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Updates on the Lawrence campus from the Vice Provost for Research — February 2007

Upcoming Events

A calendar of events of interest to the research community

 

February 15

KansasBio Speaker Series "Discover Today's BIG Thinkers"—4:15 p.m.
Tom Thornton, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Kansas Bioscience Authority
University of Kansas Medical Center
Biomedical Research Center
3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS
RSVP: KansasBio Web site

Grant/Fellowship Workshop—6:00–8:00 p.m.
“Introduction to Proposal Development” for Graduate Students in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts, Architecture, and Journalism
Hall Center Conference Room
Hall Center for the Humanities
Contact: Humanities Grant Development Office, hgdo@ku.edu

February 20

Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Inaugural Lecture—5:30 p.m.
Professor Susan Lunte presents "The Incredible Shrinking Laboratory"
Summerfield Room, Adams Alumni Center

February 22

2007 Takeru Higuchi Memorial Scientific Lecture—9:30 a.m.
Brian J. Druker, M.D., presents "Imatinib (Gleevec) as a Paradigm of Targeted Cancer Therapy"
130 Budig Hall
Sponsored by the Takeru Higuchi Memorial Lecture Fund

2007 Takeru Higuchi Memorial Public Lecture and Award Ceremony—5:30 p.m.
Brian J. Druker, M.D., presents "Cancer Therapy in the 21st Century"
Simons Research Laboratories Auditorium, West Campus
Sponsored by the Takeru Higuchi Memorial Lecture Fund

February 27

KU Entrepreneurship Fair—11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Burge Union
Contact: Ankur Dayal, adayal@ku.edu
http://www.entrepreneurshipweekusa.com

March 6

National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) video workshop on effort reporting—10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Simons Auditorium, Higuchi Biosciences Center
To register, go to http://hbc.ku.edu/NCURAregistration.shtml. Lunch provided.