12/4/2001, HONORS & Other Things - Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 14

HONORS & Other Things

AAOMS Award: Dr. Fonseca

Dr. Raymond J. Fonseca, dean of the School of Dental Medicine, has been named the William J. Gies Award winner by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS). The award is given annually in recognition of an educator's distinguished achievement in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Dr. Rodin: NAWBO Award

President Judith Rodin received the 2001 Women of Distinction Award last week, presented by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Dr. Rodin was one of 25 women recognized for making exceptional contributions in their field and in their community.

PENNSmiles for Children

The School of Dental Medicine has received funding from the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to equip a mobile dental van for delivery of oral health education, screening, and referral services to minority children in West Philadelphia. Known as PENNSmiles, the initiative will enable the Dental School to provide treatment to local minority children in their own neighborhoods.

"It is very important for us not only to provide access to care to those children who otherwise would not be able to get it, but also to strengthen our ongoing relationship with the Philadelphia School District,"said Dean Fonseca.

Wallace Berry Award: Dr. Judd

Dr. Cristle Collins Judd, associate professor of music, has been awarded the Wallace Berry Award from the Society for Music Theory for her book, Reading Renaissance Music Theory: Hearing with the Eyes (Cambridge University Press, 2000). The annual award is given in recognition of a distinguished book that constitutes a significant contribution to the field of music theory.

The committee, in conferring the award cited Dr. Judd's book "…in its very nature, an exemplary work. A deeply researched hermeneutic study, it examines the manifold cultural and theoretical resonances of musical examples that theorists deploy in their writings. "

Penn Faculty Fulbright Scholars

Two faculty members have been named Fulbright Scholars this year.

Dr. Philip M. Nichols, associate professor of legal studies, will lecture in Law and Legal Concepts, at Mongolian National University.

Dr. Peggy R. Sanday, professor of anthropology, will lecture in Human Consequences of Anthropology in the Past, Present and Future from the Point of View of Philosophy, at St. Petersburg State University, Russia.

President AAS: Dr. Ludden

Dr. David Ludden, professor of history, has been elected president of the Association of Asian Studies (AAS), for a one-year term beginning in April 2002. The AAS is the preeminent international organization representing scholars of East, Southeast, and South Asia.

APS Executive Officer: Drs. Dunn

Dr. Richard Slator Dunn and Dr. Mary Maples Dunn have been named the executive officer of the American Philosophical Society beginning March 1, 2002. Dr. Richard Dunn, emeritus professor of history, was the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History, and the founder and director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies. His wife, Dr. Mary Dunn is the former President of Smith College and professor of history and dean at Bryn Mawr College, and until recently, was the acting dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and director of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe.

GSA Nursing Research Award

Dr. Neville E. Strumpf, the Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in Gerontology, and Dr. Lois K. Evans, co-director of the John A. Hartford Center for Gerontologic Nursing Excellence at Penn's School of Nursing, will share the fourth annual Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award from the Geronto-logical Society of America. Dr. Strumpf and Dr. Evans have focused their research on changing the care of frail elderly prople from control-based custodial care to individualized restorative care. They were the first to investigate restraint use in the U.S., comparing its use here to the lack of restraint use in the U.K. and Sweden.

Nursing Awards

Student Nurses at Penn (SNAP) received several honors at the Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania's 49th annual convention in November. For the first time, a Penn student has been elected to the state board of directors. Sophmore Laura Breyfogle was elected to the position of Secretary-Treasurer on the Executive Committee. She will also chair the Budget and Scholarship Committees for the state. Ms. Breyfogle is currently treasurer of SNAP and secretary-treasurer of the University's Nominations and Elections Committee.

SNAP received the Chapter Excellence Award, the Web site Award, and Gold Achievement Membership Award.

Assistant Professor of Health Care of Women and Children Dr. Diane Spatz, was selected as Faculty Advisor of the Year.

Institute of Medicine: New Members

Dr. Racquel E. Gur, professor and director, neuropsychiatry section, and Dr. Brian L. Strom, professor and chair, department of biostatistics and epidemiology, and director, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, have been elected as members to the Institute of Medicine.

Dr. Ralph F. Hirschmann, professor of bioorganic chemistry, has been elected to the Institute's senior membership. The Institute of Medicine, is an arm of the National Academies.

Anti-Terrorism Research

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is carrying announcements of anti-terrorism research funding opportunities on its web site, plus links to bioterrorism information from multiple sources including the CDC and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

This information may be accessed at www.upenn.edu/research/.

--Neal Nathanson, Vice Provost for Research