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UK professor David Kao’s hydraulic Kao holds master’s and doctoral de- In its first year of operation, the Uni- ~ t
turbine design—which will allow clean, grees from Duke University. He came versity of Kentucky Visitor Center has ~ :
environmentally safe generation of hy- to the United States in 1963 from Tai- visited with 5,150 people i¤€l¤dif1g it `
droelectric power in areas where it was wan and has been at UK since 1966. 1,188 P€F$P€€ilV€ $U1d€¤t$· 1
previously impossible——has earned a Among the 99 other innovations hon- Tours of the campus—both walking {
place among Science Digest’s 100 top ored in December’s edition of Science and aboard UK’$ ?1¤th€¤€l€ €l0¤bl€‘ l t
innovations for 1985. Digest were advances in such diverse decker bL1S—3d€l€€l 2,979 people te €h€ ‘ s
But Kao, chairman of UK’s civil en- fields as removing organic sulfur from total. * <
gineering department, thinks it’s just coal through use of a sulfur-eating mi- l1'1C|UiFi€S about il'1€ UK Vl$lt01` C€1°1· ·
the luck of the draw that earned him crobe and a robot vision system using ter’s success have come from such plac- t
recognition over "the many, many artificial—intelligence techniques. The 05 as the U¤lV€Y$liY ef Al"lZ0Ua and the j ‘
good scientists and engineers at UK.” scientists behind the 100 innovations University of Massachusetts. I
Kao, 49, said he thought his reward work for corporations, universities, uOill€T S€h00l$ are Calling te find ji 1
tor the project came "from being able non—pr0fit institutions and government. out what W€’Y€ d<>ins," SZIYS €€¤[€¥` €ll·
to come up with something that can The 100 innovations cited were rector Becky jordan. "They’ve heard 5
bring to people clean energy that’s envi- selected from more than 500 nomina- of US from ether U¤lV€l`$ltl€$ Whese Vl$l` l l
ronmentally sound and economical, tions_ Those reeognized "are the van- tors also have been to Kentucky." i
"Nature has given us that energy, guard of the seientifie revolution When a group of Costa Rican tour- I
and we never had the way to har- _ _ _ the inventors and innovators re- ists visited Lexington recently, one of
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Kao’s turbine design can be used future"’ Seienee Digest said_ the tour on Old Blue—in Spanish (her j t
with relatively small amounts of wa- Kao said he had had requests frorn major). "We are exploring the idea of t
ter—such as in areas with headwaters as five states for more information about asking other language majors to help
ivw as 10 feet, thereby eliminating the his design and also had heard of interest with special t0urS,’-’ Jerdan Said. I
need to build major dams. from eorporations in the United States Two UK admissions oHicers—-jordan 1
Science Digest said Kao’s turbine and China. and Don Witt—share the responsibility
"improves water quality, reduces fish His system forces water upward of meeting with prospective students t
mortality and, because it is simpler in through the turbine, rather than having and parents. "We have so many visi- t
construction, is less expensive."` water How downward or horizontally tors on Fridays that we now have group i
_.   ~~-;-· _'  js _ over the blades of the turbine. The wa- sessions," jordan said. j
        ter pressure then helps support the Prospective students and their par- t
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“ i z "?¤**T   '   , the structural strength requirements tention from the center as they desire-
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· ~       It’s also safer for fish and increases brochure to completinga series of regis- t '
_   hi   ‘i*"` I the potential for water aeration, which tration forms. i
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i Conn., writes, "Out of all the colleges A $1.2 million grant to Dr. john Diana University of Kentucky President Otis
and universities that I have visited, the of the University of Kentucky’s Tobac- A. Singletary has been elected national
‘ University of Kentucky was by far the co and Health Research Institute will vice president of the Phi Beta Kappa ac-
most organized and receptive." fund research into the body’s smallest ademic honor society.
§ Another mother writes, "Our guide blood vessels and how they are reg- The election was held at a recent tri-
extended the tour into her lunch hour to ulated. ennial meeting of the organization’s
1 show us a dorm room—you could not The five-year program-project grant national council in Baltimore, Md.
il choose a better representative." is from the National Heart, Lung and "I am pleased to have the opportuni-
  Located in the UK Student Center, Blood Institute, part of the National In- ty to serve this prestigious society which
i` the center attracts many "walk-ins." stitutes of Health. receives members representing the top
l "People are on vacation and stop in the "Microcirculation involves the small- one-tenth of liberal arts and science stu-
ii bookstore, see our center and come over est blood vessels in the body, which are dents at the most distinguished institu-
li for information or tours," she said. the terminal part of the circulatory sys- tions of higher education in this coun-
Ii In addition to tours and counseling tem," said Diana, project director. try," Singletary said.
if sessions, the Visitor Center has several "Most disease states, including heart More than 200 years old, Phi Beta
  booklets and video tapes that visitors failure and shock, affect microcircula- Kappa has 234 college and university
  may use to learn more about cam- tion at some point and cause tissue to chapters and 50 alumni associations.
l pus life. die. When they fail, the whole circulato-
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i` ter is the use of admissions officers in The grant will fund four individual .''`  _  » “ t`i`’     ’ *·’‘ · *   ’  
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t tributed to high school counselors. Diana, Kirk Barron, Bernard Fleming ` H   V?  \(  
’ "Our student staff also is highly visi- and Cheryl Heesch, all faculty members i N   _ ` ‘ l  
l ble,°’ jordan said. "Parents particular- in the UK College of Medicine. _ te; t t  
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t’s a simple question that Chan- University of Kentucky—was charged ter and dean of the College of Medi- l (
dler Medical Center Chancellor with providing medical education to the cine. - ,
Peter P. Bosomworth says he Commonwealth. Thirty-three years lat- In his comments at the Medical Cen— ' j
gets asked all the time. But, Dr. er, the Kentucky General Assembly en- ter dedication in 1960, Dr. William { I
Bosomworth says an adequate answer acted a bill establishing a school for Willard, introduced the objectives for , (
requires more time than a casual listen- medical education but made no appro- the institution, which were derived ` j
er would choose to devote. This simple priation. from reports of the University Faculty j
question requires not so simple an an- In 1928, University President Frank Committee and the Legislative Re-
swer. L. McVey askedjohn S. Chambers, di- search Commission. Commenting on l ]
Life at Albert B. Chandler Medical rector of the student health service, to the objectives, he said "The Medical ·| -
Center has never been simple. Last study the need for medical education in Center is being created to meet some   l
year, which marked the twenty-fifth Kentucky. A monograph published by basic needs of the people of Kentucky l ·
anniversary of the opening of the insti- University Press in 1931 documented and the nation. It is not an end in itself,   ,
tution, has provided faculty, staff, downward trends in available medical but a means to an end. It is an instru- T
alumni, and friends an opportunity to services and pointed out the need for ment to serve our people."  
reflect on its history, progress and fu- additional medical education programs 1 ·
ture. in the state. Seventeen years later, the Is the Medical Center meeting Z/wxe abjec-
Twenty-five years ago last fall, 41 General Assembly introduced a resolu- tives expressed some 25 years ago? An examz'- 4
medical students and 30 potential nurs- tion supporting a medical center but nation appears in order:  
es began their education at the newly failed to act upon it. 1 T
opened Chandler Medical Center. Two During the ensuing years, a series of To educate more physicians and l
years later, as planned, the College of reports by state professional groups, a other health care personnel to serve
Dentistry welcomed its first class and legislative commission and a non-profit Kentucky and the nation.
University Hospital opened its doors. foundation, the Kentucky Medical While statistics alone do not begin to I
ln 1966, the Medical Center expanded Foundation, documented the need for a portray the human drama of the Chan-
to include the College of Allied Health medical center at the University of Ken- dler Medical Center story, they are f
professions and Pharmacy. (The Col- tucky. In 1956, the University Board of nevertheless impressive. Since opening, —
lege of Pharmacy has a 115-year history Trustees finally authorized it. The Gen- the Medical Center colleges have g ,
which began with the Louisville College eral Assembly, under the leadership of awarded almost 16,000 degrees, 400 V
of Pharmacy.) However, the opening of Governor Albert B. Chandler appropri- certificates, and trained approximately {
the Medical Center was a dream some ated initial funds for the construction of 2,500 health professional residents.
100 years and dozens of studies in the a medical center at the University. Wil- A large percentage of the graduates of
making. liam R. Willard, M.D., Dr., P.H. was all five colleges now practice in the 1
In 1865, the Kentucky State Agricul- recruited from Syracuse University to Commonwealth. The present student
tural and lylechanical College—later the be vice-president for the Medical Cen- body served by the Medical Center ex-
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l ceeds 20,000 students from the Univer- their home communities, on the Lex- Center began its research efforts with
` sity of Kentucky and several other col- ington campus, through closed-circuit $500,000 of external funds. This has
leges and universities who need access television, and even in foreign coun- risen to a twenty—five year total of $175
to the center’s sophisticated patient tries. million. In 1985, the College of Medi-
__ care, research and education programs cine alone estimates its research funding
l for their students. To facilitate research in medical at $9.5 million and the College of Phar-
l sciences. macy at $2 million.
` Tg Provide more educational OP- Twenty-five years ago, the Medical This funding and the researchers be-
l POI`t\1I1iti€S ill the h€3.lfZh fields to the g _  it  ,;» 
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l Kentucky’s youth, as well as many   \_·A_—    W I ` _   if  I I
l young adults from all over the nation,   » I I `~     Y -
. are enrolled in the Medical Center’s   `\ tj/L  
i formal educational programs which   _   “ C Q   \\._— ,_ 
l range from baccalaureate education to   ‘ .iEj_i*_1;; .§  __ i · 4 _ gg; A"  
l post-graduate programs for practicing     ..._. ,   "     gil _Q
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l include seven undergraduate, 17 gradu- i       __ __ I if   Z 5         y ·
l ate, 31 residency, and three professional .   `gggg g _ A    { .i..  _`;._;g_V `ii;       l  _,
degree programs. For example, begin-   g r · `   .—.....»   ~ r _   I ' ~    \§
l ning next fall, students working toward   . · vi.   Q tig    
` a nursing degree will be able to com-   »_     t if- éi     Q', kt;
plete their education through the doc-   t' , i, 1