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KU MEDICAL CENTER

The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases has honored Li Wang as a Liver Scholar at its annual scientific awards dinner held Oct. 28 in Boston. Wang is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine (GI Division) and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics at the School of Medicine.

Wang is part of a 30-member, multi-disciplinary team at the School of Medicine addressing liver disease, how to prevent, diagnose and treat it. The team recently was awarded a $10 million COBRE grant from the National Institutes of Health.

KU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-WICHITA

D. Cramer Reed, clinical professor emeritus, received the 2006 Honorary Medical Alumnus Award at the KUMC Alumni Association's awards program in Kansas City on Sept. 15. As founding dean of the KU School of Medicine-Wichita, and the School of Health Professions at Wichita State University, Reed is largely responsible for putting the community-focused medical school campus on the map.

EDWARDS CAMPUS

The Edwards Campus offers KU groups and departments the opportunity to use its meeting rooms at no cost. The campus has a variety of space available, consisting of tiered or flat classrooms, conference rooms, computer labs and a 240-seat auditorium. Jayhawk Central also has wireless Internet connection. For more information, visit www. edwardscampus.ku.edu.

TOPONYMS

In December 1923, after nearly 15 years of construction delays, the third and final wing of teh Administration Building opend on Jayhawk Boulevard. Early occupants included art and music faculty as well as he chancellor and the registar. The building was named in 1938 for Frank Strong, the sixth chancellor (1902-20) and the driving force behind its construction