Awards
May 06, 2013
Fourth-year engineering student Alan Filer has won a Fulbright scholarship to travel to South Korea in the fall. There, he’ll explore ways to make cheaper and cleaner alternatives to costly and toxic materials used in solar panels. Filer, who will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in materials…
May 01, 2013
What makes social work professor Mark Singer such an effective mentor is he never forgets the challenges he faced as a ӰƵ graduate student. He recalls the heavy workload and preparations for his doctoral exam, financial burdens and all-consuming researching and…
May 01, 2013
Daniela Calvetti’s efforts as chair of the mathematics department, teacher, mentor, adviser, researcher, role model—the list goes on—funnels down to a simple philosophy. “Each student has potential and has dreams and has goals, and it’s my job to make it easier for them to achieve these,” Calvetti…
April 30, 2013
Tina He, a PhD student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) mentored by Professor Philip Feng, won the Best Student Paper competition at the 8th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered &…
April 30, 2013
Students at ӰƵ School of Medicine know that even in nutrition courses, there’s always room for sweets. That’s because, in Colleen Croniger’s relatable, interactive teaching style, Halloween candy is the springboard to a broader discussion on biochemical pathways. She…
April 30, 2013
What makes Diane Bergeron a respected and appreciated teacher at the graduate level is her recognition of each student's particular talents, just as a skilled manager does within a successful organization. The key, she says, is a willingness to make adjustments so the best outcome can occur. "With…
April 26, 2013
Chemistry graduate student Jim Heckler won the International Precious Metals Institute's Johnson Matthey Graduate Student Award for his study of precious metals. Heckler is a member of associate professor of chemistry Thomas Gray's lab, which focuses on the design of novel and useful complexes of…
April 25, 2013
Doctoral student Elizabeth Hankins received the Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award. Hankins will travel to New Haven, Conn., in June to participate in the Symposium on Music in Schools that will take place at the Yale School of Music as part of the Music in Schools Initiative. With support…
April 25, 2013
Information Technology Services’ service desk partner CDI IT Solutions was named the 2013 Outsourcer of the Year by HDI April 18 at its national conference in Las Vegas. The CDI Enterprise Help Desk, located in Cross Lanes, W.Va., is the provider of the university’s around-the-clock IT Service…
April 24, 2013
In her pioneering studies, Cynthia Beall became used to the heady atmosphere high in the mountains of Tibet, Ethiopia and Peru. Now she’ll share rarified air with Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners and more as a new member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Beall, a Distinguished…