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Graduate student Raghav Tripathi selected to participate in patient safety roundtable
Raghav Tripathi, a dual medical and Master of Public Health student, has been chosen to participate in the annual Telluride Patient Safety Educational Roundtable this summer in Telluride, Colorado. He is one of only 40 medical students from around the country chosen to participate, thanks to…
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President Snyder elected chair of the American Council on Education board
President Barbara R. Snyder was elected to chair of the board of the American Council on Education (ACE). She became board chair during ACE2018, ACE's 100th annual meeting, in Washington, D.C., last month. President Snyder will serve for one year in this position. She previously served as vice…
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Engineering’s YeongAe Heo named American Society of Civil Engineers ExCEEd Fellow
YeongAe Heo, an assistant professor of civil engineering, was selected as a 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers ExCEEd Fellow. Heo also is a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellow. The ExCEEd Teaching Workshop is a six-day…
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PRCHN director Elaine Borawski named American Academy of Health Behavior Fellow
Elaine Borawski, director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, has been named one of the American Academy of Health Behavior's (AAHB) 2017 Fellows. Fellow status in the AAHB is granted in recognition of significant contributions to the field of health behavior research and…
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Barendt named executive director of the Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems
Nick Barendt has been named executive director of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems (ISSACS). ISSACS was created in 2016 to empower faculty, students and partners to conduct research and catalyze breakthroughs in the emerging economy known as the…
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George Washington University arts and sciences dean named ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ provost
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s next provost and executive vice president will be Ben Vinson III, an accomplished historian of Latin America now serving as dean of George Washington University’s Columbian College of Arts & Sciences. “Ben Vinson III will bring an exemplary record of leadership,…
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Engineering’s Mario Garcia-Sanz appointed program director of ARPA-E
Mario Garcia-Sanz, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science and the inaugural Milton and Tamar Maltz Endowed Chair in Energy Innovation, has been selected for a two-year stint as a program director at the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy…
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Mandel School’s Mark Joseph named to George Gund Foundation board of trustees
Mark Joseph Mark Joseph, the Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Associate Professor in Community Development, has been named to the George Gund Foundation’s board of trustees. Joseph is the founding director of the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, which conducts research and consulting…
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Engineering’s James T’ien elected to fellowship of the Combustion Institute
James T’ien James T’ien, the Leonard Case Jr. Professor of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been elected to the inaugural class of fellows of the Combustion Institute. As dedicated members of the international combustion community, the 125 elected fellows…
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Weatherhead School’s David Cooperrider returns to faculty director position at Fowler Center
David Cooperrider, the Char and Chuck Fowler Professor of Business as an Agent of World Benefit and the Fairmount Santrol - David L. Cooperrider Professor in Appreciative Inquiry, was recently appointed as the faculty director of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World…