Fall 1998

Cover Story

Alzheimer's: Fighting Back
UK researchers are working at the cell level to discover the pathways of the disease and how to counter it. The article features William Marksbery, Philip Landfield, Mark Mattson, Allan Butterfield, and David Wekstein.

Sidebars:

The Brain Donation Research Project
A Last Leaving

Features

Thinking Big By Thinking Small
UK researchers are exploring possible uses of tiny but mighty nanotubes.

Sidebar: Advanced Carbon Materials Center Established At UK

Back on the Tractor
A UK nurse studies how farm amputees overcome their injuries.

Spotlight on Graduate Education

Preparing the Faculty of the Future

KIOSK

Wang Receives $195,000 Toxciology Award
College of Medicine, Nursing Ranked Highly by U.S. News & World Report
1998-1999 University Research Professors
Arts and the Kentucky Economy
Mathematics Department Attracting Top Postdoctoral Fellows
Digging Into the Past
UK Part of Nationwide Study to Explore Promising New Drug for Stroke
Cleaning Up Kentucky's Waterways
UK's Glassblower Combines Art with Science

Update

Rock Fences of the Bluegrass Still in Jeopardy