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Nov. 8, 1999 
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| That sense of civic obligation didn't
stop with the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department. It led from
the Hamilton Village Board of Trustees to a schoolhouse in rural
Zimbabwe and only then to Lexington. Today, the assistant dean
for faculty affairs at the University of Kentucky College of
Arts and Sciences facilitates public forums as part of Mayor
Pam Miller's Lexington Speak Out program. "It's always been powerful stuff; issues of race, civic investment and, for the past three years, youth," Greissman said. "It's an ongoing conversation about important public issues." |
Tim Collins |
| Leana Revell was named dean of academic
affairs of Lexington Community College Oct. 15 by Jim Kerley,
president the college. Revell's appointment was effective Nov.
1. Revell previously served as department chair at San Antonio College and provided leadership to the 10th largest associate degree nursing program in the United States. "Dr. Revell will be a tremendous addition to Lexington Community College," Kerley said. "Her strong background in teaching, curricular development and distance learning will be great assets as she assumes the position of dean of academics." |
Leana Revell |
By day, he's a parking control officer for Parking and Transportation
Services. By night, he's a drummer opening for Peter Frampton,
getting ready for the next gig, hoping for a record deal.
"We all actually met in the Boy Scouts,"
said Jamie Eads of the members of his band Funnel.
| They had played together before, just out of Scott County High School. But in 1997, they formed a new band and started writing their own music. They entered WKQQ-FM's Decent Exposure band contest and won, beating 150 other new bands. They finished their first album "Wide Open" and have since played at Memorial Stakes Day, Z-Fest and Cincinnati's Jammin' on Main - where they opened for Peter Frampton. |
Doug Tattershall |
A University of Kentucky engineering professor developing
a way to put larger telescopes in space has received a $163,000
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development
(CAREER) Award. The award is given to professors who have been
in tenure-track positions for less than four years.
John Main, who teaches in the UK mechanical engineering
department, will use the grant to continue developing a way to
unfold huge mirrors in space, giving scientists an even broader
view than what is given by the Hubble Space Telescope.
"The more lights you can see in the universe,
the further back we can see in time. Maybe we can even see to
the Big Bang," Main said.
The size of space telescopes is controlled by
the size of space shuttle cargo bays. However, Main is working
on material that can be folded while en route then shaped to
exact specifications by shooting electrons at it - missing by
even a hair's width can damage a mirrors effectiveness. Electrons
are shot through red, yellow and blue phosphors to form the images
on a television screen, but the material Main is using changes
shape when shot by electrons.
Main, who has been on the UK faculty for three
years, believes the process could lead to mirrors as large as
one kilometer in diameter. In contrast, the primary Hubble mirror
is 2.4 meters in diameter.
In addition to the four-year CAREER grant from
the NSF, Main has received funding from NASA and the U.S. Department
of Energy to further his research.
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.
Publications
- Jeremy Popkin,
history, "Panorama of Paris: Selections from Le Tableau
de Paris by Louis-Sebastien Mercier," Penn State University
Press; "Historians on the Autobiographical Frontier,"
June American Historical Review.
- Norm Stobel, Lexington Community College associate professor,
co-authored a chapter in "Plant Resistance to Pathogens"
in the "Handbook of Pest Management" by Marcel Dekker
Inc.
- Michael Andrykowski, behavioral science, Dorothy
Brockopp, nursing, and graduate student Janet Carpenter,
"Self-transformation as a Factor in the Self-esteem and
Well-being of Breast Cancer Survivors," Journal of Advanced
Nursing, Vol. 29, No. 6.
Activities
- LCC faculty members Carmolyn
Back and Heather Carlton hosted Henderson Community
College nursing faculty members for a mini-workshop on "Implementing
Nurse ProCalc in the Nursing Curriculum" Sept. 20.
- Nursing faculty member Theresa Feldman was the retreat
coordinator for 26 women who were breast cancer survivors at
the Catherine Spalding Conference Center in Nazareth.
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Human Development Institute staff member Kathy Sheppherd will
appear in two episodes of the PBS series "Workplace Essential
Skills." The series is aimed at helping individuals obtain
the skills needed to find and keep a job. The programs will air
on KET throughout the fall and spring.
- Paul Taylor, LCC dean of student affairs, attended a
conference in Washington, D.C., titled "Revising FERPA:
Student Privacy and Public Police in the Information Age."
He participated in the panel discussion "Where Do We Go
From Here? FERPA Beyond 25."
Presentations
- Lixin Ge and
Jun Zhang, computer science, gave an invited presentation
on "Multigrid Method and High Order Compact Scheme for Solving
Boundary Layer Problems on Nonuniform Grids'' at the American
Mathematical Society sectional meeting in Salt Lake City Sept.
25-26.
- Human Development Institute staff members will present during
two sessions at the International Division for Early Childhood
Conference in Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. Christie Lutzer, Tiffany
Mushegan, Beth Rous, Christina Waddell and Kathy Zantal
Weiner will present on "Evaluating a Statewide Technical
Assistance System: Methodological Challenges." In another
session, Beth Rous and Susan Duwa will present "Developing
State and Community Wide Transition Systems."
- Human Development Institute staff member Beth Rous presented
the keynote address at the Idaho State Council for Exceptional
Children Conference Oct. 6-7 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Rous presented
"The Shifting Role of Parenting on Blending Parent and Professional
Roles in Early Childhood." Rous also addressed the assessment
of social, behavioral and functional skills during a pre-conference
session.
Appointments
- Lexington Community College
associate professor Charles Coulston was appointed to
the Academic Affairs Committee of the Society of Nuclear Medicine
- Technologist Section for 1999-2001.
- Laura Grant Justice, Lexington Community College assistant
professor, has been appointed as the Kentucky representative
for the American Dental Hygienists' Association State Education
Network for 1999-2000. She serves as president for the Bluegrass
District Dental Hygienists' Society.
- Lexington Community College President Jim Kerley was
elected to the Greater Lexington Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors. He also is on the board of directors of the United
Way of the Bluegrass.
- Erla Mowbray, Lexington Community College associate
professor, has been appointed to the Kentucky Board of Nursing
Education Committee. There are only five appointed members in
the state, and she represents associate degree education.
- Laura Nicol, Lexington Community College counselor and
instructor, has been elected to the board of directors of the
Humanitarian Center for Culture and Diversity. Nicol also has
been invited to sit on a strategic planning panel for the Institute
for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Awards
- Vicky Bradley, director
of nursing informatics at the UK Hospital, received The Pillar
of the Emergency Nurses Association Foundation Award. The award
honors an individual, group or corporation that has made a significant
contribution toward achieving the mission of the foundation.
The award was given Sept. 25 at the Emergency Nurses Association
annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
- UK Extension swine specialist Gary Parker received the
American Society of Animal Science ASAS Extension Award in July
at the group's annual meeting in Indianapolis. The award recognizes
outstanding outreach achievements in animal science. The award
is sponsored by Pfizer Inc.
- Ann Peden, nursing, has been selected as the 1999 Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nurse of the Year by the Kentucky Nurses Association.
Research and other funding
- Michael
Barrett, Agricultural Extension Service/agronomy, $145,000,
"Cloning and Heterologous Expression of Cytochrome P450
Genes from Maize."
- William Berdine, special education and rehabilitative
counseling, $272,000, "University of Kentucky Engaging
Differences."
- Steven Browning, preventive medicine and environmental
health, $200,000, "Children's Injuries on Kentucky Beef
Cattle Farms."
- Donald Cohen, microbiology and immunology, $232,912,
"Interstitial Pneumonia After Bone Marrow Transplantation."
- Tania Crawford, Lexington Community College, $247,760,
"Upward Bound."
- Jacqueline Farmer, Interdisciplinary Human Development,
$152,137, "Statewide Alternate Portfolio."
- Donald Frazier, physiology, $244,152, "Cerebellum:
Role in Chemical Control of Breathing."
- Beth Garvy, internal medicine, $243,396, "Role
of B Cells in Resolution of P Carinii Pneumonia."
- Don Gash, anatomy and neurobiology, $168,726, "Restoration
of Dopamine Function in Parkinson's Disease."
- Greg Gerhardt, anatomy and neurobiology, $229,402, "Restoration
of Dopamine Function in Parkinson's Disease."
- Daniel Howe, AES/veterinary science, $140,000, "Gene
Discovery in Sarcocystis Neurona, the Primary Cause of EPM."
- Arthur Hunt, AES/agronomy, $130,000, "Defining
the Roles of Interactions Between Plant Nuclear Poly (A) Polymerases
and Other Factors."
- Ling Jeng, library administration, $215,400, "Improving
Electronic Information Seeking in Emerging Fields."
- Edward Jennings, Martin School of Public Policy and
Administration, $120,000, "Medicaid Managed Care."
- Tae Ji, chemistry, $228,732, "Interactions and
Activation of the FSH Receptor."
- Alan Kaplan, microbiology and immunology, $101,500,
"Areas of National Need Fellowships in Microbiology;"
$145,500, "Flow Cytometry in Cancer Biology and Immunology."
- Philip Landfield, pharmacology, $280,514, "Novel
Methods for Single Neuron Gene/Function Studies."
- Guo Li, pathology, $100,000, "Molecular Mechanism
of Mammalian Mismatch Repair."
- John Littleton, pharmacology, $375,425, "Development
of Screens for Drugs in Alcohol Dependence."
- Timothy McClintock, physiology, $337,885, "mRNA
and Protein Dynamics in Identified Neurons."
- Robert McKnight, preventive medicine and environmental
health, $872,829, "Centers for Agricultural Disease and
Injury Research, Education and Prevention."
- Avindra Nath, neurology, $210,642, "Interactions
of HIV-1gp120 with Brain Cells: Role of Pag."
- Susan Pollack, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research
Center, $100,000, "Emergency Medical Services for Children
in Kentucky Implementation."
- Elizabeth Rompf, Social Work, $197,748, "Public
Child Welfare Certification Program."
- Michael Sharkey, AES/entomology, $260,000, "Insect
Survey of a Megadiverse Country: Colombia."
- Jeffery Talbert, Martin School of Public Policy and
Administration, $120,850, "Hazard Mitigation Planning and
Administration;" $185,000, "Evaluation of the Kentucky
Medicaid Partnership Program."
- Paul Toussaint, Kentucky Transportation Center, $325,000,
"Fuel Tax Compliance Project."
- Tom Tucker, Markey Cancer Center, $1,470,709, "Cancer
Information Service."
- Pathik Wadhwa, behavioral science, $293,081, "Physiological
Stress Reactivitity and Breast Cancer."
- Barbara Warner, Center for Drug and Alcohol Abuse, $268,926,
"Informal Social Control of Crime in High Drug Use."
- Bruce Webb, AES/entomology, $200,000, "Cooperative
State Research Education."
- Zhiming Zhang, anatomy and neurobiology, $201,091, $201,359,
"Restoration of Dopamine Function in Parkinson's Disease."
- Rick Zimmerman, behavioral science, $434,414, "Sexual
Risk-Taking, Alcohol and HIV Prevention in Youth;" $599,711,
"HIV Interventions for Young, Appalachian Risk Takers;"
$118,040, "Risk Taking Arousal Marijuana and Sexual Decisions."
Deaths
- Morgan B. Smith, retired
senior groundsman in the Department of Grounds M&O, died
Sept. 12.
- John P. Swack, retired agricultural Extension agent
in Bowling Green, died April 6.
