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July–August 2010
Vol. 72, No. 6

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Celebrating DistinctionThe University congratulates faculty, students, and staff who have earned national recognition and received teaching awards this year.
red line MUSIC AWARDS: As an ensemble, the Red Line Saxophone Quartet—Eastman students Qun Gai ’10E of Liaoning Province, China (tenor saxophone); Douglas O’Connor, a doctoral student (soprano saxophone); Brandon Kies ’10E of South Boardman, Mich. (alto saxophone); and Quinn Lewis ’10E of Doylestown, Pa. (baritone saxophone)—was widely heralded this year. Among the group’s honors were First Place (Classical Quartet), 2010 North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition; First Place, 2010 Plowman Chamber Music Competition; Alice Coleman Prize, 2010 Coleman International Chamber Ensemble Competition; Gold Medal (Senior Wind Division), 2009 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition; and First Place and Gold Medal Winner, Fourth International Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition (Photo: Adam Fenster).

National Faculty Awards

Aaron Copland Foundation
Fellowship
Carlos Sanchez-Guiterrez, Associate Professor of Composition

Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
2009 William Webb Fellowship
Jennifer Knight, Senior Instructor, Department of Psychiatry

Acoustical Society of America
Fellow
Diane Dalecki, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Palliative Medicine Community Leadership Award
Timothy E. Quill, Professor of Medicine, of Psychiatry, and of Medical Humanities and Director of the Center for Ethics, Humanities, and Palliative Care

American Academy of Neurology
Jon Stolk Award in Movement Disorders for Young investigators
E. Ray Dorsey, Assistant Professor of Neurology
President
Robert C. Griggs, Professor of Neurology, of Medicine, of Pathology, of Laboratory Medicine, and of Pediatrics
Editor, Neurology
Robert A. Gross, Professor of Neurology, and of Pharmacology & Physiology and Director of the Strong Epilepsy Center
2010 A. B. Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurologic Education
Ralph Jozefowicz, Professor of Neurology and of Medicine
2009 Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases
Berislav Zlokovic, Professor of Neurosurgery and of Neurology

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Achievement Award
Judith F. Baumhauer, Professor of Orthopaedics

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow
Robert Boeckman, Marshall D. Gates Jr. Professor of Chemistry
William Jones, C. F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry
Lukas Novotny, Professor of Optics

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
President
Jeffrey Lyness, Professor of Psychiatry

American Cancer Society
Research Scholar Award
Jun Sun, Assistant Professor of Medicine

American Chemical Society
Fellow
Robert Boeckman, Marshall D. Gates Jr. Professor of Chemistry
William Jones, C. F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry

American College of Cardiology
President, New York State Chapter
John Bisognano, Professor of Medicine and Director of Outpatient Cardiology

American College of Emergency Physicians
President-Elect
Sandra M. Schneider, Professor of Emergency Medicine

American College of Gastroenterology
Fellow
Lawrence J. Saubermann, Associate Professor of Medicine

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Vice President
Karl Auerbach, Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine

American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Award for Outstanding District Service for District II
James R. Woods Jr., Henry A. Thiede Professor and Chair of Obstetrics & Gynecology

American Council of Education
ACE Fellowship
Julie Buehler, Deputy Chief Information Officer

American Dental Association Council on Dental Education and Licensure
Chair
Cyril Meyerowitz, Director of the Eastman Institute for Oral Health

American Economic Association
Distinguished Fellow
Ronald Jones, Xerox Professor of Economics

American Educational Research Association
Program Chair
Joanne Larson, Michael W. Scandling Professor of Education and Chair of Teaching & Curriculum

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
2009 Research Award
Glenn Currier, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine

American Gastroenterological Association
Member, Education and Training Committee
Arthur J. DeCross, Associate Professor of Medicine

American Medical Directors Association
President
Paul R. Katz, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Geriatrics & Aging

American Orthopaedic Association and the Orthopaedic Research Society
Alfred R. Shands Jr., M.D., Award
Randy Rosier, Professor of Orthopaedics

American Orthopaedic Association
Member
A. Samuel Flemister, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics
John Gorczyca, Professor of Orthopaedics

American Philosophical Society
Fellow
Elissa Newport, George Eastman Professor and Chair of Brain & Cognitive Sciences

American Physical Society
2010 J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
Carl Hagen, Professor of Physics & Astronomy

American Political Science Association
2009 Best Book Award, European Politics and Society Section
For Party Competition Between Unequals
Bonnie Meguid , Associate Professor of Political Science
2009 William H. Riker Award
For Party Competition Between Unequals
Bonnie Meguid, Associate Professor of Political Science
President-Elect
G. Bingham Powell Jr., Marie C. and Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Political Science

American Psychological Association
Med Associates Brady-Schuster Award
Victor G. Laties, Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental Medicine

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Secretary/Treasurer
Brendan Boyce, Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Director of Anatomic Pathology

American Society of Clinical Investigation
Member
Patricia J. Sime, Associate Professor of Medicine, of Environmental Medicine, of Oncology, and of Microbiology & Immunology

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Best Practices Award
Nicole M. Acquisto, Clinical Pharmacist
Joseph Delehanty, Professor of Medicine
Terry Fairbanks, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Curtis E. Haas, Pharmacy Director
Daniel P. Hays, Clinical Pharmacist
Flavia Nobay, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Manish N. Shah, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

American Thoracic Society
Chair, Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology Committee
Patricia J. Sime, Associate Professor of Medicine, of Environmental Medicine, of Oncology, and of Microbiology & Immunology

Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy
Lifetime Achievement Award
Deborah Cory-Slechta, Professor of Environmental Medicine

AO North America
2009 Mosby Award for Outstanding Craniomaxillofacial Faculty Teaching
Timothy Doerr, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology

Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
President
Henry Kautz, Professor and Chair of Computer Science

Association of College Unions International (Region Two)
Edgar A. Whiting Award
Laura Ballou, Associate Director of Wilson Commons Student Activities
Professional Service Award
Melissia Schmidt, Associate Director of Wilson Commons Student Activities

Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors
President-Elect
Monica Miranda Smalls, Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs

Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Honorary Fellowship
John R. T. Monson, Professor of Surgery and of Oncology and Chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery

Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence Network
Chair, Scientific Committee
Ignacio Sanz, Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology & Immunology and Chief of the Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology

The Best American Poetry 2009
“The Record”
Jennifer Grotz, Assistant Professor of English

Biomedical Engineering Society
President
Richard Waugh, Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Bogliasco Foundation
Fellowship
Carlos Sanchez-Guiterrez, Associate Professor of Composition

College Sports Information Directors Association
Warren Berg Award
Dennis O’Donnell, Sports Information Director

Council of European Studies
2010 Best Book Award
For Party Competition Between Unequals Bonnie Meguid, Associate Professor of Political Science

Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America
Senior Research Award
Andrei I. Ivanov, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Damon Runyon Foundation
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Innovation Award
Joshua C. Munger, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, and of Microbiology & Immunology

Ellison Medical Foundation
Senior Scholar Award in Aging Research
Vera Gorbunova, Associate Professor of Biology

Exceptional Parent Magazine
“EP” Maxwell J. Schleifer Distinguished Service Award
Martha Mock, Assistant Professor of Education and of Clinical Pediatrics and Director of the Institute for Innovative Transition

Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
Chair
Denham S. Ward, Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Editor-in-Chief
Stephen Kates, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics

Health Effects Institute
Member, Review Committee
Mark W. Frampton, Professor of Medicine and of Environmental Medicine

Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Association
Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing
Sally A. Norton, Associate Professor of Nursing and Codirector of Research for the Center for Ethics, Humanities, and Palliative Care

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
2010 Fellow
Michael Scott, Professor of Computer Science

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Chair and President, Health Care Operations Management in Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Special interest Group
Abraham Seidmann, Xerox Professor of Computers & Information Systems and of Operations Management

International Conference on Inertial Fusion Science Applications
Edward Teller Medal
Riccardo Betti, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Physics & Astronomy

International Narcotics Research Conference
Vice President and Treasurer
Jean M. Bidlack, Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology

International Workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias
Golden Lionel Award
Arthur Moss, Professor of Medicine

Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars
Honoree
Thomas A. Pearson, Albert D. Kaiser Professor of Community & Preventive Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research

Lymphoma Research Foundation
Freundlich Leadership Award
Richard I. Fisher, Professor of Medicine and Director of the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center

The National Academies
Chair, Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions
Tom Gasiewicz, Professor and Chair of Environmental Medicine

National Academy of Sciences
Member
Richard Eisenberg, Tracy H. Harris Professor of Chemistry
Appointed, Government-University Research Roundtable
Ralph Kuncl, Provost and Executive Vice President
Chair, Psychology Section
Elissa Newport, George Eastman Professor and Chair of Brain & Cognitive Sciences

National Black Engineer of the Year Awards Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Global Competitiveness Conference
Special Recognition Award
Paul Ampadu, Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Partner
Mt. Hope Family Center

National Collegiate Athletic Association
Diversity in Athletics Award, Category of Diversity Strategy
Department of Athletics and Recreation

National Institutes of Health
2009 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Edward B. Brown III, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member, National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council
Tom Gasiewicz, Professor and Chair of Environmental Medicine

National Science Foundation
Career Award
Paul Ampadu, Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Mathews Jacob, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Andrew Jordan, Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy
David McCamant, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Justin Ramsey, Assistant Professor of Biology

National Soccer Coaches Association of America
Letter of Commendation
Terry Gurnett, Women’s Soccer Coach

National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2010 Advisor Award
Stacey Fisher, Assistant Director of Student Activities

New York Academy of Sciences
Blavantik Award
Carmala Garzione, Associate Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences

New York State Council of School Superintendents
2009 Distinguished Service Award
Stephen Uebbing, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership

New York Times Notable Books of 2009
Follow Me
Joanna Scott, Roswell Smith Burrows Professor of English

Optical Society of America
Frederick Ives Medal
Joseph Eberly, Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics and Professor of Optics

Orthopaedic Research Society
President
Regis O’Keefe, Marjorie Strong Wehle Professor and Chair of Orthopaedics

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2009 Cozzarelli Prize
Vera Gorbunova, Associate Professor of Biology
Andrei Seluanov, Assistant Professor of Biology

Radiation Research Society
Vice President-Elect
Jacqueline Williams, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Institute of Medicine
Health Policy Fellow 2009–10
Sheldon D. Fields, Associate Professor of Nursing
Nurse Faculty Scholar Award
Martin Schiavenato, Assistant Professor of Nursing

Society of American Historians
Fellow
Joan Shelley Rubin, Professor of History

Society for Basic Urologic Research
2009 Young investigator Award
William Ricke, Assistant Professor of Urology and of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Society for the Neural Control of Movement
President
Gary D. Paige, Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Professor and Chair of Neurobiology & Anatomy

Society for Neuroscience
2009 Career Development Award
Raphael Pinaud, Assistant Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences

Society of Nuclear Medicine
Vice President, Cardiovascular Council
Ron Schwartz, Professor of Medicine and of Imaging Sciences

SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering
2010 G. G. Stokes Award
Emil Wolf, Wilson Professor of Optical Physics and Professor of Physics & Astronomy

State Society on Aging of New York
President
Thomas V. Caprio, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Stockholm School of Economics
Honorary Doctorate
Ronald Jones, Xerox Professor of Economics

Technology Review Magazine (MIT)
Top 35 Researchers Under 35
Jeffrey Bigham, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
President
George L. Hicks Jr., Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery

Toray Industries Inc. (Japan)
3D-Gene Competition Award for Microarray Analysis
Jun Sun, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Uppsala University
Honorary Doctorate
Richard Aslin, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences

U.S. Air Force
Young investigator Research Program Funding
Yiquan Wu, Assistant Professor of Materials Science

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2009 Environmental Justice Achievement Award
Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning: University of Rochester, City of Rochester, Monroe County, and Empire Justice

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Humboldt Prize
Robert Boyd, M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics and Professor of Physics

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Residential Fellowship for 2010–11
Gretchen Helmke, Associate Professor of Political Science
Joseph Inikori, Professor of History


National Teaching Awards

American Academy of Pediatrics
Education Award
Thomas K. McInerny, Part-time Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Chair for Pediatric Clinical Affairs

American Academy of Periodontology
Award for Outstanding Periodontal Educator
Jack G. Caton, Professor and Chair and Program Director of the Periodontics Division, Eastman Institute for Oral Health

American Urological Association
2010 Residents Committee Teaching Award
Robert S. Davis, Professor of Urology


University Teaching Awards

2009 Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching (Eastman School)
Reinhild Steingröver, Associate Professor of German

G. Graydon Curtis ’58 and Jane W. Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Nontenured Member of the Faculty
Andrew Wall, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership

Goergen Awards for Contributions to Undergraduate Education in Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching
Todd Krauss, Associate Professor of Optics and of Chemistry
G. Bingham Powell Jr., Marie C. and Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Political Science
Harry Reis, Professor of Psychology

Goergen Award for Curricular Achievement in Undergraduate Education
Center for Study Abroad and Interdepartmental Programs

Goergen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Learning
Anne-Marie Algier, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Wilson Commons Student Activities

2010 Lifetime Achievement Award in Graduate Eduation
Richard Eisenberg, Tracy H. Harris Professor of Chemistry

2009 Gold Medal Award for Teaching Excellence (School of Medicine and Dentistry)
Leon A. Metlay, Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

2009 Senior Faculty Mentoring of Junior Faculty (School of Medicine and Dentistry)
Gary R. Morrow, Professor of Radiation Oncology and of Psychiatry

2009 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award (School of Nursing)
Hyekyun Rhee, Associate Professor of Nursing

The William H. Riker University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Richard G. Niemi, Don Alonzo Watson Professor of Political Science and Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science


University Awards

The Hutchison Medal
Arthur Moss ’62M (Res), Professor of Medicine
Vincent Lenti ’60E, ’63E (MA), Lecturer, Piano, Eastman School of Music

The University Dean’s Award for Meritorious Service in PhD Defenses
Govind P. Agrawal, Professor of Optics and of Physics and Senior Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Thomas DiPiero, Professor of French and of Visual and Cultural Studies and Senior Associate Dean of Humanities
Denise C. Hocking, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Harold C. Smith, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership and the Women’s Club Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award
Harriet Kitzman, Professor of Nursing and Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing

James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
The Davey Memorial Award for Outstanding Cancer Research
Edward M. Messing, Professor and Winfield W. Scott Chair in Urology and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Oncology

Messinger Library Recognition Award
Ann Marshall, Subject Librarian for Political Sciences


National Student Awards

Academic All-American
Baseball
Nate Stein ’12, Rochester; Financial Economics

Acoustical Society of America
Best Student Paper Award
Kelley Garvin, Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering

All-American
Women’s Basketball
Melissa Alwardt ’11, Greece, N.Y.; Health & Society

Women’s Soccer
Eileen Boylan ’10, Edina, Minn.; Biology
Ellen Coleman ’12, Wauwatosa, Wis.; Biomedical Engineering
Men’s Soccer
Michael Peacock ’10, Pittsford, N.Y.; Financial Economics
Squash
Jim Bristow ’10, Devon, England; Financial Economics
Benjamin Fischer ’12, Lucerne, Switzerland; Economics & Business Strategies
Women’s Tennis
Lia Weiner ’11, Sarasota, Fla.; Mathematics and Economics
Outdoor Track & Field
Brian Lang ’12, Baldwinsville, N.Y.; Statistics

American College of Physicians
2nd Place, Research Poster Submission, New York Chapter
Christopher Hogan ’10M (MD)
3rd Place, Research Poster Submission, New York Chapter
Sean Brady ’09M (MD)

American Medical Women’s Association
Young Woman in Science Award
Mercedes Szpunar, MD/PhD Student

American Political Science Association
2010–11 Minority Fellows
Lashonda Brenson ’10, Rochester; Political Science and Mathematics
Camillia Redding ’10, Rochester; Political Science

American Public Health Association
2009 Aging and Rural Health Research Award
Lin Fan, Doctoral Student, Community & Preventive Medicine

Outstanding Research and Service Awards
Shubing Cai, Doctoral Student, Community & Preventive Medicine
Maggie Holland, Doctoral Student, Community & Preventive Medicine
N. Tracy Zheng, Doctoral Student, Community & Preventive Medicine

Association of College Unions International
Excellence in innovations for Sustainability Award
UR Biodiesel

Association of Computing Machinery
Winners, International Collegiate Programming Contest, Northeastern North America Region
Ian Christopher ’10, Rochester; Computer Science
Dennis Huo ’10, Tacoma, Wash.; Computer Science
Xiaoqing Tang ’12, Shanghai, China; Computer Science and Mathematics

Beinecke Scholar
Andrew Pope ’11, Watertown, N.Y.; African & African-American Studies and History

Biomedical Engineering Society
Meritorious Achievement Award
Rochester Student Chapter

2010 Coleman International Chamber Ensemble Competition
Alice Coleman Prize
Red Line Saxophone Quartet

Downbeat Student Music Awards
Undergraduate College Outstanding Performance
Gabriel Condon ’13E, Penfield, N.Y.; Jazz Guitar
Undergraduate College Jazz Soloist
Graham Keir ’10E, Blue Bell, Pa.; Jazz Guitar

2009 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition
Gold Medal in the Senior Wind Division
Red Line Saxophone Quartet

Fulbright Scholars
Sara DuBois ’10, Horseheads, N.Y.; Russian and Anthropology
Aynsley Duncan ’10, Oreland, Pa.; Neuroscience
Elizabeth Gabster ’10, Mount Laurel, N.J.; English
Sara Goico ’09, West Hartford, Conn.; American Sign Language, Spanish, and Linguistic Anthropology
Anita Hargrave ’10, Syracuse, N.Y.; Health & Society
Elise Russell ’10, Kenosha, Wis.; Psychology
Judith Tulkoff ’10, Alexandria, Va.; Political Science
Andre Washington ’10E, Chicago; Flute

Goldwater Scholars
Gregory Bentsen ’11, St. Paul, Minn.; Physics and Mathematics
Nicholas Huang ’11, Butte, Mont.; Biomedical Engineering and Music

Humanity in Action Foundation
Fellow
David Libers ’09, Schenectady, N.Y.; History and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Fourth International Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition
First Place, Gold Medal Winner
Red Line Saxophone Quartet

International Percussion Festival, Paris
First Prize, International Marimba Competition, Category 1
Tomasz Arnold ’13E, Krakow, Poland; Percussion

Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Study Scholar
Katsiaryna Pleshankova ’10, Rochester; Biology

Fifth Miami International Organ Competition
First Place and Audience Prize
David Baskeyfield, Doctoral Student, Organ

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
2010 Jazz Finalist
Gabriel Condon ’13E, Penfield, N.Y.; Jazz Guitar

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2009–10 Fellowship in Environmental Medicine
Ilana Jacobs ’12M (MD)

National Institutes of Health
Pre-doctoral Fellowships
Lisa Bonnano, Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
Carlos Sevilla, Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Scholar
Diamond Ling ’10, Shanghai, China; Neuroscience

National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowships
Kevin Klubek, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering
Elisabeth Karuza, Graduate Student, Psychology and Neurolinguistics
Alex Fine, Graduate Student, Psychology and Psycholinguistics
Daniel Everson, Graduate Student, Organic Chemistry
Jeffrey Galkowski, Graduate Student, Engineering and Control and Dynamical Systems

2010 North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition
First Place, Classical Quartet
Red Line Saxophone Quartet

Optical Society of America Foundation
Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition
Amber Beckley, Graduate Student, Optics

2010 Plowman Chamber Music Competition
First Place
Red Line Saxophone Quartet

Schnitger Competition, Netherlands
Second Prize and Audience Prize
Michael Unger, Doctoral Student, Organ

Semester at Sea
Diversity Abroad Scholarship
Eric Phamdo ’11, Lake Oswego, Ore.; Psychology

Stanford Global Innovation Tournament
2009 Global Winners
Jennifer Burger ’10, Windsor, Ohio; Studio Arts
Justin Peczkowski, Graduate Student, Simon School
Elaina Stover ’10, Tallmadge, Ohio; Neuroscience
Eric Wisch ’10, Wellesley, Mass.; Political Science
Dan (Eva) Xie ’10, Beijing, China; Studio Arts and Economics & Business Strategies

U.S. Department of State
Critical Language Scholar
Judith Tulkoff ’10, Alexandria, Va.; Political Science

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Amber Baig ’11, Queens Village, N.Y.; Biological Sciences
Isthier Chaudhury ’11, Rochester; Chemical Engineering
Jeffrey Conserette ’11, Dunmore, Pa.; Biological Sciences
Meaghan Dewaters ’11, Honeoye Falls, N.Y.; Undecided
Eun Hea Kim ’11, Ogden, Utah; Mathematics
Andrew Korn ’11, Rochester; Undecided
Jennifer Marquart ’10, Rochester; Art History
Julia Munteanu ’10, Cortland, N.Y.; Biology
Shanis Navas ’10, Massapequa Park, N.Y.; Chemistry
Christy Zheng ’10, Flushing, N.Y.; History


University Student Awards

2010 Edward Peck Curtis Awards for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Meghan Clark, Department of Chemistry
Stanislav Kornienko, Department of Economics
Mehdi Manshadi, Department of Computer Science
Sarah Marlowe, Department of Music Theory, Eastman School
Burke Scarbrough, College Writing Program and Warner School
Alexander Stefaniak, Department of Musicology, Eastman School
Kathryn Van Wert, College Writing Program and Department of English

Susan B. Anthony Scholarship
Kathryn Ernst ’11E, Naperville, Ill.; Double Bass