April 28, 2008
Awards and Honors
Richard Aslin, the
William R. Kenan Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, has been
named president-elect of the International society on Infant Studies, a
not-for-profit professional organization devoted to the promotion of
research on the development of infants. Aslin is finishing a five-year term
as editor of the Society’s journal. Aslin works to understand
how normal development progresses in human infants and young children who
range in age from one month to two years. His research attempts to reveal
how infants make sense of the sights and sounds of the world around them,
how they learn new patterns in visual scenes and streams of speech, and
what brain mechanisms enable these developments to unfold.
Paul Burgett,
University vice president and general secretary, was awarded the
International Citizen Award by the Rochester International Council for
distinguished service by significantly contributing to the community in the
field of international understanding. Sylvia
Kless, associate director for student services,
was also honored by the council, receiving the Distinguished Service Award
(Academe) for significantly improving the quality of life for international
students at the University while increasing the visibility of the council
and promoting its goal of increased international understanding.
The University is one of 12 local employers to win this year’s
Wealth of Health Awards, sponsored by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and the
Rochester Business Journal. The awards honor innovative organizations of various sizes
for promoting workplace wellness.
Six Ph.D. candidates have been chosen for the 2008
Edward Peck Curtis Awards for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate
Student. The winners are David Auerbach, in earth and environmental sciences; Shane Butterfield, in history; Michelle Finn, in history; Gilbert Kirton in English; Rachel Lee, in English; and
Gerald Manbeck, in chemistry.
University sophomore John
Golden and junior Samuel Harrold have been
named 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars. The scholarship supports
students who intend to pursue careers in science, mathematics, and
engineering. The recipients, both students in the College, have
demonstrated a commitment to research by participating in competitive,
federally funded programs that support highly qualified students to
undertake supervised research projects in the summer.
Three students studying how the brain masters
something as complex as language, or struggles to simply move an arm after
a stroke, have earned National Foundation of Science Graduate Research
Fellowships to help them pursue their research and education. Rachel Hawe, a biomedical
engineering senior, Celeste Kidd, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Brain and
Cognitive Sciences, and Kristen Skovbroten, also a doctoral candidate in the Department of Brain and
Cognitive Sciences were awarded the fellowships.
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