Frederick Jefferson to receive Douglass Medal
Frederick Jefferson, professor emeritus at the Warner School of Education, has had a long and distinguished record of leadership at Rochester, pioneering and championing programs that have made the University and…
Patricia Sime reappointed as the C. Jane Davis & C. Robert Davis Distinguished Professor in Pulmonary Medicine
Pulmonary expert Patricia Sime has been jointly reappointed as the C. Jane Davis & C. Robert Davis Distinguished Professor in Pulmonary Medicine and chief of the Division of Pulmonary Diseases…
Charles Lowenstein reappointed as Paul N. Yu Professor in Cardiology
Internationally renowned scientist and clinician Charles Lowenstein has been jointly reappointed as the Paul N. Yu Professor in Cardiology, director of the Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, and chief of the…
William Hall reappointed as Paul H. Fine Professor in Medicine
William Hall was reappointed as the Paul H. Fine Professor in Medicine by the Board of Trustees in February. Recognized internationally for his work in geriatrics and his expertise based…
Paul Levy reappointed Department of Medicine chair
Paul Levy has been reappointed as Charles Ayrault Dewey Professor of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine. The appointments, which were approved by the Board of Trustees in…
Narayana Kocherlakota named first Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics
Narayana Kocherlakota, most recently president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and a leading scholar of monetary and financial economics, has been appointed as the inaugural Lionel W. McKenzie…
Ann Dozier appointed Chair of Public Health Sciences
Ann Dozier ’77, ’96N (PhD), professor of public health sciences, has been named the Albert David Kaiser Chair of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. She was also appointed chair of…
Sandhya Dwarkadas named Albert Arendt Hopeman Professor of Engineering
Sandhya Dwarkadas, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science, with a secondary appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been appointed the Albert Arendt Hopeman Professor of Engineering.…
Robert Foster appointed Richard L. Turner Professor
Robert Foster, professor of anthropology and of visual and cultural studies, has been appointed the Richard L. Turner Professor, a position that supports a faculty member in the humanities. The…
Commission reviewing public safety report
A review of the 2011 Security Commission Report—which called for the implementation of a mixed system of both sworn peace officers and nonsworn officers and resulted in the renaming of University Security to the Department of Public Safety, among other recommendations—is under way.