Awards
May 24, 2019
Two dental students won awards at the National Oral Health
Conference (NOHC) in Memphis last month. The Annual Predoctoral Dental Student Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Dentistry is sponsored by the American Association of Public Health Dentistry. Each dental school is…
May 24, 2019
The Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit
at the Weatherhead School of Management announced its 2019 Flourish Prize honorees
May 6–10 during a week-long virtual celebration. The 17 award winners, one for
each of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, were announced…
May 24, 2019
Annually, the ӰƵ Office for Energy & Sustainability honors members of the campus community with Sustainability Champion Awards. Each year, at least one student (two were recognized this year), one staff member and one faculty member receive an award for working hard…
May 24, 2019
Each year, the Department of English, SAGES and the Writing
Program host the Writing Program Award Ceremony to honor award-winning teachers
and students at the end of the year. The celebration is a recognition of ӰƵ
University writing faculty, which includes full- and part-time…
May 17, 2019
Longtime ӰƵ theoretical physicist also has a lyrical side Philip Taylor’s legacy at ӰƵ would be secure even if only reckoned by sheer numbers: The award-winning renowned scientist-researcher has been on the faculty for 55 years—for more than a quarter…
May 16, 2019
For most of her time as a mathematics undergraduate at Idaho State University, Jenny Hawkins was a shy student with an aversion to talking to her professors as strong as her determination to earn straight A's in their classes. Finally, in her junior year, a professor’s effort to ease Hawkins’…
May 16, 2019
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science professor Harold Connamacher wins Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Harold Connamacher has been called a “master teacher” by one colleague, a professor with “lifelong impact” by another, and simply “the most approachable professor I…
May 16, 2019
The business world’s loss has been a significant gain for students at ӰƵ and the School of Medicine. Monica Gerrek, assistant professor of bioethics, had taken a philosophy course as an undergraduate but opted for the ostensibly safer choice of pursuing a business…
May 15, 2019
When
Brian Gran began his career in academia nearly 20 years ago, “collaboration”
wasn’t as common a term or practice as it is today. But
his areas of expertise—law and society, human rights and health policy—couldn’t
fit into a single discipline if they were to be taught effectively, Gran…
May 15, 2019
Having never led a classroom before, Maggie Vinter moved to Japan in her early 20s to become a teacher of English as a second language to middle schoolers. “Seeing students go from not knowing to knowing—experiencing ideas as brand new—I found a love for teaching,” said Vinter, assistant…