July2, 2007
Awards and Honors
Two chemists at the University have received more than
$3 million from the National Institutes of Health to study some of the most
basic properties of how key molecules behave in organisms. Kara Bren, associate
professor in the Department of Chemistry, received $1.5 million to
investigate how proteins called cytochromes transport energy throughout the
body. Alison Frontier, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has received
$1.8 million to synthesize two unusual and complex molecules that could
eventually provide medical researchers with tools to combat cancer and
inflammation, as well as methods to synthesize molecules that have a role
in other diseases.
Richard Eisenberg, the
Tracy Harris Professor of Chemistry, has received the 2007 Morley Medal
from the Cleveland Section of the American Chemical Society in recognition
of his contributions to chemistry through research, teaching,
engineering, research administration, and public service.
Darnell Hines Jr. was
recently appointed director of stewardship in the University’s
advancement division. Hines comes to Rochester from Ohio State University,
where he was director of donor relations and stewardship in the Moritz
College of Law. In that position, he created a program that helped increase
both the number of annual fund donors and the size of their
contributions.
Audiologist Cindy Hogan received a grant from the Widex Hearing Assistance
Program Loaner Network, making Strong Health Audiology one of 10 sites in
the country to receive a bank of advanced digital hearing aids to
loan to pediatric patients.
Jason Huang, assistant
professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, recently was honored with the
2007 Young Clinician Investigator Award. Established by the Neurosurgery
Research and Education Foundation of the American Association of
Neurological Surgeons, the award supports young physicians who are actively
pursuing careers in the operating room and in the laboratory.
April Luehmann,
assistant professor of teaching and curriculum at the Warner School of
Education, has been awarded a Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Young
Scholars Fellowship. The two-year fellowship, totaling $110,000 for her
project “Supporting Change Through Teacher Preparation: A Study of
Implementing Reform,” will look at the challenges novice science
teachers encounter and identify components of teacher preparation programs
and support systems that help them become effective science teachers.
Joseph Meister joined
the University’s advancement team on June 1 as associate vice
president of advancement services. For the last 22 years, Meister has held
appointments at Johns Hopkins University with a focus on technology and
business process development.
Dennis O’Donnell,
sports information director, will be inducted into the College Sports
Information Directors of America Hall of Fame during a July 3 ceremony in
San Diego. O’Donnell has served as the University’s sports
information director for the past 19 years.
James Powers, professor
of pathology and laboratory medicine and of neurology, received the
Lifetime Achievement Award for Meritorious Contributions to Neuropathology
at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neuropathologists
recently in Washington. The group is the largest and most prestigious
neuropathology association, with members around the world.
J. Edward Puzas, the
Donald and Mary Clark Professor of Orthopaedics, recently took over the
helm of an organization that is leading a decade-long effort to improve
research, public awareness, and treatment of bone and joint disorders.
Puzas will serve as president of the United States Bone and Joint Decade
through 2009.
Mexico’s Ruins: Juan García Ponce and the Writing of
Modernity by Raúl
Rodríguez-Hernández, associate
professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, has been
designated a “Book of Note” by the American Association of
University Presses. Rodríguez-Hernández’s book is noted
in the association’s “Books for Understanding” program, a
public resource launched following September 11 to answer the need for
quick and accurate research information by identifying books on topics
in the news.
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