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Lorin Maletsky, associate professor of mechanical engineering, makes a splash at the “Dunk the Dean” event. The dunk tank gave students a chance to dunk faculty members as part of Hawk Week festivities.

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Barbara Atkinson, executive vice chancellor of the KU Medical Center, presents the Center for Teaching Exellence Department Teaching Award to Hugh Catts, professor and chair of speech-language-hearing. The award, presented annually, comes with $10,000

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Jesse Jiang, Confucius Institute professor, demonstrates the techniques of water calligraphy to Big Jay and a young visitor at the Edward Campus’ recent fun fest. The event was the fourth annual summer celebration at the Edwards Campus.

RESEARCH MATTERS:

Adults with Alzheimer's in nursing homes who are talked to like children are more likely to be resistive to care, according to research reported by Kristine Williams, associate professor at the School of Nursing. Williams and colleagues explored the relationship between how nursing home staff communicates with those with dementia and subsequent behaviors that disrupt care. Specifically, the study examined whether nursing staff “elderspeak” affected these behaviors.