Magazine puts focus on police’s cameras

The Lawrence Police Department’s use of digital cameras recently caught the attention of a government computer service magazine.

A story about the department’s switch to digital cameras appeared in the April issue of State magazine. The magazine features stories about computing solutions for state and local governments.

Interviewed for the Lawrence story were Police Chief Ron Olin and Detectives M.T. Brown, Dan Ward and Dean Brown. They discussed how the department’s switch to digital cameras was expected to reduce photography costs.

KU geology students, grads receive awards

Four Kansas University students have been recognized for their contributions to the Kansas Geological Survey.

Brent Miller of Topeka, a 2001 graduate, received the Norman Plummer Outstanding Student Award.

Edward Washburn, Rockford, Ill., graduate student, received the Lee C. and Darcy Gerhard Field Research Student Award.

Julian Ivanov of Lawrence, who received his doctorate this month, received the William H. Hambleton Student Research Award.

John Woods, Lawrence graduate student, received the Frank C. Foley Groundwater Student Travel Award.

KU students given scholarship awards

Three Kansas University graduate students from Lawrence have received the first Leaman D. Harris Biodiversity Scholarships.

The scholarships were created last year by Leaman and Judith Harris of Edmond, Okla.

Oliver Komar, a graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology, received a $5,000 award to support his research on biodiversity based on the role coffee plantations play in the conservation of birds in Central America.

Shankar Ranganathan and Sriram Chadalavada, graduate students in electrical engineering and computer science, will share a $2,000 award for an online biological project.