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Paul M. Comolli, associate professor of economics, has had two peer-reviewed articles accepted for publication: "International Fragmentation of Production: Theory and Evidence," Journal of the International Society of Business Disciplines, forthcoming (2006); "Sustainability and Growth When Manufactured Capital and Natural Capital Are Not Substitutable," Ecological Economics, forthcoming (2006).

Deb Adams, associate professor of social welfare, was a panelist at a symposium titled "Children's Savings Accounts: Innovative Proposals to Promote Savings, Ownership, Financial Education and retirement Security." The symposium, held Sept. 27 in Washington, D.C., was sponsored by the New America Foundation in association with the Congressional Savings and Ownership Caucus.

Elaine Gerbert, associate professor of East Asian languages and literatures, presented "Locating the Humor in Guro Nansensu" at the Danish University of Education in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July.

Diane McDiarmid, project manager for the School of Social Welfare, was an award recipient for the Heroes in the Fight program through the Lead Organization, Minds and K9s Inc., along with partnering organizations. Minds and K9s selected the Alliance Against Family Violence, Leavenworth, to receive a $500 donation in McDiarmid's name.

Laurence Draper, professor of molecular biosciences and faculty adviser in the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center, received the Supportive Advisor Award during the Kansas Academic Advising Network annual conference, held Sept. 15.

NOTABLE ALUMS

KU and Harvard are still the only universities that presently can claim two elected women governors as alums – Kansas' Kathleen Sebelius, who earned a MPA degree, and former Arizona Gov. Jane Dee Hull, an education graduate. However, if Kerry Healy is elected Massachusetts governor in November KU will fall behind Harvard.