2008 Woodie Awards
Briefly Mentioned
Brittany Lane
Issue date: 1/17/06 Section: News
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KC Magazine named 1986 UMKC School of Medicine graduate Nelson Sabates, M.D. "Man of the Year." Dr. Sabates is chair of ophthalmology at the School of Medicine. He is also co-founder and co-director of the Vision Research Center at the Department of Ophthalmology, and president and CEO of the Sabates Eye Centers in Kansas City, a multi-specialty practice closely associated with the School of Medicine and Truman Medical Center.
Dr. Sabates' achievements carry on those set by his father, Felix Sabates, M.D., who established the Department of Ophthalmology in 1971.
The article is featured in the January 2006 issue.
UMKC, Tokyo research featured in journal
An international collaboration between UMKC and the University of Tokyo produced work that was published in Science magazine Jan. 13.
UMKC post-doctoral fellow Jun Chen and professor Wai-Yim Ching co-authored a research paper with University of Tokyo post-doctoral fellow James Buban.
Their research focused on the determination of micro structures in an industrial material called alumina oxide. The paper shows the advances researchers have made.
"The techniques and approaches used in the research can be applied to other areas such as biomaterials, bioengineering and life science," Ching said. "This new understanding on materials leads to better materials and devices that benefit lives for all people and the society in general."
Science magazine is published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and is the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news and commentary.
$10 million in scholarships available
The University of Missouri has begun taking applications as result of a class-action lawsuit settlement.
The system agreed to set aside $10 million to settle claims that the UM System violated state law beginning in the 1990s by charging in-state tuition instead of providing free tuition to undergraduate students.
A total of 4,770 $500 scholarships are available for eligible applicants, their spouses and children. Officials said 104,000 current and former students may qualify for the scholarships.
Applicants must have attended the Rolla, Columbia, St. Louis or Kansas City campuses between January 1995 and August 2001 and have been older than 16 but younger than 22. The deadline to apply online is Feb. 17. Applications are available at: http://www.umsystem.edu.
