Kudos
Faculty and Staff Honored
Eric Blackman, professor of physics and astronomy,
has been elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society, the world’s
largest and most prestigious association of physicists.
Robert Foster, professor of anthropology, has
been named the Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University.
John Howell, an assistant professor of physics
and astronomy, was selected to receive a 2004 Presidential Early Career Award
for Scientists and Engineers, an honor given to professionals at the outset
of their independent research careers.
Todd Krauss, an assistant professor of chemistry,
received the 2005 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.
The National Council of University Research Administrators has selected Gunta
Liders, the director of the Office of Research and Project Administration,
to receive a 2005 Distinguished Service Award.
Elizabeth McAnarney, professor and chair of the
Department of Pediatrics, received an honorary degree from SUNY Upstate Medical
University.
The American Hospital Association has awarded the Medical
Center its annual “Circle of Life” Citation of Honor in recognition
of the center’s community-based palliative care and end-of-life care initiative,
research programs, and education for medical students and residents.
Work by Scott Thompson, a resident in the Department
of Otolaryngology, on the effects of hormones on hearing has been cited as the
most important research by a young doctor in the field in 2005 by the American
Academy of Otolaryngology.
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