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in the News Richard Lariviere (pronounced La-riv-yair), dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas in Austin, will succeed David Shulenburger as the Lawrence campus chief academic and operating officer on June 1. Shulenburger is stepping down after 13 years in the position to become vice president for academic affairs at the Washington, D.C.-based National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. “Richard Lariviere distinguished himself from a national field of exceptional candidates,” said Hemenway. “He is a superb scholar and a seasoned administrator with extraordinary international experience who will set a high bar for the University of Kansas.” For more information on this story, please see KU News online: http://www.news.ku.edu/2006/february/15/provost.shtml
Desaire's research project, "Glycoprotein Engineering for Vaccine Development," studies molecules of HIV. The molecules are glycoproteins, and they resemble spikes. The spikes are the first part of the virus to interact with human cells. For more information on this story, please see the Oread online: http://www.oread.ku.edu/Oread06/Mar6/hiv.shtml
Australian School Honors Val Stella "Professor Stella loves teaching, and through mentoring from the late Professor Takeru Higuchi, became an inventor and entrepreneur," the article said. "He is the inventor or co-inventor of two drugs: fosphenytoin (Cerebyx®) for the treatment of epilepsy, Viread® for the treatment of AIDS and a new solubilising agent, Captisol®, used to dissolve intractable drugs for injectable use. Professor Stella also has a new anesthetic drug, Aquavan®, in clinical trials. Three companies in the Lawrence/Kansas City area, CyDex, Crititech and ProQuest Pharmaceuticals, were co-founded by Professor Stella. "Professor Stella's success at the university led to the formation
of the Intersearch Program. Professor Takeru Higuchi from the University
of Kansas and Dr. Nigel Manning, the Dean of the Victorian College of
Pharmacy, 1963-1978, established the program which gives the opportunity
for an outstanding graduate from either institution to engage in intensive
training in research methodology within the Doctor of Philosophy program
at either campus." KU representatives Help Effort for Gender Equity
in Chemistry "Building Strong Academic Chemistry Departments Through Gender Equity" was held in late January and featured 55 chemistry department chairs from universities across the United States and 60 other academic, government and national chemistry leaders. Joseph Heppert, chair of the chemistry department, and Jeffrey Aube, professor of medicinal chemistry and director of KU Chemical Methodology and Library Development Center of Excellence, also attended. The National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes for Health sponsored the workshop. For more information on this story, please see the Oread online: http://www.oread.ku.edu/Oread06/Mar6/equity.shtml Steinmetz named CLAS dean "I'm delighted that Joseph Steinmetz has agreed to lead KU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and I'm very confident he will be an outstanding leader for the university," said Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor David Shulenburger. "Dr. Steinmetz generated a remarkable degree of enthusiasm among the KU faculty within the college. His colleagues at Indiana spoke with great admiration for his talents and vision." Chancellor Robert Hemenway said other universities actively recruited Steinmetz. "Other universities wanted Joe Steinmetz, but KU was his choice," Hemenway said. "We are delighted that he will assume a key leadership position within the KU community." Steinmetz said he felt the position at KU was the best that was open among universities this year. "The College (of liberal arts and sciences) is a big part of the institution, and the institution is first-rate," he said. Out of all the dean positions that were open this year, this was by far the best." He said he was intrigued by the KU position because of the mix of humanities with liberal arts, social science and other science disciplines within CLAS, which is a strong academic formula, he added. For more information on this story, please see the Oread online: http://www.oread.ku.edu/Oread06/Jan23/steinmetz.shtml
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