Appointments

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June 03, 2019
After leading the largest and most successful capital campaign in ӰƵ’s history, Bruce Loessin is stepping down as the university’s fundraising leader at the end of this month.
“What an amazing ride that [capital campaign]
has been,” Loessin said in thanking the university relation...

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May 31, 2019
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Blanton S. Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, has accepted an appointment invitation to become a permanent member of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC). The council can advise on the direct...

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May 31, 2019
Elizabeth Meckes, professor in the Department of
Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, was named 2019 Fellow of the
Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
The honor was in recognition of Meckes’ contributions to Stein's method and to random matrix theory.
Read more about this year’s hono...

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May 31, 2019
Mark Joseph, the Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Associate Professor in Community Development and founding director of the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, was elected to serve on the governing board of the Urban Affairs Association.
The association is an international body of scholar...

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May 31, 2019
Elisabeth Werner, professor in the Department of
Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, was awarded the
Caroline-Herschel Visiting Professorship at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
The university-wide Caroline-Herschel Professorship is
awarded to “an excellent international scientist to ...

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April 26, 2019
Vice President for Research and Technology Management Suzanne Rivera will serve on the Association of American Universities (AAU) Strategy for Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination Advisory Board.
The board seeks to identify challenges and share effective practices and policies concerning se...

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April 26, 2019
Tim Webster, associate professor of law and director of Asian Legal Studies, was one of 12 scholars selected for the fifth cohort of the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future. The network identifies American scholars and professionals who can:
Further develop U.S.-Japan relations; Inform the American p...

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April 26, 2019
Rebecca M. Patton was named the inaugural holder of the Lucy Jo Atkinson Professorship in Perioperative Nursing at ӰƵ's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.
About Patton
A member of the nursing school faculty since 2011 and a former two-term president of the Amer...

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April 26, 2019
Kristen Connors, a first-year law student, has been awarded the prestigious Peggy Browning Fellowship, established for law students in labor law and workers' rights.
About the fellowship
The fellowship supports first-
and second-year law students as they complete the Summer Fellowship Program, a
1...

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April 26, 2019
Susan Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics, will be a co-director of a new program looking at innovation, prosperity and opportunity through the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
Helper was one of 12 applicants selected to participate in this program, which will look at h...