4 Page 10 -The Michigan Daily-- Friday, December 2, 1988 ;- Can You Offer a Creative Contribution to Your Field? f-- - - .. Enter the Zenith Data Syste: MASTERS of INNOVATION COMPETITIOI Win a $5,OOO* Zenith Data Sys] We're searching for tomorrow's innovat If you've developed or used softwar( hardware-that is compatible with Ze Data System products-to creatively a dress a problem or task in your field study, we want to hear from you. You could win a $5,OOO* Zenith Data Systems computer system for yourse $5,OOO* worth of computer equipmei for your college campus given in yoi name, and national recognition from your peers. For More Information And Official Rt Call 1-800-553-0301 Competition Ends March 1,1989. Void Where Prohibited. it I4u, ,+l nil :ti:\ 3 . . 4 r' 'Think tank' plans to fight drug abuse : BY STEPHEN SCHWEIGER A new and powerful regiment of troops are being enlisted in the war on drugs. School of Public Health professors, drug enforcement experts, and community and governmental leaders are building a "think tank" to combat drug abuse in Southeastern Michigan. "The seminars will be very applied and not too academic," said Toby Citrin, a professor of public health policy and administration. "We will pull from the best of what is known to be wo areas." The seminar series, sponsored by Public Health Policy, will address t from the perspective that it can be c will participate in the series, said the involved and their wealth of infor combat the apathy that often preclude "In a major metropolitan area lik said, "there gets to be a feeling of there is such an interrelationship problems and economic problems tha accomplish something in one area plishing it in all these areas." The nine seminars, to span one beginning this month, will first fo Profs p MS BY STACEY GRAY Ever heard of a Rotalink In- tramedullary Reamer Shaft? Or a Scintillation Multiplexer? They prob- ably won't become as well known as the light bulb, but these inventions are keeping the University in step with a national upswing in patent approvals. During the past six years, a in- creasing number of University professors and graduate students have submitted inventions to the Intellec- tual Properties Office (IPO) for patent approval. Most of the inventions that go through IPO are from the Engineering and Medical schools and the physics department, said Robert Gavin, an at- AIDS Continued from Page 3 partners. She was diagnosed with AIDS in 1985, after entering a :ors.p Friday and Saturday e or NCOE until11:00 p.m. 'nith Come Early and Party! id- 310 Maynard 994-6500 of lf, at Cheei it You. are invited to joir Michigan Telefund in their first $1 million ra for The University ofI iles, Come and learn how gain valuable commu skills and build your r from our student call have raised $1,009,2 the University's Annu Join the celebration u at The Count of Antip on December 6, 198E from 9:30 p.m. - ?? king in different the Resource for she drug problem ured. Citrin, who variety of people mation can help s drug programs. e Detroit," Citrin apathy, and that between social at you really can't without accom- -and-a-half yean cus on different types of intervention, examining which current pro- grams around the country are successful and which are not. Next, they will hold seminars discussing target populations, in order to emphasize the differences be- tween inner-city and suburban populations, as well as age-group, and economic factors. The third set of seminars will examine the roles certain influential actors such as businesses, schools, and religious groups can play in drug prevention. Finally, they will discuss how programs are to be developed and how funding will be obtained from the government. After each session, participants will disseminate written results, and will combine the overall findings into a book to distribute to community leadership and organizational groups. Donald Jones, principal of Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, said he hoped the seminars would make a dif- ference. "Anything that might make an impact on this drug situation, I welcome," said Jones, who will be part of the seminars. "The even split between the resource people and the community leadership in this kind of a carefully struc- tured series is one which we have not seen anywhere," said Citrin. rofit on patents 4 torney for the University and Director of the Intellectual Properties Office. The IPO currently has 81 patents pending, a substantial increase from only 53 in 1986-87. The increase, Gavin said, can be traced to a number of factors. Grow- ing research in biotechnology in the 1980s led to an influx of inventions, and, in 1981, the federal government tool is a good thing." The legal system has changed as well, he said, and patents are more likely to hold up in court. The University's policy, which al- lows professors to profit from their inventions, has helped prompt the lo- cal increase, Gavin said. IPO processes patent applications for inventors and conducts 4 passed a law increasing incentives for preliminary market analyses. And University researchers to develop though the University owns the products, not just reports. patents, professors have the option of "People used to have the buying them. perception that patents were a bad thing because a patent is a grant of a "If no one can own something then monopoly," Gavin said. "Now they they're not going to take the time and think that a patent as an economic trouble to develop it," said Gavin, 0 program to end her drug dependency. Brown said that her family has been supportive. She counsels women with chemical dependencies, and par- ticipates in a support group of women who have tested positive for the AIDS virus. "I don't have to carry around that shame and guilt anymore," she said. "I'm okay today, that's a blessing." Those in attendance had positive___ reactions to the presentation. Anita Sil, a first-year medical studentDeidre Brown, an IV drug praised the panel for covering "a user for 19 years, was di- range of issues that are crucial to agnosed with AIDS after understanding the whole epidemic,;gns unfortunately, there is a lot of student entering a program to end ignorance." her drug dependency. ay rI q n celebrating wised Michigan. you can nication esume ers who 21 for al Funds. 4d * 5)) i t 4 ) pstairs )asto 8 5% 4