

CENTER FOR REMOTE SENSINGOF ICE SHEETSOngoing research by CReSIS into polar iceloss aims to answer the greatest questionfacing climate change investigators: How willmelting ice in Antarctica and Greenlandaffect worldwide ocean levels? Establishedthree years ago by the National ScienceFoundation, the collaboration among univer-sity, industry, and international partners isheadquartered at KU.

CARING FOR PATIENTS ANDTHEIR CAREGIVERS• Working together, researchers on bothcampuses are making significant researchprogress in unlocking the mysteries ofdiseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s,andAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS),and are making new discoveries on howbest to care for patients who suffer fromstrokes and treat children diagnosed withdevelopmental disabilities.

• Research is helping the family caregiversof these patients as well. For example,Cynthia Teel, assistant dean and associateprofessor at the School of Nursing, isinvestigating the value of a telephone-based intervention program for familycaregivers 55 or older. Dubbed Self-CareTALK, it may eventually expand into alifeline program for family caregivers.

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Fine needle aspiration of a human sarcoma | Kansas Biological Survey researchers survey bank erosion at KanopolisLake, southwest of Salina | The north Greenland ice core project is part of CReSIS climate change research

Research at the

University of Kansas

pushes back the

boundaries of human

understanding about

our world and our

own lives, while

training the next

generation how

to approach

scholarly inquiry.

research andInnovation

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APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FORRESERVOIR ASSESSMENT (ASTRA)Communities across Kansas are experiencinglow-quality drinking water caused by siltbuildup in reservoirs. The Kansas BiologicalSurvey, at KU, created ASTRA in 2006 tobring state-of-the art technology to bear onthe problem. With acoustic echosoundingtechnology, bathymetric sonar, a pontoon boatrigged as a coring platform, and cuttingedge mapping equipment, today ASTRA isgiving Kansans accurate and desperatelyneeded information about the state of theirwater sources.

BIOENGINEERING AND CLINICAL RESEARCHAt the nexus of medicine, engineering, biolo-gy, and product design, KU’s investment inbioengineering research will nourish develop-ment of a regional biosciences industry whilepushing forward tissue repair techniques anddevelopment of devices that aid survivors ofspinal cord injuries. Moving such discoveriesfrom the laboratory to the patient’s bedside isthe ultimate goal.Paulette Spencer, a renowned pioneer

in the development of biomaterials,recently joined KU’s faculty to lead a bio-engineering research team of some twodozen faculty members in Lawrence and atthe medical center.

EXTINCTIONS EXPLAINEDAKU team may have solved a research rid-dle that has puzzled scientists worldwide:What causes the vast die-offs that befallEarth every 62 million years? The regularextinctions were discovered in the fossilrecord, but no explanation for these drasticreductions in biodiversity made sense —until Adrian Melott and Mikhail Medvedev,professors of physics and astronomy at KU,theorized that the up-and-down motion of

the solar system as it travels through theMilky Way exposes Earth to an onslaughtof deadly radiation that exactly matchesthe die-offs in the fossil record. The scientificcommunity has hailed the pair for theirelegant theory.

KANSASHISTORYONLINE.COMThis joint undertaking of KU’s Hall Centerfor the Humanities and the Kansas HistoricalSociety aims to bring Kansas’ amazing historyto life on the Internet by the sesquicentennialof Kansas statehood by January 2011. Withmore than 500 thoroughly researched articlesexploring a range of eras and themes,KansasHistoryOnline.com will allow peoplefrom every community in the state to discov-er stories and documents that fascinate andbuild a powerful sense of shared experience.

A LOOK AT PAYDAY LENDINGAs in most states, it is legal in Kansas toadvance cash to borrowers with no collateralother than a backdated personal check.Indeed, “payday lending” has become a $28billion industry in the U.S. Now, RobertDeYoung, the Capitol Federal Professor inFinancial Markets and Institutions in the

School of Business, has carried out some ofthe first academic research into this controver-sial practice. By looking at payday loansmade in one state over five years, DeYoungshowed that annual percentage rates for theloans could run as high as 450 percent — andthat lenders’ profits come mostly from repeatcustomers who are caught in a cycle of debt.

PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH• The medical center’s Department ofPreventive Medicine and Public Healthis addressing Kansas’ looming publichealth crisis through its research in tobacco cessation and obesity prevention.This research is intended to find the bestsolutions for these particularly prevalenthealth problems and ultimately helpKansans lead longer and healthier lives.

• Kansas is part of the epidemic of diabetesthat is sweeping the nation. A collabora-tive diabetes effort between KUMC andother Kansas City-area health partnersenables the university to expand its focuson translational medicine as a means toreduce the incidence of diabetes and dia-betic risk factors, and help patients moreeffectively manage the disease.

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KU’s Biodiesel Initiative Laboratory is leading in efforts to cut dependence on foreign oil. The lab is preparing processesthat will convert waste cooking oil into fuel, and they soon will offer essential tests at very low cost to biodiesel refinersaround Kansas.

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Nancy Kassebaum Baker, formerU.S. senator for Kansas, gave the2007 Emily Taylor and MarilynStokstad Women’s LeadershipLecture, administered by the HallCenter for the Humanities.

Ronen Sen (below left), India’s ambas-sador to the United States, visited KUto discuss Indo-American relations. Senspoke about the transformed U.S.-Indiarelationship and the opportunities thatcome with it, with a special focus onscience, technology and research.

Aaron Douglas, a Topekanative who became

the most important visualartist of the Harlem

Renaissance during the1920s and 1930s, was

celebrated with a nationalmultidisciplinary confer-

ence at KU. As part of theconference, the SpencerMuseum of Art organized

the first retrospectiveof Douglas’ works, which

traveled to Nashville, NewYork, and Washington, D.C.

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Hoping to avoid the fate ofthe extinct dodo bird, KU

researchers and studentsjoined a worldwidecelebration of the 198thbirthday of Charles R.

Darwin. Darwin Dayfeatured the Lawrencepremiere of a newaward-winning film,“Flock of Dodos:

The Evolution-IntelligentDesign Circus”; a costumecontest; exhibits; and otherspecial events.

KU’s 12th scholarshiphall will be built with a$4 million gift from formerstate representativeand KU alumnusCarl C. Krehbiel.

In 2007, Jayhawks

celebrated greatness,

reached out to those

touched by tragedy,

and experienced the

thrill of victory.

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One of the creative forces behind Google Earth, KUgraduate Brian McClendon, returned to the Schoolof Engineering to kick off the Engineering Expofor elementary and high school students.

The fourth annual KU in the Capitol event informedlegislators, staff, and Statehouse visitors aboutKU’s research and outreach efforts.

Nobel Prize winning physicist Sheldon Glashow askeda KU audience, “Does Science Progress through BlindChance or Intelligent Design?” Glashow shared the 1979

Nobel with two otherphysicists for workthat predicted neutralcurrents, charmedparticles, and interme-diate vector bosons,all of which weresubsequently discov-ered by experiments.

In January, the KansasHonors Program honoredits 100,000th high schoolstudent scholar, AudreyAllison of Belpre. The KUAlumni Associationprogram, establishedin 1971, encouragesexcellence in secondaryeducation and recognizesthe top 10 percentof high school seniorsthroughout the state.

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Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt,as portrayed by Ted Zalewski,

charged up the Hill to visitthe Dole Institute of Politics.The one-man performance

uses Roosevelt’s own wordsto illustrate the forces that

shaped Roosevelt’s personalityand leadership style.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was the speaker for theStudent Lecture Series. Kennedy, a senior attorneyfor the Natural Resources Defense Council, chiefprosecuting attorney for Hudson Riverkeeper, andpresident of Waterkeeper Alliance, spoke on“Crimes Against Nature.”

The 115-year old house at 1346 Louisiana — theformer home of the late Juanita and Reginald Strait— was renovated into a gathering place for KUstudents who live in scholarship halls. The WilnaCrawford Community Center was named for themother of Jann Rudkin, who with her husband, Tom,donated the funds for the renovation.

The Dole Institute of Politics hosted three of history’s mostprominent leaders. Former U.S. Sen. Howard Baker receivedthe 2007 Dole Leadership Prize and participated in a moder-ated discussion sponsored by the Dole Institute of Politics.

“An Evening with Walter Mondale” at the Dole Institute featuredthe former vice president and Democratic nominee for presi-dent. Gen. Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff, gave the annual Dole Lecture.

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The KU community donated more than $30,000to help the citizens of Greensburg recover from adevastating tornado that destroyed the town May 4.Among the fund-raising efforts were the KU AlumniAssociation’s Green for Greensburg campaign, whichraised $25,000 for the American Red Cross and KUDining Services’ “Dine to Donate” campaign, whichraised $2,500 for Heart to Heart International.

A candlelight vigil at the MemorialCampanile honored victims of the shootingsat Virginia Tech. In the wake of the shootings,KU has implemented an emergency commu-nication system that includes text messag-ing, e-mail, voice mail, and Web site alerts.

Alan Mulally, president andCEO of Ford Motor Co., gavethe spring 2007 AndersonChandler Lecture at the LiedCenter. Mulally, a KU alumnus,joined Ford Motor Co. in 2006after a lengthy and distin-guished career at Boeing.

After a summer of beingclosed, Danforth Chapel— the site of more than5,000 weddings since1946 — was rededicatedin September. An exten-sive renovation of thechapel added a bride’sroom and restored thestained glass, woodwork,organ, and fixtures.

John R. Kasich, former Ohiocongressman and best-sellingauthor and businessman, gavethe 2007 J.A. Vickers Sr. andRobert F. Vickers Sr. MemorialLecture, sponsored by theSchool of Business.

Michael Brown, former directorof the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency, spokeat the Dole Institute of Politicsabout “Hurricane Katrina:An Insider Tells His Sideof the Story.”

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Arnold Rampersad,acclaimed authorand scholar, spoke on“The Enigma of RalphEllison.” Rampersad’slatest book, “RalphEllison: A Biography,”has been described as

the definitive account of the writer whoseonly novel, “The Invisible Man,” won the 1953National Book Award.

Chancellor Robert Hemenway led adelegation to China to develop moreacademic exchange programs andpotential research collaborations forKU faculty and students.

Construction has begun on a new dormitoryand additional training space at the KansasLaw Enforcement Training Center nearHutchinson. The two buildings are Phase Iof a $16 million capital improvement project.

The National Geographicturned to KU’s Natural

History Museum whilefilming the 3-D film, “Sea

Monsters: A PrehistoricAdventure” about the

enormous reptiles, toothyfish, and sharks that

dominated the inland seathat covered what now

is Kansas. The filmmakersresearched the museum’s

vast collection of marine lifespecimens and consulted

Larry Martin, professorand curator of vertebrate

paleontology, about aspectsof the animation.

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KU on Wheels has a differentlook and, under its new contractwith MV Transportation, itsbuses are ADA compliant andmore environmentally friendly.In fact, KU researchers arerefining the technology that willtransform everyday cooking oilinto biodiesel fuel that shouldsoon be powering KU’s buses.

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Sheila Bair, chair ofthe Federal DepositInsurance Corporationand a KU alumna,presented the busi-ness school’s fall2007 AndersonChandler Lecture.

Bair spoke about sub-prime mortgages,payday loans, and the financial literacy ofsaving, spending, and not wasting money.She also participated in a round-tablediscussion with area bankers and inclassroom sessions with small groups ofbusiness students.

The 10th annual WheatState Whirlwind Tour tookfaculty and staff on afive-day, 1,200-mile trekthrough Kansas, includingan alpaca farm and theunderground salt minesnear Hutchinson.

A KU-backed early childhood language andliteracy initiative in Kansas City, Kan.,earned a a $3.4 million U.S. Departmentof Education grant. KU Chancellor RobertHemenway and U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts pre-sented the Reading First grant to programleaders in September.

Parents and studentshave been overwhelminglypositive in response toKU’s new Four-Year TuitionCompact. The plan offersno tuition increases forfour years to first-timefreshmen and sets feesfour years in advance forall students. KU has joined with the Army’s Command

and General Staff College in an initiativeto educate the next generation of Armyofficers. KU offers advanced-degreeprograms to faculty and students at theCGSC in Fort Leavenworth.

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Legendary civilrights activist U.S.Rep. John Lewis,D-Ga., receivedthis year’s RobertJ. Dole LeadershipPrize from the DoleInstitute of Politics.

Lewis, who has represented Georgia’sFifth District since 1987, has been atthe center of the civil rights movementsince the early 1960s.

The internationallyacclaimed Department ofSpecial Education at theUniversity of Kansas kickedoff its celebration of 50years with an eye toward thefuture. Through May 2008,the department will honorits golden anniversary withlectures about current topicsin the field, a new book, adigital reflection journal anda video chronicling thehistoric occasion.

NBC news correspondent Bob Dotsonwas the featured speaker at KansasEditors Day, sponsored by theSchool of Journalism. Dotson, a KUalumnus, spoke about “A SurvivalKit for Professional Storytellers —How to compete with cell phonesand Web sites.”

Alexander McCall Smith,best-selling author of the

“No. 1 Ladies’ DetectiveAgency” series, was the first

speaker in the 2007-08Humanities Lecture Series,

sponsored by the HallCenter for the Humanities.

McCall Smith, who also haswritten several other literary

series, spoke about “TheVery Small Things of Life.”

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Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was the grand marshal for theannual homecoming parade along Jayhawk Boulevardon the Lawrence campus. “Jayhawk Nation,” was thetheme of Homecoming Week activities, which culminat-ed in a victory over Nebraska in Memorial Stadium.

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A decades-longbuildup of sedimentacross Kansas’public reservoirshas created a little-known crisis in thestate. The KansasReservoir Summit,hosted by KU and

organized by the Kansas Water Office,brought together Gov. Kathleen Sebelius,governmental agencies, researchers, andbusinesspeople to discuss the situationand the potential problems with the quali-ty of the state’s drinking water.

KU and Haskell Indian Nations Universityco-hosted the national conference of theSociety for the Advancement of Chicanosand Native Americans in Science. ThirteenKU and Haskell students presented at theconference; almost 30 students from KUand Haskell were among more than 3,000participants from all over the country.

The 2007 football seasonsmashed school records,among them the first 11-0start in school history, themost home victories everin one season, and the firsttime KU had seven confer-ence wins in one season.The Jayhawks, led by APCoach of the Year MarkMangino, earned a spot inthe FedEx Orange Bowl.

Dole Institute of Politics hosted “AnEvening with Robert D. Novak.” Novak’sconservative “Inside Report” for theChicago Sun-Times is one of thelongest-running syndicated columnsin the nation.

The Student RecreationFitness Center will bear thename of David A. Ambler, theformer vice chancellor forstudent affairs who helpedsecure student approval forthe facility, which opened in2003. The David A. AmblerStudent Recreation FitnessCenter is maintained andoperated with student fees.

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Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV,commanding general of the U.S.Army Combined Arms Center andFort Leavenworth, spoke at theDole Institute of Politics. Caldwell’spresentation, “The Changing Faceof Warfare in the 21st Century,”was co-sponsored by the KU-FortLeavenworth Program.

KU received a $2.4 million grant from the National Mathand Science Initiative aimed at doubling the number ofmath and science teachers graduating annually to about50. The grant will benefit UKanTeach, a new collaborativeprogram in KU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences andSchool of Education that leads to a degree in science ormath as well as a teaching license in four years.

“The Music Man” was thefirst in a yearlong seriesof special performances

celebrating the 50thanniversary of Murphy Hall.

A cast of 41 and a 33-pieceorchestra performed

Meredith Willson’s popularBroadway musical set

in River City.

The Dole Institute of Politicshosted “An Evening withMichael Dukakis.” Dukakiswas the 1988 Democraticpresidential candidate butlost in the general electionto George H.W. Bush.

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After nearly 18 months of negotiations,the university announced an affiliationagreement among the KU MedicalCenter, KU Hospital, and the KUphysicians group. This affiliation signalsa new level of cooperation amongthese entities and is key to meetingthe university’s goal of achievingNational Cancer Institute designation.

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GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIPSTwo sophomores won national Barry M.Goldwater Scholarships, regarded as thepremier undergraduate award to encourageexcellence in science, engineering, andmathematics. KU’s Goldwater scholars for2007-08 are:

• Kyle Hesed, Pawnee Rock sophomore inbiology, plans to earn a doctorate in her-petology.

• Stephanie Ann Hill, Shawnee sopho-more in chemistry and biochemistry,plans to earn a doctorate in medicinalchemistry.

UDALL SCHOLARRaymondM.“Studie” Red Corn, acivil engineering stu-dent and a member ofthe Osage Nation,was one of 80 Udallscholars for 2007-08.The Udall scholar-

ships are for students planning careers infields related to the environment and forNative American andAlaska Natives seek-ing careers in fields related to health care ortribal policy.

FULBRIGHT AWARDSSeven KU students won prestigiousFulbright awards for study and researchabroad for the 2007-08 academic year.This year’s recipients are:• Cristin Burke, Eastham, Mass., doctoralstudent in geography to study inKazakhstan

• HannahM. Franko, Gilbert, Pa., spring2007 master’s degree graduate in archi-tecture, to study in Japan

• Ryan Christopher Gaston, Greenwood,Ind., doctoral student in history to studyin Spain

• Kahlil Nabil Saad, Wichita, spring 2007graduate in Germanic languages and lit-eratures, to study in Syria

• Meredith Seymour Lang, Leavenworth,1997 graduate in English and 2005 gradu-ate in law, to study in Oman

• Thomas B. Overly, Louisburg, master’sdegree student in geography, to study inDenmark and Greenland

• Vera Vialievna Volchansky, Lawrence,doctoral student in orchestra conducting,to study in Russia.

FREEMAN-ASIA SCHOLARSHIPSSeven students won national Freeman-ASIAscholarships for study abroad inAsia. Thegoal of the program is to increase the num-ber of American undergraduates studying inEast and Southeast Asia. The recipients are:• Libby Ann Allen, Sedan junior, to studyin China

• KimDieneke Brook, Lawrence senior, tostudy in South Korea

• Michael Thomas Edmonds, Topeka jun-ior, to study in Japan

• Nicholas Frederick Kellerman,Overland Park sophomore, to studyin Japan

• Wing Kwan Lam, Overland Park sopho-more, to study in Japan

• Luis Carlos Vargas, Wichita senior, tostudy in Japan

• Dori AnnWhite, Merriam junior, tostudy in Japan.

NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPSTwo KU students and two recent graduateshave won National Science FoundationGraduate Research Fellowships, which areamong the premier awards in the sciences.NSF fellowship winners from KU are:• Joel Abrahamson, spring 2006 graduatein chemical engineering from GrandForks, N.D., to study chemical engineer-ing at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign

• Kristi N. Bond, Lawrence master’sdegree student in linguistics

• Allison S. Doores, Lawrence doctoralstudent in ecology and evolutionarybiology, specializing in paleobotany

• Miles Alexander Garrett, spring 2006graduate in physics and philosophy fromNewton, Wichita and Harrisburg, Pa., tostudy sociology at Cornell University inNew York.

CREATIVE QUARTERLY — BEST OF SHOW

Amy Rottinghaus, a graphic designstudent from Baileyville, was featuredin an issue of Creative Quarterly afterwinning the top prize in the magazine’smost recent competition. Her Tech GirlBookcovers took Best of Show in the graphicdesign category.

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PERFECT ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIPBy scoring a perfect36 on his ACTentrance exam,Edward J. Fensholt,Olathe, earned aPerfect AchievementScholarship at KU.Offered to Kansas high

school graduates, the scholarship providesfull tuition for up to four years, housing ina traditional residence hall with a full mealpackage, and an allowance for books.Fensholt is the fourth KU freshman toreceive the Perfect Achievement Scholarship.

BIZFEST COMPETITION AWARDJulioMata Jr., a pre-business student fromKansas City, Kan., wona national award forthe business planhe developed for abilingual tanningsalon to serve Kansas

residents. Mata took first place for his presen-tation at the United States Hispanic Chamberof Commerce Foundation’s BizFest trainingworkshop and competition.

SCIENCE AND INNOVATION AWARDAllynMichael Kaufmann, a pharmaceuticalchemistry doctoral student from BaxterSprings, was one of 13 students in the nation towin a Schering-Plough Science and InnovationAward offered by Schering-Plough Corp.

INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTALDISABILITIES AWARDNina Zuna, a doctoral student in specialeducation from Eudora, won theAmericanAssociation on Intellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities StudentAward in recognition ofher research about parent-teacher interactions.

ROBERT K. MERTON AWARDLoralie LynnWiebold, a doctoral student insociology, won a Robert K. MertonAwardfrom the Horowitz Foundation for SocialPolicy to support her dissertation researchexamining community survival in ruralAmerica.

HEARST AWARDS — FIRST PLACEThe William Allen White School ofJournalism and Mass Communicationsplaced first in the Intercollegiate WritingCompetition of the prestigious HearstJournalismAwards competition. Often calledthe “Pulitzers of College Journalism,” theHearst competitions in writing, photographyand broadcast news are annual and takeplace throughout the academic year. For theIntercollegiate Writing Competition, thejournalism school that accumulates the mostpoints in each category of the six writingcontests is the winner.

SPECIAL EDUCATION RECOGNITIONTwo doctoral students in special educationearned national recognition from profes-sional associations dedicated to advancingeducational standards and opportunitiesfor students, particularly those withdisabilities and exceptional needs.• Maya Israel of Lenexa was selectedas the 2007-08 Higher EducationConsortium for Special EducationDoctoral Student Intern.

• Sheila Smith of Lawrence earned the2007 Herbert J. Prehm StudentPresentationAward, the highest studentrecognition given by the Council forExceptional Children’s Division onDevelopmental Disabilities.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DISPLAYIvan Aguirre and CarolinaMedeiros, bothstudents in School of FineArts, had theirartwork displayed at the SmithsonianInstitution in Washington, D.C., afterwinning a poster contest. They created theposters for KU’s Center for Remote Sensingof Ice Sheets to communicate informationabout the center’s participation in theInternational Polar Year.

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Two KU alumni have been selected forU.S. Supreme Court clerkships duringthe 2008-09 term.• Travis Lenkner, a Coats native and2005 law school graduate, will clerkfor Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.

• Jameson Reece Jones of Wichita,who earned degrees in Americanstudies and civil engineering at KUin 2003 and a law degree fromStanford in 2007, will clerk forJustice Antonin Scalia.

Clerkships for the Supreme Court arehighly sought after and extremelycompetitive.

Two KU graduates,business leadersCynthia Carrolland Linda ZardaCook, were listedamong the world’s100 most powerfulwomen, accordingto Forbes magazine.Carroll, a 1982graduate, wasthe first womanto become chiefexecutive at AngloAmerican, one ofthe world’s largestindependent miningcompanies. She was

seventh on the list. Zarda Cook, a 1980graduate, is the executive director ofgas and power for Royal Dutch Shell.She is in the running to become CEOof the company in 2009, which wouldmake her the first woman to lead aninternational oil company. She was44th on the list.

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DIVERSE MAGAZINE EMERGING SCHOLARElizabeth Asiedu, associate professor ofeconomics, was among a group of 10researchers and educators chosen byDiverse magazine as Emerging Scholarsfor 2007. Asiedu was recognized for herresearch into the role of foreign nations’direct investments on Africa’s economy.

PRESIDENT, CONCRETE INSTITUTEDavid Darwin,Deane E. AckersDistinguishedProfessor of Civil,Environmental,and ArchitecturalEngineering, waselected presidentof the AmericanConcrete Institute.One of the most

influential groups in the concrete industry,the institute studies, oversees, and seeks toimprove the work of structural engineers,contractors, material synthesists, andbridge builders.

ALFRED P. SLOAN FELLOWSHIPWonpil Im, assistantprofessor of molecularbiosciences, received a2007Alfred P. Sloanfellowship. The presti-gious fellowships aredesigned to boost thecareers of the most

promising university faculty membersinvolved in scientific investigation.

FULBRIGHT SENIOR SCHOLAR AWARDSThree faculty members won FulbrightSenior Scholar Awards for the 2007-08academic year, allowing them to teachor do research in other countries.• Gregory Cushman, assistant professorof history, taught in the GeorgikonFaculty of Agriculture at the Universityof Pannonia in Hungary.

• Erik Herron, associate professor ofpolitical science and director of theCenter for Russian, East European, andEurasian Studies, taught and conductedresearch in Ukraine.

• Mashasweta Banerjee, associateprofessor of social welfare, conductedresearch in India.

DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTION TO PRACTICEIN COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY AWARDJerry A. Schultz, associate director of KU’sWork Group for Community Health andDevelopment at the Life Span Institute, wasthe 2007 recipient of the DistinguishedContribution to Practice in CommunityPsychology award, given by the AmericanPsychological Association’s Division ofCommunity Psychology.

BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICAMERIT AWARDEdith Taylor, professor of ecology andevolutionary biology and senior curatorof paleobotany, received a prestigiousMerit Award, the highest honor bestowedby the Botanical Society of America. Taylorwas honored for her work studying fossilplants in Antarctica, which may lead togreater understanding of climate change.

WORLDWIDE BOOKS AWARD FORELECTRONIC RESOURCESSusan Craig, head of the MurphyArt andArchitecture Library, won theWorldwideBooksAward for Electronic Resources,presented by the Art Libraries Societyof NorthAmerica. Craig was awarded forher decade-long effort to develop “TheBiographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists(Active before 1945),” which was publishedon KU ScholarWorks, a digital repositoryfor scholarly work.

THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATESDISTINGUISHED RESEARCH AWARDWayne Sailor, associate director of theBeach Center on Disability and a professorof special education, won a national awardfor his work to improve quality of life forpeople with intellectual disabilities andtheir families. The Arc of the United States— the world’s largest community-basedorganization for people with intellectualand developmental disabilities — honoredSailor with its 2007 DistinguishedResearch Award.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THEADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE FELLOWSTwo KU researchers were named fellowsof the American Association for theAdvancement of Science for breakthroughsthat have pushed forward scientificunderstanding.• Jerome E. Dobson, professor of geog-raphy, won the distinction for his workon geographic information systems,advanced remote sensing, and large-areachange analysis.

• Adrian L. Melott, professor of physicsand astronomy, was recognized for hiscontributions to cosmological large-scalestructure, for organizing public supportfor teaching evolution, and for inter-disciplinary research on astrophysicalimpacts on the biosphere.

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Chancellor Robert E. Hemenwaywas elected to the 11-memberexecutive committee for theAssociation of American Universities,an organization representing 60of the nation’s most prestigiousresearch universities as well as twomajor universities in Canada.The committee is charged with

general oversight and functioningof the Washington, D.C.-based organ-ization. Committee member termsof appointment are for two or threeyears. Hemenway’s is for three years.

Chancellorelected toAAU executivecommittee

JOEL POLSKY PRIZEKeith Diaz Moore, associate professor andchair of architecture at KU, won the 2007Joel Polsky Prize for a book encouragingbetter design of adult and dementia daycare centers. Diaz shared the prize, givenby the American Society of Interior Designeducational foundation, with co-authorsLyn Geboy and Gerald Weisman ofMilwaukee, Wis.

GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONRobert Koenig, associate professor of pianoand chamber music, was nominated for aGrammyAward for his recording of “ViolaTranscriptions” by William Primrose.

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA FELLOWMarios Sophocleous, senior scientist at theKansas Geological Survey, was elected afellow of the Geological Society of America,an association of nearly 20,000 members in85 countries that promotes the geosciences

and provides a forum for diverse ideas.

ASSOCIATE VICE PROVOST AND DEAN OFGRADUATE STUDIES APPOINTMENTSara Thomas Rosen, professor and chair

of the Department ofLinguistics, wasnamed associate viceprovost and dean ofgraduate studies. Herappointment followsthe reorganization ofthe Lawrence campusOffice of Research

and the Graduate School. Rosen will reportto the vice provost for research, and servealongside two existing associate viceprovosts, George Wilson and JoshuaRosenbloom.

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Twenty faculty members were honored with $5,000 Kemper awards, which reward teaching excellence. Recipients of2007 W.T. Kemper Fellowships: FIRST ROW (from left): Leonie Pallikkathayil, associate professor of nursing; EllenSward, professor of law; Yan Bing Zhang, assistant professor of communication studies; Bryan Young, associate profes-sor of civil, environmental, and architectural engineering; Victoria Corbin, associate professor of molecular biosciences;and Krzysztof Kuczera, professor of chemistry. MIDDLE ROW: Anthony Walton, associate professor of geology; PatriciaHawley, assistant professor of psychology; Charles Epp, associate professor of public administration; Gustavo Blanco,assistant professor of molecular and integrative physiology; David Bergeron, professor of English; and Holly Storkel,associate professor of speech-language-hearing. BACK ROW: Mark Mort, associate professor of ecology and evolution-ary biology; Thomas Pazdernik, professor of pharmacology; George Enders associate professor of anatomy and cellbiology; Paul Johnson, professor of political science; Michael Roberts, professor of applied behavioral science; andJames Stiles, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science. Not pictured are Marsha Haufler,professor of history of art, and Lee Skinner, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese.

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ated by Kansas University Physicians Inc. (KUPI) and KU HealthPartners

SALES AND SERVICES OF EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENTS -Includes revenues that are related incidentally to the conduct of instruc-tion, research, and public service and revenues of activities that exist toprovide instructional and laboratory experience for students and that inci-dentally create goods and services that may be sold to students.

AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES - Revenues of self-supporting enterprisesproviding facilities and service for students, faculty and staff.

OTHER REVENUES - Includes non-endowment gifts and othermiscellaneous revenues.

KU ENDOWMENT SUPPORT - The Kansas University EndowmentAssociation (KUEA), an independent, not-for-profit organization whose pri-mary mission is to raise funds for the University, provides direct and indi-rect support to the university for items such as scholarships and fellow-ships, salaries, construction, equipment, books, works of art, and travel.

INSTRUCTION - Expenses associated with credit and non-creditcourses for academic, occupational and vocational instruction for allsemesters and continuing education.

RESEARCH - Expenses associated with activities specifically organ-ized to produce research, whether commissioned by an agency exter-nal to the institution or separately budgeted by an organizational unitwithin the institution.

PATIENT CARE - Expenses generated from clinical services operatedby Kansas University Physicians Inc. (KUPI) and KU HealthPartners

PUBLIC SERVICE - Activities established primarily to provide nonin-structional services beneficial to individuals and groups external to theinstitution. These activities include community service programs(excluding instructional activities) and cooperative extension services.

ACADEMIC SUPPORT - Expenses to provide support services for theuniversity’s primary missions: instruction, research, and public service.

STUDENT SERVICES - Expenses for offices of admissions, enrollmentmanagement, and the registrar and activities with the primary purposeof contributing to students’ emotional and physical well being andintellectual, cultural, and social development outside the context of theformal instruction program.

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT - Central executive-level activities concernedwith management and long-range planning for the entire institution.

OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE OF PLANT - Expenses foroperations established to provide services and maintenance related togrounds and facilities as well as utilities, fire protection, property insur-ance, and similar items.

DEPRECIATION - Expense for straight-line depreciation expense oncapitalized assets.

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DEFINITIONS:

DEFINITIONS:

The Jayhawks cappedtheir historic season with

a 24-21 victory overVirginia Tech at the

FedEx Orange Bowl inMiami. This was the

Jayhawks’ third appearanceat the Orange Bowl;previous visits werein 1948 and 1969.

The 2007 Annual Report was produced by the KU Office of University Relations and the Office of the Chancellor, February2008. Editor: Lois Sierra. Art director: Mary Ackerly. Designer: Audra Kenton. Photo coordinator: Doug Koch. Editorial assis-tance: Jack Martin, Office of University Communications; Mary Burg, Office of the Chancellor; Brendan Lynch and DebGraber, Office of University Relations; Kevin Boatright, KU Center for Research; Katrina Yoakum, Office of the Comptroller.

Photography by Doug Koch, R. Steve Dick, David McKinney, Mike Krings, Amanda Kistner, and Sean Smith, UniversityRelations; Elissa Monroe, KU Medical Center; Jeff Jacobsen and Laura Jacobsen, Kansas Athletics; Janis Lariviere, KUCenter for Science Education; Kelly Mason, ITTC; Sheree Willis, KU Confucius Institute; Alison Carter, Dole Institute ofPolitics; Department of Physics & Astronomy; Justin L. Graham, Mathematics; Luke Jordan, Art & Design; KU AlumniAssociation; U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation; Ford Motor Co.; Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.; Anglo-American; Thad Allender Photography; Mark Hutchinson; and Thad Allender, Richard Gwin, John Henry, Nick Krug, and RyanMcGeeney, Lawrence Journal-World.

Other images courtesy Patricia Thomas, KU Medical Center; Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center and Treanor Architects,Lawrence; Kansas Biological Survey; and Amy Rottinghaus.