Fall 2005Miles Osland: Packing a Mean Sax
Saxophone research. An oxymoron, you say? Read how—with the support of a $24,000 UK research grant—a UK professor, performing artist, arranger, and composer conducts research. [pdf] [html]
Breast Cancer Breakthrough
The results of a massive, five-year breast-cancer trial focused on a drug called Herceptin are in, and the news is good for women with a particularly aggressive type of breast cancer—HER-2. UK's Edward Romond calls this "the single biggest advance in the treatment of breast cancer in decades." [pdf] [html]
Odyssey onlineexclusive Summer 05: Research Supercomputing
Rethinking a Major German Thinker
Dan Breazeale, a philosophy professor and this year's College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor, has earned international acclaim for his work on the German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte. [pdf] [html]
Breathing Easier in the Bluegrass
A professor in UK's College of Nursing has been prominent in the smoke-free debates in Central Kentucky. Read how restaurants and bars in Lexington—in the heart of tobacco country—became smoke-free in 2004. [pdf] [html]
2005-2006 University Research Professors
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UK Continues Study of Blood Substitute for Trauma Patients
Fighting Back against Fibromyalgia
Research Team Earns Largest NIH Grant in College of Ag History
Gill Institute Researcher Wins Prestigious Award
UK's Newest College Off to a Healthy Start
UK Researchers Attract Record Amount in FY 2005 [pdf]
America's Culture of Terrorism: Violence, Capitalism, and the Written Word by Jeffory A. Clymer [pdf] [html]