Kudos

Faculty Honors

Nicholas Bigelow, the Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Physics and professor of optics, has been elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society. . . . Arie Bodek, professor of physics and astronomy, has been named the George E. Pake Professor of Physics. . . . Esther Conwell, professor emerita of chemistry and physics, was awarded the 2005 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Senior Scientist Mentor Award. . . . Edward Deci, professor of clinical and social psychology, has been named the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Social Sciences. . . . C. McCollister Evarts ’57M (MD), ’64M (Res), Medical Center CEO, received the John Charnley Award from the Hip Society, the second time that Evarts, who helped introduce total hip replacement surgery in the United States, has received the award. . . . Classroom Music for Little Mozarts, a three-part curriculum cowritten by Donna Brink Fox, acting dean of academic affairs and Eisenhart Professor of Music Education at the Eastman School, earned a Parents’ Choice Award from the Parents’ Choice Foundation. . . . Susan Gibbons, assistant dean for public services and collection development at River Campus Libraries, has been chosen for a “Mover & Shaker” award by Library Journal. . . . Susan Gustafson, professor of modern languages and cultures, has been named the Karl F. and Bertha A. Fuchs Professor of German Studies. . . . David Harman, professor of music and director of orchestral activities at the University, was chosen by the Monroe County School Music Association as the 2005 recipient of the Richard H. Snook Award. . . . JoAnne Pedro-Carroll, founder of the Children of Divorce Intervention Program of the Children’s Institute, earned a Program Excellence Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. . . . Seymour Schwartz ’57M (Res), Distinguished Alumni Professor of Surgery and former chair of the Department of Surgery, received the Fundación Mutua Madrileña medal from the King of Spain for his work as a surgeon over the past 50 years.