Share your updates<\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you know of a faculty member receiving an award or honor, please contact us<\/a> so we can help share the news.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nUniversity of Rochester<\/a>\u00a0faculty regularly garner regional, national, and international awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.<\/p>\nAs part of an ongoing series, we\u2019re spotlighting their professional accomplishments.<\/p>\n
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\nLaura Calvi elected president of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research<\/strong><\/h3>\nLaura Calvi<\/a>, the\u00a0SKAWA Foundation Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism\u00a0in the Department of Medicine and a leader at the\u00a0Wilmot Cancer Institute<\/a>, has been voted president-elect of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR<\/a>). She began her three-year leadership tenure at ASBMR on September. The professional organization consists of approximately 4,000 basic research scientists and clinical investigators who focus on bone and mineral metabolism and related fields.<\/p>\n\n- Read about Calvi’s\u00a0research and her plans as ASBMR president<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nAnaar Desai-Stephens receives American Association of University Women\u2019s fellowship<\/strong><\/h3>\nAnaar Desai-Stephens<\/a>\u2014an assistant professor of ethnomusicology<\/a> at the Eastman School of Music and an affiliate faculty member of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women\u2019s Studies<\/a>\u2014has received the American Association of University Women\u2019s American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship. The fellowship for non-tenured, tenure-track women faculty members funds eight consecutive weeks of research.<\/p>\nDesai-Stephens is at work on a book project that builds on her 2017 doctoral thesis, Singing through the Screen: Indian Idol and the Cultural Politics of Aspiration in Post-Liberalization India<\/em>, and is based on nearly two years of ethnographic field work in Mumbai.<\/p>\n\n- Read more about Desai-Stephens\u2019s current research<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nRay Dorsey honored for breakthrough work in combating Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/strong><\/h3>\nRay Dorsey, a professor of\u00a0neurology<\/a>, received the\u00a02022 Tom Isaacs Award<\/a>\u00a0for his Parkinson\u2019s disease research that has led to multiple levels of action in combating the disease. Cure Parkinson\u2019s and the Van Andel Institute honored Dorsey and one of his coauthors, Michael Okun, of the book\u00a0Ending Parkinson\u2019s Disease: A Prescription for Action<\/em>.\u00a0Earlier this year, Dorsey coauthored a paper with the World Health Organization, addressing Parkinson\u2019s as a global health priority.<\/p>\n\n- Learn about Dorsey\u2019s work at URMC’s\u00a0Center for Health + Technology<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Nadine Grimm (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNadine Grimm\u2019s book on endangered Bantu language garners awards<\/strong><\/h3>\nNadine Grimm<\/a>, an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics<\/a>, has been named the recipient of the Linguistic Society of America\u2019s 2023 Bloomfield Book Award. The award \u201crecognizes a volume that makes an outstanding contribution of enduring value to our understanding of language and linguistics.\u201d Grimm is being honored for her 2021 book,\u00a0A Grammar of Gyeli<\/em><\/a>. Grimm spent 19 months in the field conducting research which led to a grammatical description of the\u00a0Ngo\u0300lo\u0301\u00a0variety of Gyeli, an endangered Bantu language spoken by 4,000\u20135,000 \u201cPygmy\u201d hunter-gatherers in southern Cameroon.\u00a0As Grimm wrote, \u201cIt represents one of the most comprehensive descriptions of a northwestern Bantu language.\u201d<\/p>\nIn 2019, the book also received the Association for Linguistic Typology\u2019s P\u0101\u1e47ini Award, which recognizes achievements in the field of documenting the world\u2019s linguistic diversity through the writing of reference grammars.<\/p>\n
Grimm directs the Linguistics department\u2019s Language Documentation and Description Program. She also serves as a consultant for the Endangered Language Archive and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Linguistique et Langues Africaines<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n- See what Grimm has to say about gaining trust when researching in the field<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Aaron Hughes (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAaron Hughes awarded Fulbright Distinguished Chair and begins book tour<\/strong><\/h3>\nAaron Hughes<\/a>, the Philip S. Bernstein Chair of Jewish Studies and the Deans Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Religion and Classics<\/a>, has been awarded the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in North American Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa for the 2022\u00ad\u201323 academic year. While at Carleton, he plans to complete a biography of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the country\u2019s constitutional bill of rights); and to work on a new project, \u201cThe Inconvenient Muslim.\u201d The latter situates contemporary legal and political discourses about Muslims at the heart of a historical inquiry. Less about actual Muslims, it aims to show how modern nation states think about religious alterity using Muslims as a catalyst. The \u201cinconvenient Muslim\u201d\u2014everywhere yet nowhere, named but nameless\u2014is what enables western nations to invest or deprive groups of a set of imagined characteristics that are of the state\u2019s own making.<\/p>\nIn November, Hughes, a native of Canada who received his undergraduate degree from the University of Alberta, embarks on a tour for his book 10 Days that Shaped Modern Canada<\/em><\/a> (2022). The book has become a top-selling work of nonfiction for Canada\u2019s biggest bookstore, Indigo. Hughes also took part in LitFest<\/a>, Canada\u2019s Original Nonfiction Festival.<\/p>\n\n- Get in touch with Aaron Hughes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nRose Kennedy selected as one of 20 Packard Fellows nationwide<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"Headshot](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Rose-Kennedy.jpg\")
Rose Kennedy (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nRose Kennedy<\/a>, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been named a 2022 Packard Fellow<\/a> by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation<\/a>. The fellowship annually honors 20 science and engineering professors across the United States who are pursuing research early in their careers. Each fellowship is accompanied by an individual grant of $875,000, distributed over five years.<\/p>\nKennedy\u2019s research focuses on synthetic chemistry and developing unconventional and sustainable strategies for producing innovative building blocks and materials. A current project includes developing more sustainable catalytic methods. Catalysis\u2014accelerating the rate of a chemical reaction or promoting an entirely new reaction by introducing a substance known as a catalyst\u2014plays a crucial role in chemical discoveries in biomedicine, agriculture, energy, and other fields. However, this process often relies on the use of rare, precious metals and generates substantial chemical waste.<\/p>\n
Kennedy and the members of her lab develop methods that use sustainable elements as catalysts to temporarily remove a molecule\u2019s functional groups\u2014arrangements of atoms that determine the molecule\u2019s behavior\u2014and reinstall them elsewhere in the molecule to change the molecule\u2019s overall properties and applications. The sustainable elements Kennedy uses as catalysts include nickel, copper, and iron, which are abundant on Earth. This approach provides a traceless and waste-free alternative to many unsustainable chemical synthesis practices.<\/p>\n
\n- Check out the latest from Kennedy\u2019s research group<\/a> and follow them on Twitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nDuncan Moore recognized for advancing entrepreneurship at universities<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"Headshot](\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Duncan-Moore.jpg\")
Duncan Moore (University of Rochester photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDuncan Moore<\/a> \u201974 (PhD), the vice provost for entrepreneurship and the Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optical Engineering, received the Legacy Award from the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers<\/a>. The award recognizes pioneers in advancing entrepreneurship at universities, including the creation of high-impact centers.<\/p>\nMoore, the founder of Gradient Lens Corp., has been instrumental in building the University\u2019s Ain Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation from inception into one of the best in the country<\/a>. From 2004 to 2009, he was responsible for an initial $3.5 million Ewing Kauffman Foundation grant, matched with $7 million from the University, that launched the center. In 2006, Moore was appointed director for entrepreneurship, and the following year, vice provost for entrepreneurship.<\/p>\nUnder Moore\u2019s direction, the center, named in honor of benefactors Mark S. Ain \u201967S (MBA) and Carolyn Ain, provides mentorship, training, and support in many ways. In addition to classes and guest speakers, the center offers programs such as the University of Rochester Student Incubator<\/a> at NextCorps, a National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (I-Corps) mentorship program<\/a>, several student business plan competitions<\/a>, the e5<\/a> program for select undergraduates looking to launch an enterprise or intern at a startup, and the Technical Entrepreneurship and Management<\/a> master\u2019s program.<\/p>\n\n- Discover the Ain Center<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nKerry O\u2019Banion recognized for national contributions to MD-PhD training\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n Kerry O\u2019Banion<\/a>, director of the\u00a0Medical Science Training Program<\/a>at the School of Medicine and Dentistry and a professor of\u00a0neuroscience<\/a>, has received the 2022\u00a0MD-PHD National Association Dr. Bert Shapiro Award<\/a>. The award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to physician-scientist training on the national level. O\u2019Banion, who has been Rochester\u2019s MSTP director since 2000, served as a member and chair of the\u00a0MD-PhD Section of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ GREAT Group<\/a>as well as of the National Institute of General Medicine Sciences’ TWD-A study section. He currently serves as an advisor for multiple MD-PhD programs nationwide. He is also a founding Board Member of the American Physician Scientists Association, a student-run organization that promotes careers for physician-scientists.<\/p>\n
University of Rochester<\/a>\u00a0faculty regularly garner regional, national, and international awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.<\/p>\n As part of an ongoing series, we\u2019re spotlighting their professional accomplishments.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Laura Calvi<\/a>, the\u00a0SKAWA Foundation Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism\u00a0in the Department of Medicine and a leader at the\u00a0Wilmot Cancer Institute<\/a>, has been voted president-elect of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR<\/a>). She began her three-year leadership tenure at ASBMR on September. The professional organization consists of approximately 4,000 basic research scientists and clinical investigators who focus on bone and mineral metabolism and related fields.<\/p>\n Anaar Desai-Stephens<\/a>\u2014an assistant professor of ethnomusicology<\/a> at the Eastman School of Music and an affiliate faculty member of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women\u2019s Studies<\/a>\u2014has received the American Association of University Women\u2019s American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship. The fellowship for non-tenured, tenure-track women faculty members funds eight consecutive weeks of research.<\/p>\n Desai-Stephens is at work on a book project that builds on her 2017 doctoral thesis, Singing through the Screen: Indian Idol and the Cultural Politics of Aspiration in Post-Liberalization India<\/em>, and is based on nearly two years of ethnographic field work in Mumbai.<\/p>\n Ray Dorsey, a professor of\u00a0neurology<\/a>, received the\u00a02022 Tom Isaacs Award<\/a>\u00a0for his Parkinson\u2019s disease research that has led to multiple levels of action in combating the disease. Cure Parkinson\u2019s and the Van Andel Institute honored Dorsey and one of his coauthors, Michael Okun, of the book\u00a0Ending Parkinson\u2019s Disease: A Prescription for Action<\/em>.\u00a0Earlier this year, Dorsey coauthored a paper with the World Health Organization, addressing Parkinson\u2019s as a global health priority.<\/p>\n Nadine Grimm<\/a>, an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics<\/a>, has been named the recipient of the Linguistic Society of America\u2019s 2023 Bloomfield Book Award. The award \u201crecognizes a volume that makes an outstanding contribution of enduring value to our understanding of language and linguistics.\u201d Grimm is being honored for her 2021 book,\u00a0A Grammar of Gyeli<\/em><\/a>. Grimm spent 19 months in the field conducting research which led to a grammatical description of the\u00a0Ngo\u0300lo\u0301\u00a0variety of Gyeli, an endangered Bantu language spoken by 4,000\u20135,000 \u201cPygmy\u201d hunter-gatherers in southern Cameroon.\u00a0As Grimm wrote, \u201cIt represents one of the most comprehensive descriptions of a northwestern Bantu language.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2019, the book also received the Association for Linguistic Typology\u2019s P\u0101\u1e47ini Award, which recognizes achievements in the field of documenting the world\u2019s linguistic diversity through the writing of reference grammars.<\/p>\n Grimm directs the Linguistics department\u2019s Language Documentation and Description Program. She also serves as a consultant for the Endangered Language Archive and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Linguistique et Langues Africaines<\/em>.<\/p>\n Aaron Hughes<\/a>, the Philip S. Bernstein Chair of Jewish Studies and the Deans Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Religion and Classics<\/a>, has been awarded the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in North American Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa for the 2022\u00ad\u201323 academic year. While at Carleton, he plans to complete a biography of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the country\u2019s constitutional bill of rights); and to work on a new project, \u201cThe Inconvenient Muslim.\u201d The latter situates contemporary legal and political discourses about Muslims at the heart of a historical inquiry. Less about actual Muslims, it aims to show how modern nation states think about religious alterity using Muslims as a catalyst. The \u201cinconvenient Muslim\u201d\u2014everywhere yet nowhere, named but nameless\u2014is what enables western nations to invest or deprive groups of a set of imagined characteristics that are of the state\u2019s own making.<\/p>\n In November, Hughes, a native of Canada who received his undergraduate degree from the University of Alberta, embarks on a tour for his book 10 Days that Shaped Modern Canada<\/em><\/a> (2022). The book has become a top-selling work of nonfiction for Canada\u2019s biggest bookstore, Indigo. Hughes also took part in LitFest<\/a>, Canada\u2019s Original Nonfiction Festival.<\/p>\n Rose Kennedy<\/a>, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been named a 2022 Packard Fellow<\/a> by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation<\/a>. The fellowship annually honors 20 science and engineering professors across the United States who are pursuing research early in their careers. Each fellowship is accompanied by an individual grant of $875,000, distributed over five years.<\/p>\n Kennedy\u2019s research focuses on synthetic chemistry and developing unconventional and sustainable strategies for producing innovative building blocks and materials. A current project includes developing more sustainable catalytic methods. Catalysis\u2014accelerating the rate of a chemical reaction or promoting an entirely new reaction by introducing a substance known as a catalyst\u2014plays a crucial role in chemical discoveries in biomedicine, agriculture, energy, and other fields. However, this process often relies on the use of rare, precious metals and generates substantial chemical waste.<\/p>\n Kennedy and the members of her lab develop methods that use sustainable elements as catalysts to temporarily remove a molecule\u2019s functional groups\u2014arrangements of atoms that determine the molecule\u2019s behavior\u2014and reinstall them elsewhere in the molecule to change the molecule\u2019s overall properties and applications. The sustainable elements Kennedy uses as catalysts include nickel, copper, and iron, which are abundant on Earth. This approach provides a traceless and waste-free alternative to many unsustainable chemical synthesis practices.<\/p>\n Duncan Moore<\/a> \u201974 (PhD), the vice provost for entrepreneurship and the Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optical Engineering, received the Legacy Award from the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers<\/a>. The award recognizes pioneers in advancing entrepreneurship at universities, including the creation of high-impact centers.<\/p>\n Moore, the founder of Gradient Lens Corp., has been instrumental in building the University\u2019s Ain Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation from inception into one of the best in the country<\/a>. From 2004 to 2009, he was responsible for an initial $3.5 million Ewing Kauffman Foundation grant, matched with $7 million from the University, that launched the center. In 2006, Moore was appointed director for entrepreneurship, and the following year, vice provost for entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n Under Moore\u2019s direction, the center, named in honor of benefactors Mark S. Ain \u201967S (MBA) and Carolyn Ain, provides mentorship, training, and support in many ways. In addition to classes and guest speakers, the center offers programs such as the University of Rochester Student Incubator<\/a> at NextCorps, a National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (I-Corps) mentorship program<\/a>, several student business plan competitions<\/a>, the e5<\/a> program for select undergraduates looking to launch an enterprise or intern at a startup, and the Technical Entrepreneurship and Management<\/a> master\u2019s program.<\/p>\n Kerry O\u2019Banion<\/a>, director of the\u00a0Medical Science Training Program<\/a>at the School of Medicine and Dentistry and a professor of\u00a0neuroscience<\/a>, has received the 2022\u00a0MD-PHD National Association Dr. Bert Shapiro Award<\/a>. The award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to physician-scientist training on the national level. O\u2019Banion, who has been Rochester\u2019s MSTP director since 2000, served as a member and chair of the\u00a0MD-PhD Section of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ GREAT Group<\/a>as well as of the National Institute of General Medicine Sciences’ TWD-A study section. He currently serves as an advisor for multiple MD-PhD programs nationwide. He is also a founding Board Member of the American Physician Scientists Association, a student-run organization that promotes careers for physician-scientists.<\/p>\n
\nLaura Calvi elected president of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nAnaar Desai-Stephens receives American Association of University Women\u2019s fellowship<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nRay Dorsey honored for breakthrough work in combating Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nNadine Grimm\u2019s book on endangered Bantu language garners awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nAaron Hughes awarded Fulbright Distinguished Chair and begins book tour<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nRose Kennedy selected as one of 20 Packard Fellows nationwide<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nDuncan Moore recognized for advancing entrepreneurship at universities<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nKerry O\u2019Banion recognized for national contributions to MD-PhD training\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n