Oct. 9, 2000

People

Linville directs cancer practice
LCC instructor playing key role in tiger conservation
Opera challenged to match $500,000 gift
Prof studies harmful uses of caller identification
UK doctors find drug treatment for rare cancer
People

Linville directs cancer practice

Linda Linville has been appointed cancer control practice director for the Kentucky Cancer Program at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, effective March 20.

Linville will have responsibility for state cancer control special projects, which include the Governor's Task Force on Breast Cancer, statewide mammography registry and coordination of the partnership research and evaluation of the UK Markey Cancer Center's Cancer Control Program with the Cancer Information Service and the Kentucky Cancer Registry.

Linville coordinated this year's Kentucky cancer control conference held Sept. 15-16. This conference presented the comprehensive cancer control plan for Kentucky.

Linda Linville

Linville has been with KCP since 1984. She has worked as the Bluegrass community outreach coordinator, program coordinator for central and eastern Kentucky Area Development Districts of the Kentucky Community Cancer Program and Kentucky Cancer Information Services, assistant director for community programs and education and director of KCP Community Outreach Division.

Linville has a doctorate degree in educational and counseling psychology from UK.

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LCC instructor playing key role in tiger conservation

Lexington Community College biological sciences instructor Rebecca McCane will visit the Chinese Embassy in London, England, Oct. 9 to participate in the launch of the "Save China's Tigers" charity.

While there, she will discuss tiger conservation possibilities with a Chinese delegation, visit exotic cat conservation facilities and tour conservation zoos that focus on breeding for release into the wild. Upon her return, McCane plans to share her experiences with her LCC students.

"My work with ŒSave China's Tigers' ties together my life-long interest in exotic cats with my passionate interest in wildlife conservation," McCane said. "I teach wildlife conservation in my Human Ecology classes at LCC, and I plan to use my experiences with SCT to open a window through which my students can view the actual mechanisms of conservation. It is a very exciting opportunity."

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Lexington Community College biological sciences instructor Rebecca McCane will visit England later this month to take part in the launch of the "Save China's Tigers" charity organization.

Based in the United Kingdom, the "Save China's Tigers" charity will fund conservation of China's critically endangered tigers, with a particular emphasis on the South China Tiger whose population in the wild is believed to be as low as 20 or 30.

Julie Wiedmer

Opera challenged to match $500,000 gift

George L. Lindemann and wife of New York have pledged a $500,000 matching gift to the University of Kentucky Opera Theater program.

Ranked No. 418 on the Forbes 2000 Richest People in America list, Lindemann is a billionaire and is chairman and chief executive officer of Southern Union Co. and is a former chairman and chief executive officer of Metro Mobile CTS Inc.

"This is a pivotal challenge gift," said Opera Theater Director Everett McCorvey. "When matched with private donations and with Kentucky research trust funds, this infusion of resources will propel our already skyrocketing vocal music program into world-class status."

McCorvey said the Lindemann's are great fans of Gail Robinson who sang and later worked for the New York Metropolitan Opera for about 30 years before joining the UK faculty in the fall of 1999. Robinson holds an endowed chair in the UK School of Music.

Ralph Derickson

Prof studies harmful uses of caller identification

Murder leads Case to topic.

A bizarre set of circumstances that began with a misdialed telephone number and ended in murder led Communications and Information Studies Professor Donald O. Case to explore the harmful uses of caller identification services.

Case's resulting article, "Stalking, Monitoring and Profiling: A Typology and Case Studies of Harmful Uses of Caller ID," appeared in "New Media and Society," a peer-reviewed international journal that focuses on cultural, social and political aspects of new media. The article listed four examples of caller identification usage that led to a murder of a spouse or lover. One of the cases occurred in Kentucky.

Case's interest in the ways telecommunications affect our daily lives began in 1979 at Stanford University. As a doctoral student there, he evaluated a project for the U.S. Department of Agriculture dubbed "Green Thumb," in which he studied farmers who received information from computers over telephone lines. During that study, Case made extended trips to Kentucky.

Donald Case

"I liked it here then, and I still do," the professor said.

His interest in the issue continued, and each year since he joined the UK faculty in 1983, Case has taught a course incorporating the effects of technology, the development of policies governing telecommunications and various social issues, including that of privacy.

"The Pineville, Ky., case got me thinking about the differences between what was predicted by privacy advocates and telephone companies in Congressional hearings and what was actually happening as the technology became popular," he said. "It made me rethink what I had been hearing."

Caller ID is a network service feature that permits the recipient of an incoming telephone call to determine, even before answering, the number from which the incoming call is being placed.

The advent of Caller ID in the 1980s prompted federal hearings over privacy issues. Legislatures of some states, most notably California, placed restrictions on Caller ID, with the most common fear being the potential for Caller ID to be used in the stalking of women by abusive men.

However, as Case revealed in his article, men have been equally likely to be victims as women. Such was the case in 1994 in Pineville, Ky., when a misinterpretation of Caller ID data led to a homicide.

The deadly series of events began innocently when Kay Madon called a movie theater on her lunch hour to find out what was playing. She misdialed, however, and reached the home of an unmarried couple, David Goodin and Teresa Miller. Realizing her mistake, Madon hung up. Four days later, Miller noticed Madon's unfamiliar number on her Caller ID box and reached the erroneous conclusion that Goodin, her boyfriend, was having an affair with Madon. Miller called Madon and suggested as much. Despite Madon's denial (she was a lot older than Goodin and didn't know him), Miller maintained her suspicions and several days later confronted Goodin with them. An argument followed, Goodin allegedly beat and threatened Miller and then left the house. At that time, Miller followed Goodin out of the house and shot him dead.

The Pineville circumstances, with their tragic irony, and three other instances involving violence related to the use of Caller ID led Case to conclude that the negative effects of the technology are probably different than were feared.

"I am guarded in my conclusions, given that the results are based on just four cases," he said. "These were all the cases I could locate."

Case also noted in his study that in most of the cases, it was really misinformation that led to the crime.

"The main problem with Caller ID is that it's ambiguous," he said. "It doesn't really identify callers."

Case's publications also have appeared in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Telecommunications Policy. He is writing a book on information seeking why people do it and how they do it which he plans to finish this fall.

By the way, he does not subscribe to caller ID.

George Lewis

UK doctors find drug treatment for rare cancer

New research published recently in the journal Thyroid shows that paclitaxel (Taxol(r)) has significant clinical activity against anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC). The research study was led by Kenneth B. Ain, associate professor, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, and physicians at the Medical Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington.

Paclitaxel is a compound that was isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved paclitaxel to treat breast and ovarian cancer, non-small-cell lung cancer and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.

ATC is a rare disease with no effective therapies. It is the most aggressive solid cancer and is always fatal, with a mean survival time after diagnosis of two to five months with treatment. ATC accounts for 1.6 percent of all thyroid cancers, and there are about 300 cases in the United States each year.

Ain created the thyroid cancer program at the UK Chandler Medical Center in 1991. Patients from around the world receive clinical care through the program.

Ain's team is researching adding other drugs to paclitaxel in an effort to find more effective treatments for ATC.

Maureen McArthur

People

Appointments
- James M. Davis, regional coordinator of the UK-Robinson Scholars Program at Hazard Community College has been named president-elect of the Upper Cumberland Counseling Association. UCCA is a professional counseling organization affiliated with the Kentucky Counseling Association. UCCA membership includes school, community and mental health counselors throughout Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Rockcastle and Whitley counties.

Research and other funding
- Rosemary Booze, anatomy and neurobiology, $326,250, "HIV/ Cocaine Neurotoxicity in Females."
- Robert Bradley, athletics, $210,529, "Athletes in Service to America."
- Allen Brenzel, psychiatry, $100,000, "Multidimensional Assessment of At-Risk Families." - Richard Clayton, Center for Prevention Research, $496,370, "C.O.P.S. Project."
- Henry Cole, preventive medicine and environmental health, $182,040, "Community Partners for Healthy Farming Intervention."
- John Connolly, computational sciences, $525,025, "Closing the Digital Gap in Underdeveloped Regions."
- Linda Dwoskin, pharmacology/toxicology, $289,967, "Development of Novel Therapies for Methamphetamine Abuse."
- Lawrence Garbau, agronomy, $143,900, "New Crop Opportunities."
- Thomas Garrity, behavioral science, $209,480, "Research Training in Drug Abuse Behavior."
- Richard Gates, biosystems and agricultural engineering, $150,709, "Quantification of Feeding and Drinking Behavior of Poultry for Enhanced Animal Well-Being."
- Said Ghabrial, plant pathology, $190,000, "Molecular Basis of Disease in Virus-Infected Plant Pathogenic Fungus."
- James Hardison, oral health practice, $208,849, "Internet Adaptation of Dental Assisting Training Materials."
- Lenn Harrison, Livestock Diagnostic Disease Control, $370,000, "Diagnostic Laboratory Services for Farmers and Agribusinesses."
- Mary Hemmeter, special education and rehabilitation counseling, $214,050, "University of Kentucky Technical Assistance Team."
- John Hiett, Center for Applied Energy Research, $104,552, "Mine Mapping Program."
- Edward Jennings, Martin School of Public Policy, $119,504, "East Central European Scholars Program VII."
- Michael Jay, pharmaceutics, $502,665, "Analytical Development, GMP Manufacturing and Product-Specific Validation of Nasal Sprays."
- Patricia Jennings, health services, $124,264, "Expanded HIV/AIDS Training Grants for Physician Assistants;" $400,000, "AIDS Education."
- Harold Kleinert, Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, $125,036, "Belonging in the Community;" $259,094, "Kentucky Consortium for Value-Based Training Project."
- C. Krishna, biosystems and agricultural engineering; Mary Marchant, agricultural economics; Sue Nokes, biosystems and agricultural engineering; H.J. Strobel, animal sciences, $195,000, "Simplified Technology for Enzyme Production with Thermophyllic Anaerobic Bacteria."
- Carl Leukefeld, Center for Drug and Alcohol Abuse, $350,000, "TANF Funds for Welfare to Work."
- Robert Littrell, pharmacy clinical practice, $808,147, "Research and Info Systems Management for the Kentucky Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation Services.
- Kim McBride, Kentucky Archeological Society, $161,000, "Kentucky Archeological Survey."
- Robert McKnight, preventive medicine, $124,570, "Department of Medicaid Services KCHIP Project."
- Thomas Troland, physics and astronomy, $102,000, "A GAANN Fellowship Program in the Department of Physics and Astronomy."
- Sam McNeill and Michael Montross, biosystems and agricultural engineering, $200,000, "The Optimization of Aeration Systems for Value-Added Crop Preservation."
- Russell Mumper, clinical pharmaceutical science, $271,994, "Preformulation and Formulation Development of Advanced Nasal Sprays;" $106,092, "Formulation Development, Manufacture and Stability Testing of NIA 112."
- Peter Nagy, plant pathology, $307,956, "Mechanisms of Defective Interfering RNA Replication and Interference;" $300,000, "Mechanisms of Defective Interfering RNA Replication and Interference with Helper Virus."
- James Norton, Area Health Education Center, $128,172, "Developing a Rural Telemedicine Hub."
- Adrian Park, surgery, $149,000, "Collaborative Research Between Stryker Endoscopy."
- Elizabeth Rompf, Social Work, $164,564, "Post Secondary Education (Successful Transitions)."
- Scott Shearer, biosystems and agricultural engineering, $795,174, "Precision Agriculture: Development and Assessment of Integrated Practices for Kentucky."
- William Silvia, animal sciences, $160,000, "Formation and Treatment of Ovarian Follicular Cysts in Diary Cows."
- Tom Tucker, allied health, $423,711, "National Program of Cancer Registries."
- Deneys Van Der Westhuyzen, internal medicine, $252,000, "SR-BI Influence of apoAII."
- Bruce Walcott, electrical engineering, $243,476, "Electronic Nasal Delivery System --Phase II."
- Richard Warner, biosystems and agricultural engineering, $243,860, "Subsurface Leaching Potential of Animal Waste Holding Ponds;" with Don Graves, forestry; Richard Sweigard, mining engineering, $100,000, "Water Quality and Sedimentation in the Robinson Forest."
- Daniel Wermeling, pharmacy clinical practice, $2,177,587, "ITI-Project No. 4 Nasal Spray (DPEU)."
- Stephen Wyatt, Kentucky Community Cancer Program, $339,241, "Appalachian Cancer Network."
- Robert Yokel, pharmacy pharmaceutical tech, $118,310, "Manganese Toxicokinetics at the Blood-Brain Barrier."

Presentations
- Richard Fording, Penny Miller and Dana Patten, political science, presented a paper, "Reform or Resistance? Local Government Response to State-Mandated Ethics Reform" at the American Political Science Association annual meeting Sept. 1-3 in Washington, D.C.
- Gabriella Pessah, Counseling and Testing Center, presented a poster on UK CARES and eating disorders research at the Healthy Women Conference Sept 25-26 in Lexington.
- LCC dental hygiene instructor Janella Spencer presented her poster session, titled "Women's Oral Health Issues: Through Life's Transitions," at the statewide women's health conference, "Healthy Women: Advancing the Agenda," Sept. 25-26 at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington.

Activities
- Andrew Klapper, computer science, has been appointed associate editor for sequences for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.
- Melvin Liter, Pharmacy, has been appointed a member of the editorial board of the oncology special edition of McMahon Publishing Group in New York City and member of the Southeast Pan Management Advisory Board of Merck and Co. Inc. He also graduated recently from the certificate for medical management course.
- James Pauly, Pharmacy, has been promoted from assistant professor to associate professor with tenure.
- Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Fine Arts, served as co-juror Sept. 22-24 at the 2001 Quilt National at the Dairybarn Center for the Arts, Athens, Ohio; served as a panelist Oct. 19 for "Personal Symbols: Where? How? Why?," MACAA, University of Louisville; will attend the ACC board of trustees meeting and annual awards, Oct. 20-22 in Santa Fe, N.M.; will serve as a panelist Oct. 28 for "Art of Combat --The Vietnam Experience," Indianapolis Art Center; will be a visiting artist of lecture and art critiques, Department of Art, Truman State University, Kirksville, Mo. Nov. 1-3; and will offer a workshop on mixed media collage, Indianapolis Art Center, Nov. 11-12. His exhibitions were included at the Tuska Gallery, Department of Art, Sept. 7-30; President's Room, Singletary Center for the Arts, Sept. 11-30; Museum in the Community, "Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Regional Textiles," regional invitational, Hurricane, W.Va., Sept. 15-Nov. 18; LewAllen Gallery, Arrowmont Craft Show: "Distinguished Works by Innovative Minds," national invitational, Santa Fe, NM Oct. 13-Nov. 10; and Indianapolis Art Center, "Art of Combat," regional solo, Oct. 27-Dec. 3.
- Andrew Sih, biological sciences and Center for Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, served as president of the Animal Behavior Society at the annual meetings Aug. 5-9 at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
- Available for spring semester: Beautiful four-bedroom home in historic Ashland Park (near Chevy Chase). Period furnishings; Walk to UK and Chevy Chase shops. No pets; usual deposits. $1,300 per month. Call Alan DeYoung at 257-3846 or 268-4967.
- House for rent: Beginning Jan. 1, 2001, for six to seven months, furnished 3-bedroom/2-bath two-story house with basement for rent; 136 Forest Ave. in the Bell Court neighborhood (1.1 miles from campus); $1,200/month plus utilities. E-mail agoren@transy.edu or call 233-8156 or 255-9420.
- Furnished house for rent: 6 mos.(Jan-July 2001), three bedroom, south end, cul-de-sac: $800/mo; 257-6939 or moker@pop.uky.edu.
- Doug Jones, Education, chapter on mathematics in the book "What Principals Should Know About ... A Primer on School Subjects," edited by Sandra Tonnsen for Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Springfield, Illinois.
- Betsy Taylor, Appalachian Center, "A Place-Based University?: The Land-Grant Mission in the 21st Century," spring Practicing Anthropology, in special issue on "Forging Partnerships Between Grassroots Communities and the Academy in Appalachia: Environment, Empowerment and Development in the Mountain South," co-edited with Sam R. Cook; Co-authored with Herbert G. Reid, Appalachian Center, "Embodying Ecological Citizenship: Rethinking the Politics of Grassroots Globalization in the United States," Alternatives: Social Transformation and Humane Governance; Co-authored with Daniel Taylor-Ide and Carl E. Taylor, "Handbook on Community-Based Action (The SEED Method)," "A More Just and Sustainable Future: Practical Solutions for a Healthier Planet."

Deaths
- Fred Brockman, retired Agricultural Extension Office youth adult Extension specialist, died May 25.
- Robert Brumfield, retired maintenance and operations department electrician, died Aug. 16.
- Nannie E. Gardner, retired Physical Plant Division custodial worker, died Sept. 8.
- Joyce Griffin, retired radiation medicine radiation medical technician II, died Nov. 20, 1998.
- Gerald F. Herbener, retired communications department associate professor, died Aug. 29.
- Russell W. Lowe, retired Green County Agriculture Extension Office area youth agent, died Aug. 31.
- William C. Mitchell, retired Physical Plant Division utility man, died Sept. 15.
- Doris S. Scillian, retired Agricultural Extension Office Extension clerk, died Sept. 12.
- Corinne Sickler, retired agricultural programs senior secretary, died June 23.

Research and other funding
- James Dinger, Kentucky Geological Survey, $457,000, "Water Quality Survey 2000."
- Kathleen Donohue, biological sciences, $227,597, "Collaborative Research: QTL and Field Selection Studies of Parental Effects on Seasonal Dormancy in Arabidopsis Thaliana."
- Janet Ford, Social Work, $137,115, "Best Practices Approach to Parental Involvement."
- Craig Grimes, electrical engineering, $500,000, "Establishment of a 2-D/3-D Micro/Nano-Scale Device Fabrication Facility at the University."
- Tae Ji, biological chemistry, $251,546, "Interactions and Activation of the FSH Receptor."
- Alan Kaplan, microbiology and immunology, $102,000, "Areas of National Need Fellowships in Microbiology."
- Avery Kerley, Lexington Community College, $359,241, "Perkins Funding for Technical Programs: Professional Development;" $158,038, "Perkins Funding for Technical Programs: CIS Expansion/Upgrade."
- Andrew Sih, biological sciences and Center for Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, $326,844,"Behavioral Carryovers, Tradeoffs and Performance Correlations Across Situations."
- Pamella Shaw, Outreach Center, $168,700, "Professional Education Preparation Program."
- Paul Toussaint, Kentucky Transportation Center, $216,600, "Transportation Research and Development Program KCTRP No. 01-21."