The Kansas Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance officially renamed its most prestigious recognition, the KAHPERD Honor Award, as the Wayne Osness Award, in honor of the KU professor emeritus of health, sport and exercise sciences. Osness also recently received the Luther Halsey Gulick Medal, the highest honor given by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, at a reception held in his honor.

Angela Lumpkin, dean of education and professor of health, sport and exercise sciences, presented “From Bloomers to the Digital Age — Reflections on the Remarkable History of Physical Education in Higher Education” on April 23 as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.

David Darwin, Deane E. Ackers distinguished professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, was recognized April 25 as a distinguished alumnus of the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ed Martinko, courtesy professor of geography and director of the Kansas Biological Survey; Jim Thorp, professor and senior scientist at the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing program; and others at the KBS recently learned that their proposal for research on watershed classification will result in $1.2 million in funding from the Environmental Protection Agency. Martinko also presented the 12th annual Kling Anderson Lecture on May 7 at Kansas State University.

William Sharp, compliance specialist in contract negotiations and research compliance, presented a session titled “From Puritans to PIs: An Historical Overview of the Role of Research in American Higher Education” on April 28 at the spring meeting of the National Council of University Research Administrators, Region IV, in Cincinnati.

Bill Tsutsui, associate professor of history, presented the lecture “Sunrise, Sunset: The Uncertain Future of the Japanese Economy” at the Alaska World Affairs Council in Anchorage and at the Juneau World Affairs Council the week of April 8. He also presented “Resources and Environmental Policy in Japan” at the University of Alaska-Anchorage.