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RESEARCH MATTERS

Research at KU is helping ensure the safety of bridges and extending their life spans. Stanley Rolfe, the Albert P. Learned Distinguished Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, heads a team whose studies are dedicated to bridge safety. "What we do is try to blend our research and our teaching to understand the behavior of steel bridges so we can help the profession implement better design rules and better control so we do not have fractures or fatigue failures in our bridge structures," Rolfe said. For more, or to listen to the original broadcast, visit www.researchmatters.ku.edu.

TOPONYMS

Opened in 1969, Higuchi Hall now houses the Kansas Biological Survey. A precursor of the research facilities that surround it, it is named for Takeru Higuchi, Regents Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy (1967-87), who oversaw the area's growth. The Higuchi Biomedical Research Area is the umbrella name for the entities that include the Higuchi Biosciences Center, an administrative unit for several interdisciplinary research units. For more, visit www.buildings.ku.edu.

KU HISTORY

KU is in the heart of the legislative session, lobbying for lawmakers' support of university needs. The process is a time-honored tradition. In 1909, Chancellor Frank Strong organized a 100th birthday banquet for Abraham Lincoln that brought legislators to campus as the culmination of a major campaign for increased state funding. For more, see www.kuhistory.com.

NOTABLE ALUMS

As director of Voice of America, 1968 KU journalism graduate Danforth Austin oversees a worldwide multimedia broadcasting operation in 45 languages reaching more than 115 million people each week via radio, television and the Internet. He previously was an executive at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones after starting as a reporter for the journal. Chancellor Robert Hemenway recently appeared on the show. For more, see story on page 5

NOTABLE ALUMS

As director of Voice of America, 1968 KU journalism graduate Danforth Austin oversees a worldwide multimedia broadcasting operation in 45 languages reaching more than 115 million people each week via radio, television and the Internet. He previously was an executive at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones after starting as a reporter for the journal. Chancellor Robert Hemenway recently appeared on the show. For more, see story on page 5