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Carlson joins research council board

Maria Carlson, professor of Slavic languages and literatures, has been appointed to the board of the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research. The independent, not-for-profit council supports advanced research and seeks to further the development of scholars capable of sustaining the nation's scholarship and training in Eurasian and East European studies.

The board of directors is comprised of 14 individuals appointed by presidents of academic institutions. Chancellor Robert Hemenway appointed Carlson at the invitation of council president Robert Huber.

Curtis new Legal Services for Students attorney

Legal Services for Students recently hired Mary Curtis as litigation attorney. The position was requested by the Student Senate to allow LSS to represent students in landlord/tenant and consumer cases.

Curtis has a bachelor's in American history from Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass., and graduated from the KU School of Law in 1984. She has more than 20 years of experience representing individuals in criminal cases, at trial and on appeal, as a public defender in Kansas City, Mo., and Topeka.

KPR hires Manaenkov for underwriting sales

Joanna Manaenkov has joined Kansas Public Radio as a full-time underwriting sales representative. Manaenkov joins a staff of four KPR development professionals that raise almost half of the station's $2.1 million annual budget.

Manaenkov most recently worked as a tracking and research coordinator at KU Endowment. She graduated from KU in 2003 with degrees in Slavic languages and literatures and theater and film.

Carlin inducted into hall of fame's inaugural class

Diana Carlin, dean of the Graduate School and International Programs and professor of communication studies, was inducted Sept. 8 into the inaugural class of the Kansas Speech Communication Association's Hall of Fame at its annual convention in Topeka. Carlin is a past president of the association and winner of its outstanding teacher award.

Carlin also attended an international conference on "Doctoral Education in a Global Context: Competition and Cooperation" hosted by the Salzburg Seminars Sept. 3 -5 in Salzburg, Austria.

Athletics announces new hires, appointments

Mike Cummings has been named assistant media relations director at Kansas Athletics. Cummings, a native of Fargo, N.D., will oversee the publicity of KU's soccer and baseball programs.

Assistant media relations director Beau White has been named graphic designer for the athletics department after serving the last four seasons as women's basketball/assistant football contact. White will continue to assist with the football program.

Assistant media relations director Brandon Holtz will assume the role of women's basketball contact. Holtz spent his first year at KU as the publicist for the soccer and baseball teams.

Media Relations office manager Candace Dunback has been hired as curator of the Booth Family Hall of Athletics.

Wilson wins 2007 Reilley award for chemistry

George Wilson, Takeru Higuchi Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been named the 2007 recipient of the Charles N. Reilley Award in Electroanalytical Chemistry. The award is sponsored by the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry and will be presented in the spring at the 58th PITTCON conference and expo in Chicago.

Wilson is the third KU faculty member to receive the Reilley award. Ralph 'Buzz' Adams was honored in 1985 and Ted Kuwana was honored in 1989. KU is the only institution to have had three Reilley award recipients.

Teel named Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Fellow

Cynthia Teel, associate professor and assistant dean at the School of Nursing's division of primary care, was one of 20 nurses in executive nursing systems/administration leadership roles nationwide selected as a 2006 Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow.

The program is for executive nurses who are progressively advancing in leadership positions and desire to become stronger leaders.

Chu elected to Academia Sinica in Taiwan

Shih-I Chu, Watkins Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, was recently elected as an academician of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan, the equivalent of election to National Academy of Sciences in the United States.

He is one of only six scientists and engineers, most of them at U.S. institutions, elected during the current two-year cycle. Chu's work has had a profound impact on the advancement of atomic and molecular physics in intense laser fields, quantum chemistry and chemical physics. He is the first person since 1949 elected as an academician in the area of theoretical atomic, molecular and optical physics.

University relations adds two to Web staff

Robin Bedenbaugh

University Relations has added two employees to its Web staff.

Robin Bedenbaugh is the new Web communications manager, succeeding Lisa White. She holds a bachelor's in English from Clemson University and a master's in library and information science from the University of South Carolina. She was previously the online communications editor and information architect for the global channel office of Symantec Corp.

Corey Stone

Corey Stone is the new interaction designer. He has a bachelor's in industrial design from KU and a master's in biomechanics from the University of Iowa. He comes to KU from Cerner in Kansas City, Mo., where he was a senior visual designer.

KU HISTORY

The Kansan, the campus newspaper that eventually became The University Daily Kansan, made its debut Sept. 17, 1904. The first headline read "Great Mass Meeting," referring to the establishment of the paper. "Students of KU Demand a Semi-Weekly - Faculty in Too - Every One Pledged to Support it."