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Andres Pinto, chair and professor of oral and maxillofacial medicine and diagnostic sciences, is the new president-elect of the American Academy of Oral Medicine (AAOM), a membership organization representing the specialty of oral medicine in the United States. Pinto has been part of the academy’s…

Clare Rimnac, Distinguished University Professor and the Wilbert J. Austin Professor of engineering, was named among the American Society Metals (ASM) International Class of 2020 Fellows in recognition of her "sustained research excellence in orthopedic biomechanics and biomaterials, particularly…

Joseph C. LaManna, the Jeannette M. and Joseph S. Silber Professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, was inducted as a fellow of the American Physiological Society. The rank of fellow is reserved to honor distinguished leaders who have demonstrated excellence in science, have made…

The Veale Institute of Entrepreneurship has launched its pilot Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EiR) program to support students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members in developing entrepreneurial ventures. By leveraging years of experience in fields including mergers and acquisitions, legal…

The 2020 Staff Advisory Council’s general election is complete, with several individuals elected and re-elected as members for the 2020-22 term. The following individuals were elected: College of Arts and SciencesMeagan RodgersRenee Holland-GolphinKathryn Shafer Case School of…

Elina Gertsman, the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor in Catholic Studies II and professor of art history, was named a councilor of the Medieval Academy of America. Council members serve as the board of directors of the academy, and their duties include establishing the academy's policy,…

Burcu Gurkan, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was recently named a Fellow for Scialog: Negative Emissions Science. As part of the new, multi-year initiative, Gurkan will join more than 50 promising early-career scientists taking up the pressing…

Angela Clark-Taylor, director of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, was named treasurer of the National Women’s Studies Association. Clark-Taylor’s appointment came through a special election to fill vacant seats on the association’s governing council. Her term will be from November 2020 to…

Craig Lanier Allen, the postdoctoral fellow in African American history in the Department of History, has received an inaugural Emerging Voices Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). Allen is a historian of the United States in the 20th century, focusing on foreign…

Like many scientists before him, Walter Boron’s medical discoveries are founded in basic scientific research, figuring out how things work. His breakthrough happened early, as a graduate student at Washington University in the mid-1970s. His first publication reporting the initial example of the…