Special Section
ARABESQUE WINDS: The ensemble of Deidre Huckabay ’09E, Andrews, Texas (flute); Sophia Goluses ’08E, Rochester (horn); Liz Spector ’09E, Pittsford, N.Y. (oboe); Eryn Bauer ’10E, Tampa, Fla. (bassoon); Isabel Kim ’09E, Harrington Park, N.J. (clarinet) received the 2008 Grand Prize at the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition; the 2009 Arthur W. Foote Prize from the Harvard Musical Association; and the 2009 Coleman-Saunderson Prize for Woodwinds & Brass from the Coleman Chamber Music Competition (Photo: Richard Baker).National Faculty Awards
Albany Law School
Kate Stoneman Award
Catherine Cerulli, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Fellowship Recipient
Daven Presgraves, Assistant Professor of Biology
American Academy in Berlin
Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellow
Kenneth Gross, Professor of English
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow
Richard Eisenberg, Tracy H. Harris Professor of Chemistry
H. Allen Orr, Shirley Cox Kearns Professor of Biology and University Professor
American Academy of Colleges of Nursing
2008 Geriatric Nursing Faculty Champion
Nancy M. Watson, Associate Professor of Nursing and Director of the Elaine C. Hubbard Center for Nursing Research on Aging
American Academy of Neurology
President
Robert Griggs, Professor of Neurology, Medicine, Pathology, and Pediatrics
Chair-Elect, Pain and Palliative Care Section
John Markman, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and of Neurology
2009 Potamkin Prize for Research
Berislav Zlokovic, Professor of Neurosurgery
American Academy of Nursing
Fellow
Dianne C. Morrison-Beedy, Professor and Assistant Dean for Research, School of Nursing
American Antiquarian Society
Fellow
Thomas Slaughter, Arthur R. Miller Professor of History
American Bandmasters Association
2008 Member
Mark Davis Scatterday, Chair and Professor of Conducting & Ensembles
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Board of Directors
Regis O’Keefe, Professor and Chair of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Judith F. Baumhauer, Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
American Chemical Society
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
William D. Jones, C. F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry
2008 James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry
Jack A. Kampmeier, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
American College of Emergency Physicians
Hero of Emergency Medicine Award
Latha G. Stead, Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine
American Dental Association and Johnson & Johnson
2008 Norton M. Ross Award for Excellence in Clinical Research
Jack Caton, Chair of Periodontics Division and Director of the Advanced Training Program in Periodontics, Eastman Dental Center
American Economic Association
Distinguished Fellow
Ronald Jones, Xerox Professor of Economics
American Educational Research Society
Fellow
Richard Ryan, Professor of Psychology, of Psychiatry, and of Education
American Library Association
Top 10 Biography, Adult Section
For The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition
Thomas P. Slaughter, Arthur R. Miller Professor of History
American Musicological Society
Vice President
Honey Meconi, Professor of Music, the College; Professor of Musicology, Eastman School
American Orthopaedic Association and Orthopaedic Research Society
The Alfred R. Shands Jr., M.D. Award
Randy Rosier, Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
American Pediatric Association
Distinguished Career Award
Robert Haggerty, Chair Emeritus of Pediatrics
American Political Science Association
2008 Alan Rosenthal Prize
David Primo, Associate Professor of Political Science
American Society for Clinical Investigation
Member
Patricia J. Sime, Associate Professor of Medicine, of Environmental Medicine, and of Oncology
American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
Harold N. Frost Young Investigator Award
Matthew Hilton, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Best Practices Award
Rollin J. (Terry) Fairbanks, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Manish N. Shah, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Richard Skalak Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Best Paper Award
Renato Perucchio, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Biomedical Engineering
Art beCause Breast Cancer Foundation
Seed the Scientist Program
Betina Lew, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Environmental Medicine
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Fellow
David Williams, William G. Allyn Chair of Medical Optics; Director of the Center for Visual Science; Professor of Optics, of Ophthalmology, of Biomedical Engineering, and of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Cambridge University
Churchill Fellow
Andrew Elliot, Professor of Clinical & Social Sciences in Psychology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dragon Star Lecturer
Chen Ding, Associate Professor of Computer Science
College Student Personnel Association of New York State
2008 Distinguished Service to Higher Education Award
Logan Hazen, Director of Student Services and Visiting Assistant Professor, Warner School
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Fulbright Senior Specialist
Jeanne T. Grace, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Nursing
Council of the Linnean Society of London
Darwin-Wallace Medal
H. Allen Orr, Shirley Cox Kearns Professor of Biology and University Professor
David and Lucille Packard Foundation
Fellowship Recipient
Daven Presgraves, Assistant Professor of Biology
Du Pont Young Professor Grant Program
Grant Recipient
Bradley L. Nilsson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Eastern Orthopaedic Association
President
Judith F. Baumhauer, Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Ellison Medical Foundation
Senior Fellow Award
Henry Jasper, Assistant Professor of Biology
Emergency Medicine Residents Association
Mentorship Award
Latha G. Stead, Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine
Falk Foundation of Germany
Adolf Windaus Prize
Ned Ballatori, Professor of Environmental Medicine
Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University
Commission
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Associate Professor of Composition
Geological Society of America
Fellow
Carmala Garzione, Associate Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences
German Psychological Society
Honorary Membership
Richard Ryan, Professor of Psychology, of Psychiatry, and of Education
German Studies Association
President
Celia Applegate, Professor of History
Grammy Awards
2008 Nominee, Best Opera Recording
For Conradi: Ariadne
Paul O’Dette, Professor of Lute and of Conducting & Ensembles
Heart Failure Society of America
Nursing Investigator Award
Ponrathi Athilingam, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Assocation
Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing
Sally A. Norton, Associate Professor of Nursing
IBM Center for Advanced Studies
Fellowship Recipient
Chen Ding, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Technical Innovation Award
Gaurav Sharma, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Institute of Medicine
Member
David Guzick, Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry
Ira Shoulson, Louis C. Lasagna Professor of Experimental Therapeutics
Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy
Editor-in-Chief
Steven Laitz, Associate Professor of Theory
Juno (Canadian Grammy) Awards
2009 Nominee, Classical Composition of the Year
For Manhattan Music with the Canadian
Brass and the Eastman Wind Ensemble
Mark Davis Scatterday, Chair and Professor of Conducting & Ensembles
Landmark Society of Western New York
Special Citation Award
Mary Huth, Assistant Director of Rare Books & Special Collections, Rush Rhees Library
Karl Kabelac, University Archivist Emeritus
Latin Grammy Awards
2009 Nominee, Best Classical Contemporary Composition
For Barcelonazo with Eastman’s Musica Nova
Mark Davis Scatterday, Chair and Professor of Conducting & Ensembles
Music Teachers National Association
2008 Achievement Award
Jean Barr, Professor of Accompanying and Chamber Music
Music Theory Society of New York State
President
Jonathan Dunsby, Professor and Chair of Theory
National Academy of Sciences
2008 Kavli Fellow
Ania Majewska, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy
National Science Foundation
CAREER Award/Grant
Jeffrey Choppin, Assistant Professor of Teaching & Curriculum
Neurosurgical Society of America
Vice President
Thomas G. Rodenhouse, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
New York Council for the Humanities
Board Member
Joan Rubin, Professor of History
New York State School Counseling Association
2008 Career Achievement Award
Karen Mackie, Assistant Professor of Counseling & Human Development
New York Times
Editor’s Choice
For Fallen Giants
Stewart Weaver, Professor of History
Maurice Isserman ’79 (PhD), Professor of History at Hamilton College
Optical Society of America
Fellow
James Zavislan, Associate Professor of Optics, of Dermatology, and of Biomedical Engineering; and Director of the Center for Institute Ventures
Optical Society of America and SPIE — The International Society for Optical Engineering
2008 Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award
For Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization of Light
Emil Wolf, Wilson Professor of Optical Physics
Orthopaedic Research Society
President
Regis O’Keefe, Professor and Chair of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
The Arthur H. Huene Memorial Award for Excellence and Promise in Pediatric Orthopaedics
James Sanders, Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
J. Anthony Herring Award for Outstanding Clinical Scientific Paper
James Sanders, Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Physics of Quantum Electronics Conference
2008 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Physics
Robert Boyd, M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics and Professor of Physics
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Nurse Faculty Scholar Award
Ying Xue, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences
Member
Maiken Nedergaard, Professor of Neurosurgery
The Scientist Magazine
Top 10 Places to Work for Scientists in Life Sciences
University of Rochester
Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity
2008 National Arts Associate
William Weinert, Professor of Conducting & Ensembles
Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy
President
Deborah Modrak, Professor of Philosophy
Society for the Anthropology of Religion
2008 Honorable Mention, Clifford Geertz Prize in the Anthropology of Religion
Thomas Gibson, Professor of Anthropology
Society for Basic Urologic Research
Young Investigator Award
William A. Ricke, Assistant Professor of Urology and of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Chair, Rochester Section
Greg Gdowski, Associate Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy and Biomedical Engineering
Society for Imaging Science and Technology
2009 Edwin H. Land Medal
Duncan Moore, Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optical Engineering; Professor of Optics, of Biomedical Engineering, and of Business Administration; and Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship
Society for Neural Control of Movement
Vice President and Program Chair
Gary Paige, Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Professor and Chair of Neurobiology & Anatomy
Society for Research in Child Development
Distinguished Contributions to the Lives of Children Award
Robert Haggerty, Chair Emeritus of Pediatrics
SUNY Geneseo
Honorary Doctor of Science
Esther M. Conwell, Research Professor, Chemistry
Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
Secretary-Treasurer
George L. Hicks Jr., Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Trinity College
Honorary Doctor of Letters
Joanna Scott, Roswell Smith Burrows Professor of English
U.S. Air Force
Meritorious Service Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster
Christopher J. Lentz, Associate Professor of Surgery and of Pediatrics
University of Wisconsin, Platteville
2008 Arts and Letters Hall of Fame Award
Richard Grunow, Professor of Music Education
National Teaching Awards
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Award
Diane M. Hartmann, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Senior Associate Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry
Council on Graduate Medical Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chair
Diane M. Hartmann, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Senior Associate Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry
Society of Thoracic Surgeons Committee on Graduate Education Work Force
Chairman
George L. Hicks Jr., Chief of Cardiac Surgery
University Teaching Awards
Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Wesley Archer, Department of Chemistry
Michael Callahan, Department of Music Theory
Leah Haught, Department of English
Cindy Kim, Department of Musicology
John Koslovsky, Department of Music Theory
Robert Laport, Department of Biology
Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
William D. Jones, C. F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry
Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching
Nicholas Goluses, Professor of Guitar
Goergen Awards for Contributions to Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching
Fred Cohen, Professor of Mathematics
Robert Foster, Professor of Anthropology
James Longenbach, Joseph Henry Gilmore Professor of English
Goergen Award for Curricular Achievement in Undergraduate Education
International Theatre Program
Goergen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Learning
Jane Possee, Associate Director of Athletics & Recreation
G. Graydon and Jane W. Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Nontenured Member of the Faculty
Jason Middleton, Assistant Professor of English
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
Mark Bocko, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University Award for Lifetime Achievement in Graduate Education
Nelita True, Professor of Piano
Department of Orthopaedics
Duthie-Evarts Resident Education Award
Glenn Rechtine, Professor of Orthopaedics
School of Medicine and Dentistry
Marshal A. Lichtman Dean’s Teaching Fellowship
Benedict DiGiovanni, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics
School of Nursing
Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award
Craig R. Sellers, Senior Associate Professor and Specialty Director of the Adult Nurse Practitioner Program
William H. Riker University Award for Graduate Teaching
Robert K. Boeckman Jr., Marshall D. Gates Jr. Professor of Chemistry
University Awards
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
Davey Memorial Award for Outstanding Cancer Research
Willis Li, Associate Professor of Genetics
Office of Minority Student Affairs
Francis Price Student Leadership Award
Edgard Duque ’09, Pembroke Pines, Fla.; Financial Economics
Myra Mathis ’09, Rochester; Biochemistry
Frederick Jefferson Award for Oustanding Student Leadership
Ashley Anderson ’09, Riverdale, Md.; English
Olivia Hooker Academic Achievement Award
Dayo Lukula ’09, Upper Marlboro, Md.; Biology
Kesha Atkins Citation for Student Leadership
Brittany Carter ’09, Dallas; History
Family Pillar Essay Contest
Robert Duran ’09, Highland Mills, N.Y.; Biology
River Campus Libraries
Messinger Library Recognition Award
Sally Roche, Facilities Manager, River Campus Libraries
National Student Awards
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Honored Chair of the Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning Awards Program
Eric Fredericksen, Doctoral student, Educational Leadership
All-Americans
Squash
Hameed Ahmed ’11, Helsinki, Finland; Economics
James Bristow ’10, Devon, England; Financial Economics
Benni Fischer ’12, Bern, Switzerland; Economic & Business Strategy
Softball
Beth Ameno ’09, Buffalo, N.Y.; Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Men’s Basketball
Michael Chmielowiec ’09, Batavia, N.Y.; Political Science
Men’s Soccer
J. J. Dennstedt ’10, Victor, N.Y.; Mechanical Engineering
Women’s Basketball
Julie Marriott ’09, Fairport, N.Y.; Mathematics
American Burn Association
Traveling Fellowship Award
Steven Kahn, Resident, Department of Surgery and Burn Program Research Fellow
American Chemical Society
2009 Young Investigator Award, Division of Inorganic Chemistry
Pingwu Du, Graduate student, Chemistry
Best Physical Chemistry Student Poster Award (Fall 2008 Meeting)
Kristina Wilson, Graduate student, Chemistry
American Theatre Organ Society
First Place, 2008 Young Theatre Organist Competition
Jonathan Ortloff ’09, Plattsburgh, N.Y.; Organ and Mechanical Engineering
Association for Reserach in Otolaryngology
Travel Fellowship
Glenn Schneider, Resident, Department of Otolaryngology, School of Nursing
Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
2009 Graduate Fellow
Sandra Quinones, Doctoral student, Teaching & Curriculum
Barry M. Goldwater Scholars
Patrick Sheehan ’11, Troy, Mich.; Physics & Astronomy and Mathematics
Sean Virgile ’10, Franklin, Pa.; Biomedical Engineering
Bernard S. Baker Fuel Cell Scholarship Fund/Fuel Cell Seminar
2008 Dr. Bernard S. Baker Student Award for Fuel Cell Research
Yuxiu Liu, Graduate student; Chemical Engineering
Churchill Scholar
Kristin Beck ’09, Colts Neck, N.J.; Physics and Mathematics
Coleman Chamber Music Competition
2009 Coleman-Saunderson Prize for Woodwinds & Brass
Arabesque Winds (woodwind quintet)
Council on International Educational Exchange
Ping Fellowship
Chelsea BaileyShea, Doctoral student, Educational Policy & Theory
DAAD-German Academic Exchange Service
2008 Research Internship in Science and Engineering
Victoria Chu ’09, New York, N.Y.; Chemistry
Colleen Kellenberger ’09, Worthington, Ohio; Chemistry and Biological Sciences
Down Beat Student Music Awards
Winner, College Big Band Category
Eastman New Jazz Ensemble
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Kauffman-Singapore Scholar
Daniel Fink ’09, Medford, N.J.; Chemical Engineering
Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
Gold Medalists
Red Line Saxophone Quartet
Brandon Kies ’10E, Kalkaska, Mich. (alto saxophone)
Douglas O’Connor, doctoral student (soprano saxophone)
Qun Gai ’10E, Liaoning Province, China (tenor saxophone)
Quinn Lewis ’10E, Doylestown, Pa. (baritone saxophone)
41st Annual Inorganic Discussion Weekend
Best Presentation
Meagan Evans, Graduate student, Chemistry
Fulbright Scholars
Nicholas Brown ’09, Amherst, Mass.; Mechanical Engineering
Scott Herman ’09, Cherry Hill, N.J.; Linguistics and Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Derek Hommel ’09, Manlius, N.Y.; Japanese
Chelsea McGuire ’09, Liverpool , N.Y.; Microbiology & Immunology
Kira Thurman, Doctoral student, History
Clare Zuraw, Graduate student, Teaching English to Students of Other Languages
Getty Foundation
Research Fellowship
Mara Gladstone, Graduate student, Visual & Cultural Studies
Harvard Musical Association
2009 Arthur W. Foote Prize
Arabesque Winds (woodwind quintet)
IBM Center for Advanced Studies
Student Fellows
Bin Bao, Graduate student, Computer Science
Xiaoya Xiang, Graduate student, Computer Science
Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship
Fellowship
Mazin Melegy ’11, Parsippany, N.J.; History
Institute of International Education
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Christine Caruana ’10, Utica, N.Y; Art and Anthropology
Laura Dobrzynski ’10, Franklin, Mass.; Anthropology and German
Jessica Gambacurta ’10, East Rochester, N.Y.; Religion and International Relations
Damian LaRue ’10, Waverly, N.Y.; Psychology
Shirley Liang ’10, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Financial Economics
Libby Miga ’10, Barneveld, N.Y.; Psychology
Rayna Oliker ’10, Boston; Religion and Sustainability in Global Culture
Nancy Olson ’09, Gearhart, Ore.; Health & Society
Ashanti O’Steen ’09, Buffalo; Health and Society
Jason Powell ’10, Rumson, N.J.; Japanese
Natalie Scott ’11, Lima, N.Y.; International Relations and English
Chelsea Shaffer ’10, Fort Plain, N.Y.; English
Stephen Supoyo ’10, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Molecular Genetics
Ashley Tamilio-Awed ’10, Worcester, Mass.; Health & Society
Rachel Twardowski ’10, Buffalo; Biomedical Engineering
Victoria Yam ’10, Fairport, N.Y.; Biochemistry and German
International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition
2008 Grand Prize
Arabesque Winds (woodwind quintet)
Merck & Co.
Undergraduate Travel Award
Rebecca Murphy ’09, North Chelmsford, Mass.; Chemistry
Music Teachers National Association Chamber Music Competition
First Prize
Red Line Saxophone Quartet
Brandon Kies ’10E, Kalkaska, Mich. (alto saxophone)
Douglas O’Connor, doctoral student (soprano saxophone)
Qun Gai ’10E, Liaoning Province, China (tenor saxophone)
Quinn Lewis ’10E, Doylestown, Pa. (baritone saxophone)
National Conference of Black Political Scientists
2008 Sammy Younge Award for Best Student Paper
For “Knocking on the President’s Door”
Daniel Gillion, Doctoral student, Political Science
National Institutes of Health
Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award
Vishal Anugu ’09, Penfield, N.Y.; Chemistry
Undergraduate Scholarship
Brian Palmisano ’09, Quakertown, Pa.; Biochemistry and Chemistry
National Science Foundation
2009 Graduate Research Fellowship
David Borrelli ’09, Webster, N.Y.; Chemical Engineering
Society for Applied Spectroscopy, New York Section
2008 Graduate Student Award
Lisa Carlson, Graduate student, Chemistry
SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009 SPIE Scholarship in Optical Science and Engineering
Chris Evans, Graduate student, Chemistry
Teach for America
Placement in New York City
Emily Myers ’09, Rochester; German and History
Tech and Learning Magazine
Leader of the Year
Edward Foote, Doctoral student, Educational Leadership
U.S. Department of Defense
2009 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Colleen Kellenberger ’09, Worthington, Ohio; Chemistry and Biological Sciences
