Research and Graduate Studies @ KU

Higuchi awards honor three KU researchers

Three professors from the University of Kansas and one from Kansas State University have been honored for groundbreaking research with Higuchi/KU Endowment Association Research Achievement Awards. This is the 25th year the awards have been presented. Winners will receive $10,000 to advance their research efforts.

The recipients include:

• Balfour Jeffrey Award in Humanities and Social Sciences--Ann Turnbull, professor of special education and co-founder of the Beach Center on Disability
• Olin Petefish Award in Basic Science--A. Townsend Peterson, Distinguished Professsor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and curator in the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute
• Dolph Simons Award in Biomedical Sciences--Charles D. Little, professor of anatomy and cell biology at the KU Medical Center
• Irvin Youngberg Award for Applied Sciences--Paul A. Seib, professor of grain science and industry at Kansas State University

The 2007 Higuchi Award winners will be recognized October 18 in a ceremony at the Adams Alumni Center. Recipients may use their awards for research materials, summer salaries, fellowship matching funds, research assistance or other research-related support. For full biographies on each of the recipients, visit http://www.oread.ku.edu/2007/september/24/higuchi.shtml.