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| That's apparent as he walks through
the 1812 villa, severely damaged by subdivision into 10 apartments
and finally a 1987 fire. Moore, the chairman of the Blue Grass
Trust's Pope Villa Restoration Committee, excitedly points to
the remnants of detailed plaster cornices, the one or two intact
statuary niches and the ring around the ceiling at the top of
the stairs. The ring originally was the base of a large dome.
When the five-year, $2 million restoration is complete, it will
be again. "There were years when we didn't have much money, when we just tried to protect the villa from the weather and from vandals," said Moore, who came to UK 27 years ago. "We've also used that time to do some preservation of plaster mouldings and wallpaper samples." |
Doug Tattershall |
Nursing professor named psychiatric nurse of year
Ann Peden, associate professor of the University of Kentucky
College of Nursing, has been named the 1999 Psychiatric Nurse
of the Year by the Kentucky Nurses Association.
| Working primarily with depressed
women, Peden has conducted several studies in which she and her
research colleagues have looked at negative thinking as the most
troublesome hurdle for women with major depression to overcome.
Peden's work has been published in Nursing Science Quarterly, the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and in Nursing Research. |
Ann Peden |
UK Chandler Medical Center Public Relations Office
KGS researcher recognized by Congress
The work of Kentucky Geological Survey hydrogeologist David
Wunsch was acknowledged in Congress Oct. 26.
During discussion of House Resolution 1528, Rep.
Barbara Cubin of Wyoming recognized the contributions of Wunsch,
who worked for her on the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources in the development of the legislation. Wunsch also
was recognized for his contributions to H.R. 1753, the Gas Hydrate
Research and Development Act.
Wunsch took a one-year leave of absence from
UK's Kentucky Geological Survey to serve as the 1998-99 American
Geological Institute Congressional Science Fellow. He was the
first person from Kentucky to be selected as a Congressional
Science Fellow.
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 1528,
the National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 1999, on
Oct. 26, as well as H.R. 1753. Both H.R. 1528 and its companion
legislation in the Senate, Senate Bill 607, await consideration
by the Senate.
Pride and excellence
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Photo/Selena Stevens
The Communications and Network Systems Pride and Excellence Award
winners for the fall quarter of 1999 were honored at an awards
luncheon Oct. 14 at the Mining and Minerals Resources Building.
The winners were, back row, left to right, Matthew Fischer, systems
administration; Andrew Jennings, design and engineering; Carol
Reffitt, business office; Rick Herring, NEMOC; Stuart Conley,
design and engineering; Robert Lee, NEMOC; and John Walker, NEMOC.
In the front row are Mike Bereznak, director; Pam Webb, business
office; Norma Tipton, business office; Daryoush Marefat, director;
and John Maddox, NEMOC.
People
Presentations
- Kwako Addo, nutrition
and food science, presented "Recent Advances in Food Technology,"
to the Clark County Home Economists of Winchester; and "Development
of a New Fat Replacer for Use in the Baking Industry," to
the 1999 annual meeting of the American Association of Cereal
Chemists, Seattle.
- Carol Baskin, biological science and agronomy, presented
an invited talk in October on an ex situ plant conservation symposium
titled "Strategies for Survival" sponsored by the Chicago
Botanic Garden."
- Dan Beert, interior design, merchandising and textiles,
"Collaborative Learning Environments: A Study of Team Performance
in a Model Setting," presented at the first annual Symposium
for Learning Centered Environment, Blacksburg, Va.
- Robert Blouin, Pharmacy, was an invited speaker at the
American College of Clinical Pharmacy Oct. 23-27. The title of
his presentation was "Mock Study Section: Critique of Contemplated
Methods."
- Darla Botkin, family studies, presented "Family
Play Therapy" to the family therapy and child development
students and faculty at Purdue University; and "Gender and
Ethnic Factors in Accredited Marriage and Family Therapy Programs
in the United States" at the annual meeting of the American
Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Chicago.
- Desmond Brown and Claire Schmelzer, both of nutrition
and food science, M. Barker, UK, presented "Use of Electronic
Instructional Software and the Traditional Lecture-Discussion
Method in Hospitality Management Education: A Comparison of Student
Learning Outcomes and Attitude toward Technology" at the
annual Council for Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education
Conference in Albuquerque, N.M.
- George Digenis, Pharmacy, was an invited speaker at
the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists annual
meeting Nov. 13-18 in New Orleans. His presentation was "Biological
Issues that Affect the Performance of Polymers Used in Oral Drug
Delivery."
- Hazel Forsythe, nutrition and family studies, presented
"Evaluation of Issues in Leading Older Persons into the
New Millennium" at the Caribbean Association of Home Economists
Biennial Conference, Castries, St Lucia; and "Nutritional
Intake of Children with Autism and Other Neuro-developmental
Disorders," to the Clark County Autism Group in Winchester.
- Thomas Foster, Pharmacy, was an invited lecturer at
the FIP Bio '99 International Conference in London, England,
Sept. 27-Oct. 1. The title of his presentation was "Considerations
in Drug Product Selection: Quality and Performance."
- Chandra Gary Gairola, Pharmacy, was invited speaker
at the second International Symposium on Molecular Medicine Oct.
12-15. His presentation was "Atherogenicity of Sidestream
Cigarette Smoke." On Oct. 18-22, he traveled to Delhi, India,
as an invited speaker at the World Congress of Atherosclerosis
and Clinical Nutrition, where his presentation was "Environmental
Tobacco Smoke and Atherosclerosis."
- Howard Glauert, nutrition and food science, presented
"Role of Oxidative Stress in Hepatocarcinogenesis by Peroxisome
Proliferators" for Merck Research Laboratories, West Point,
Penn.; "Activation of the Transcription Factors NF-kB and
AP-1 During the Promotion of Hepatocarcinogenesis by Polychlorinated
Biphenyls" at the 19th International Symposium on Halogenated
Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs, Venice, Italy; and
"Effect of PCBs on the Activation of the Transcription Factors
AP-1 and NF-kB" at the sixth meeting of the Central and
Eastern European Regional Section of SECOTOX, Organochlorine
Pollution in Central and Eastern Europe-Hazard and Risk for Humans
and the Environment in Balatonföldvár, Hungary.
- Kimberly Miller, interior design, merchandising and
textiles, "Reenactor Comments Illustrate Public, Private
and Secret Self Model," presented at the Region VI Costume
Society of America conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Sandra Miller, family studies, "Taking Action to
Recruit Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers," presented
at the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS),
Seattle.
- Rhoda-Gale Pollack, theater, presented a juried paper
titled "Arts Education and Training in the Digital Age"
Oct. 12 at the Global Arts Beyond 2000 International Conference
in Higher Education in the Arts in Auckland, New Zealand. Pollack
also served as chair of a different session titled "Curricula
for the 21st Century."
- Donna Smith and Mary Lou Routt, both of family
studies, presented "Developing and Implementing a Teacher-training
Program in Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education: The University
of Kentucky Model" at the 50th anniversary of the Southern
Early Childhood Association Conference, Nashville, Tenn.; and
"Preventing and Healing Job Burnout in Early Childhood Education"
at the 1999 annual conference of National Association for the
Education of Young Children, New Orleans.
- Retia Walker, Human Environmental Sciences, was a panelist
presenting "Diversifying Family and Consumer Sciences: Recruitment
and Retention of Minority Students in Higher Education Programs"
at the annual meeting of the American Association of Family and
Consumer Sciences, Seattle.
Activities
- Terry German, continuing
pharmacy education, passed examination to become a Certified
Anticoagulation Care Provider.
- Donna Smith, family studies, represented the state of Kentucky
at the Southern Early Childhood Association Conference Board
of Directors meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Smith also spoke at
the Ohio Cooperative Extension Service on "Women in Stepfamilies."
Newspaper articles across Kentucky also featured Smith as a specialist
in child and family studies concentrating on "Children and
Divorce."
- Leslie Stoel and Vanessa Wickliffe, both of interior design,
merchandising and textiles, attended the 10th International Conference
on Research in the Distributive Trades at the University of Stirling
in Stirling, Scotland, Aug. 26-28.
- Retia Walker, dean of the College of Human Environmental Sciences,
was recognized at the American Association of Family and Consumer
Sciences annual meeting in Seattle for her four years of leadership
in the Higher Education Unit. She also participated in the Wharton
School Executive Education program at the University of Pennsylvania
from June 2-6, 1999.
- Vanessa Wickliffe, interior design, merchandising and textiles,
traveled this summer to Asia to research Asian consumer behavior.
Housing
- Sabbatical house for rent:
Jan. 15-July 15, 2000. Furnished seven-room house. Excellent
location: 5 minute walk to UK and grocery shopping. Excellent
for new faculty or visiting scholar. $600/month + utilities.
Call 268-0107 or 257-2852.
- Christmas in Nashville: Dec. 18-25, beautiful 1-bedroom condominium
sleeps 4. Across the street from the Grand Old Opry, golf one-half
mile. Call 606-325-1919 for more information.
- Apartment for rent: Nice single bedroom duplex apartment on
Transylvania Park, $450 per month, available December 1999. Call
268-8809 for more information.
Deaths
- James Stephen Brown,
retired professor in the Department of Sociology, died Oct. 28.
- Robert A. Lauderdale, retired professor in the Department
of Water Resources, died Oct. 29.
- Samuel A. Mory Jr., retired professor in the Department
of Engineering, died Nov. 7.
Research and other funding
- James
Flesher, pharmacology, $661,299, "The Role of Polycyclic
Hydrocarbons and their Derivatives in Carcinogenesis."
- Thomas Foster, pharmacology, $471,803, "How Estrogen
Levels Affect Memory."
- David Kaetzel, pharmacology, $700,981, "The Action
of a Protein Called NM23."
- Rebecca Kellum, biological sciences, $127,000, "A
Functional Analyses of scs Boundary-Interacting Protein."
- Ning Qin, pharmacology, $130,000, "The Regulation
of Calcium Channels in the Heart."
- George Smith, RCTF-Physiology, $192,335, "Gene
Therapy for Spinal Cord Regeneration."
Appointments
- George Blandford,
civil engineering, was installed Oct. 20 as director of the American
Society of Civil Engineers' District 9. He will serve three years.
- Joseph L. Fink III, College of Pharmacy, has been appointed
to serve as parliamentarian for the American Pharmaceutical Association
(APhA) House of Delegates. The appointment will be effective
as of the APhA annual meeting and exposition March 10-14, 2000,
in Washington, D.C.
- Hazel Forsythe, nutrition and food science, has been
appointed to the advisory board of the Midway College Center
for Women and the Fayette County School District Equity Council.
She also was appointed to the Kentucky Department of Education
Regulations Advisory Committee.
- Thomas Foster, College of Pharmacy, has been appointed
to a three-year term on the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, effective
Jan. 1, 2000. He was appointed by Gov. Paul Patton.
- Claudia Peck-Heath, College of Human Environmental Sciences,
was elected the 1999 president of the Missouri Valley Economics
Association and served as president and program chair for the
35th annual meeting of the association in Memphis, Tenn.
- Kimberly Miller, interior design, merchandising and
textiles, has been appointed as a board member of the Costume
Society of America for Region VI. Miller also serves as the director
of graduate studies for the department.
- Darla Botkin, family studies, has been invited to join
the Conference Planning Committee of the Kentucky Play Therapy
Association and continues to serve on the board of directors
of the Kentucky Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
- Mary Lou Routt, family studies, has received a three
year appointment to serve on the National Association for the
Education of Young Children's Early Childhood Professional Development
Panel.
- William Turner, family studies, was appointed to the
National Institutes of Health Review Committee for Risk Prevention
and Health Behavior in Bethesda, Md. Turner also was appointed
to the Research Review Team for Marriage and Family Therapy at
the College of Human Ecology at Michigan State University.
Publications
- Jerry Baskin,
biological sciences, co-editor of "Savannas, Barrens and
Rock Outcrop Plant Communities of North America," Cambridge
University Press, summer 1999.
- Darla Botkin and Donna Quick, both of family
studies, and Sam Quick, family studies extension, "Helping
Young Children Deal with Family Violence," in "Tackling
Tough Issues," New Hope Publishers.
- Linda Chen, nutrition and food science, "Effects
of Alcohol Feeding and Thiamin Deficiency on Antioxidant Defenses
in the Liver and Spleen of Rats," Biochemical Archives 15:
103-116, 1999.
- Claire Schmelzer and Wonae Cho, both of nutrition
and food science, "Just-in-Time Education: Tools for Hospitality
Managers of the Future," International Journal of Contemporary
Hospitality Management.
- Benard Hennig, nutrition and food science, "Linoleic
Acid Amplifies Polychlorinated Bipheny-mediated Dysfunction of
Endothelial Cells," Journal of Biochemical Molecular Toxicology;
"Antioxidant-like Properties of Zinc in Activated Endothelial
Cells," Journal of American Collegiate Nutrition; "13-HPODE
and 13-HODE Modulate Cytokine-induced Expression of Endothelial
Cell Adhesion Molecules Differently," Biofactors; "Arachidonic
Acid-induced Oxidative Injury to Cultured Spinal Cord Neurons,"
Journal of Neurochemistry; "Zinc Nutrition and Apoptosis
of Vascular Endothelial Cells: Implications in Atherosclerosis,"
Nutrition; "4-Hydroxynonenal Induces Dysfunction and Apoptosis
in Cultured Endothelial Cells," Journal of Cellular Physiology.
- Kimberly Miller, interior design, merchandising and
textiles, "The Meanings of Dress," New York City: Fairchild;
"It's All Greek To Me: Sorority Members and Identity Talk
In," at press.
- Sam Quick, family studies extension, "Spirituality
and Parenting: Parents in Prison," Encyclopedia of Parenting
Theory and Research.
- Leslie Stoel, interior design, merchandising and textiles,
"Effects of Intertype Versus Intratype Competition on Members
of Hardware Retail Cooperatives."
Awards
- Carol Baskin, biological
science and agronomy, and Jerry Baskin, biological sciences,
received the 1999 Naturalists of the Year award from the Kentucky
Society of Natural History at the fall 1999 meeting of the society
at Pine Mountain Settlement School.
- Ann Dickson, Terry Rothgeb and Allison Carll,
all associate professors in the Department of Interior Design,
Merchandising and Textiles, were awarded the Outstanding Service
Award at the second annual College of Human Environmental Sciences
Evening of Excellence.
- Lisa Gaetke, nutrition and food science, received the
1999 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award for the College of
Human Environmental Sciences. Gaetke also serves as the director
of the didactic program in dietetics and as the freshman and
retention advisor.
- Raymond Forgue, associate professor of family studies,
was awarded the College of Human Environmental Science's Outstanding
Teaching Award at the second annual College of Human Environmental
Sciences Evening of Excellence.
- Helen Johnson, administration staff associate, College
of Human Environmental Sciences, was awarded the college's Outstanding
Staff Award at the second annual College of Human Environmental
Sciences Evening of Excellence.
- Laura Jolly, interior design, merchandising and textiles,
was recognized at the American Association of Family and Consumer
Sciences annual meeting in Seattle with the 1999 Leader Award.
- Charles Lee, associate professor of neuroradiology at
the UK Chandler Medical Center, and Carter Craddock, a second-year
resident in radiology at UK, won the Magna Cum Laude Award for
their scientific exhibit titled "Normal Pterygomaxillary
Fissure and Temporal/Mastoid Bony Complex Anatomy Relationships
and Potential Pathways for Perineural Tumor Spread" at the
annual meeting of the American Society of Neuroradiology in San
Diego. This was the first time anyone in the UK Department of
Radiology had won the award and was the only award of its type
given to a program in the state of Kentucky.
- Sandra Miller, professor and coordinator of family and
consumer sciences education for the College of Human Environmental
Sciences, was awarded the college's Outstanding Advising Award
at the second annual College of Human Environmental Sciences
Evening of Excellence.
- Sam Quick, family studies extension, received the Outstanding
Educational Program Team Award from the American Distance Education
Consortium for his production of "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren."
- William Turner, associate professor of family studies,
was awarded the Outstanding Research Award at the second annual
College of Human Environmental Sciences Evening of Excellence.
