Valentino Stella (center), distinguished professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, holds 32 patents for drugs that treat cancer, AIDS, epilepsy and other diseases. At the KU Cancer Center, Stella is helping make KU a leader in the development of drugs to combat cancer.

Micah Niphakis, a doctoral student in medicinal chemistry at KU who is researching plant compounds that kill cancer cells, has received a $24,000 fellowship from the Division of Medicinal Chemistry within the American Chemical Society.

Five KU students, two spring graduates and two faculty members are working this summer in Switzerland with more than 1,000 scientists who are preparing to launch a supercollider project that could change fundamental knowledge of the universe.

KU's Hawk Health program provides a range of online resources created by health professionals for students to support a healthy lifestyle. Find articles about wellness behaviors, surveys to assess health status, and video podcasts to use during workouts.

KU is a great place to earn a degree, and a recent study says it's a top spot to have a career, too. The university is featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education's "2008 Great Colleges to Work For." A KU professor even made the cover of the issue.

KU is doing its part to ensure that stateside technology has an impact on lives in faraway lands. A team of physicians and nurses recently removed a tumor from the face of a 7-year-old boy from Mali. The daylong surgery removed the tumor completely.

It's the alchemy of alternative energy: Researchers and student volunteers at the University of Kansas are transforming waste grease into valuable transportation fuel.

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