Parking commission to conduct annual meeting

The Parking Commission will conduct its third annual open hearing from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union. The hearing will be open to faculty, staff and students. The forum will provide an opportunity for the university community to ask questions of and express concerns to commission members about parking concerns across campus. For more information, call 864-7275 or visit www.ukans.edu/~parking/office.htm.

Call for professorship applications

Applications for the Keeler Family Intra-University Professorships for the 2004-05 academic year are due Dec. 2 in the provost’s office. For more information, visit www.ku.edu/~provost/forms/index.shtml.

Defense department official to present Cold War lecture

The Department of Russian and East European Studies is sponsoring a presentation by Douglas M. Englund, U.S. Department of Defense. “Cold War Legacy, New World Threats” will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in the Centennial Room of the Kansas Union. For more information call 864-4236.

Art professor receives award of excellence

Tanya Hartman, associate professor of art, received the first $1,000 TIAA-CREF Excellence in Teaching Award at halftime during the Sept. 27 KU home football game. Chancellor Robert Hemenway, Athletics Director Lew Perkins and TIAA-CREF representative Lori McGeehon presented the award.

NSF awards grant for amphibian research

Linda Trueb, professor of biological sciences, and Rafe Brown, adjunct research associate with the Natural History Museum and the Division of Biological Sciences, recently received a National Science Foundation grant for their research on amphibians. The KU portion of the multi-institutional grant is approximately $237,000.

Native American program wins federal funding

The School of Social Welfare’s Native American Scholars Project has received $350,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Alice Lieberman, associate professor of social welfare, and Michelle Levy, program assistant for social welfare, will oversee the program.

UPSA invites members to meeting, upcoming events

The Unclassified Professional Staff Association board and committees will conduct a general UPSA meeting Nov. 25, where there will be an opportunity to ask questions of the board. Other UPSA events and information is available at www.ku.edu/~upsa/.

Law school throws birthday party, welcomes dignitary

KU’s School of Law will celebrate its 125th birthday beginning at 12:30 p.m. today in Green Hall. On Monday, Nov. 10, Margaret Vonno, the senior economic counselor at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington, D.C., will present “A Conversation about the European Union” to law school faculty from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. followed by an informal opportunity to meet with her from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Rice Room.