Honors & Other
Things
Dr.
Winston: Judson Daland Prize
Dr.
Flaura K.
Winston,
assistant
professor
of pediatrics,
and founder
and director
of TraumaLink
at Children's Hospital,
is the third
recipient
of the Judson
Daland Prize
for Outstanding
Achievement in
Clinical
Investigation.
The award
is given
by The American
Philosophical
Society.
Dr. Winston
won the award
for "her
work on the
biomedical
and psychological
foundation
of pediatric
trauma prevention
and treatment." Dr.
Winston is
considered
a pioneer
in biomechanical
epidemiology,
a discipline
that combines engineering,
medicine,
and public
health in
order to
understand,
and treat
pediatric
car crash
injuries,
the leading
cause of
death and
acquired
disability
for children
in the
U.S.
The
Judson Daland
Prize was instituted
by the American
Philosophical
Society in order
to draw attention
to the need for
young clinical
investigators
and to recognize
outstanding achievement
in clinical investigation,
particularly patient-oriented
research.
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Dr.
Cashmore:
Member of
NAS
Dr.
Anthony R. Cashmore,
professor of biology
and director of
Plant Sciences
Institute, has
been named a member
of the National
Academy of Sciences.
He was one of
72 new members
elected this year.
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Dr.
Hughes: Member
of NAE
Dr.
Thomas P. Hughes,
emeritus professor
of history and
sociology of science,
has been elected
a member of the
National Academy
of Engineering.
Dr. Hughes was
cited for his
contributions
to, and the effective
dissemination
of the history of
technology.
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Dr.
Lipman:
Best
Abstract
Award
Dr.
Terri H.
Lipman,
associate
professor
of nursing,
has been
named this
year's recipient
of the Best
Abstract
Award at
the National
Endocrine
Society.
The abstract
deals with
her study
of pediatric
growth assessment
in family
practices.
She will
receive the
award in
June at the
Society's
meeting.
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Dr.
Tulman: Excellence
in Research
Dr.
Lorraine
J. Tulman,
associate
professor
of nursing,
has been
selected
to receive
the Association
of Women's
Health, Obstetric
and Neonatal
Nurses (AWHONN)
annual award
of Excellence
in Research.
The award
honors an
(AWHONN)
member who
is recognized
by peers
as exemplifying
the highest
standards
of nursing
in the area
of research.
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The
2003 Emeriti Faculty
At
the April ceremony
honoring professors
who recently were
accorded emeritus
status, President
Judith Rodin and
Provost Robert
Barchi acknowledged
the achievements
of the following faculty
members:
Fay
Ajzenberg-Selove,
Professor
of Physics
('70)
David
Babbel,
Professor
of Insurance
('85)
Roger
J. Bagshaw,
Associate
Professor
of Anesthesia
('73)
William
J. Bank,
Associate
Professor
of Neurology
('67)
William
J. Donawick,
Professor
of Surgery
('64)
C.
Nelson Dorny,
Professor
of Systems
Engineering
('65)
Alan
W. Heston,
Professor
of Economics
('62)
James
J. Leyden,
Professor
of Dermatology
('70)
Wallace
Thomas Miller,
Professor
of Radiology
('67)
Karl
F. Otto,
Jr.,
Professor
of Germanic
Languages
and Literature
('85)
Marvin
E. Steinberg,
Professor
of Orthopaedic
Surgery ('68)
Saul
Sternberg,
Professor
of Psychology
('85)
Rosalind
H. Troupin,
Professor
of Radiology
('78)
Note:
The year in parentheses
is the year the
professors
joined the faculty ranks.
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Penn
Prize for Excellence in Teaching
by
Graduate
Students
The
award was established
in 2000 by President
Judith Rodin.
This is the fourth
time awards have
been made. Dr.
Walter Licht,
associate dean,
has chaired the
Selection Committee
since its inception.
Nominations for
198 graduate student
teachers were
submitted by 268
undergraduates.
Based on those
nominations, a "statement
of teaching philosophy" and
letter of recommendation
from a faculty
member familar
with their teaching,
the Selection
Committee picked
a final ten awardees
and announced
13 other "Honorable
Mentions." One
member of the
Selection Committee
noted, "they
were all deserving." The
Selection Committee
included faculty,
former awardees,
and undergraduates
from the UA and
SCUE.
(Left
to right), front
row: Melody Mark,
President Judith
Rodin, Noah Lim,
Daniel Cain, Dr.
Walter Licht;
back row: Alexine
Fleck, Stephennie
Mulder, Shane
Yu, Dr. Peter
Conn, David Faris,
Christopher Makler,
Mike Smith, and
Suchitra Mattai.
2003
Winners:
Daniel
Cain (Mathematics)
David
Faris (Political
Science)
Alexine
Fleck (English)
Noah
Lim (Marketing)
Christopher
Makler (Economics)
Melody
Mark (Ancient
History)
Stephennie
Mulder (History
of
Art)
Suchitra
Mattai (Fine
Arts)
Mike
Smith (Biology)
Shane
Yu (Management)
The
winners' teaching philosophies
will be posted online
at www.upenn.edu/grad/pennprize/.
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The
2003 Ivy Stone was designed
by Elizabeth Voitko, C '03,
and will be placed in the
wall on the south side of
36th Street and Locust Walk
facing westward. 36th and
Locust Walk is also the
site for Class of 2003 Terrace,
which is this year's Senior
Class Gift.
Ivy
Day Award Recipients
Senior
Honor Awards and
recipients are:
Spoon
Award: Adam
F. Zimbler, COL,W
Bowl
Award: Arshad Hasan, COL
Cane
Award: Aaron M. Short,
COL
Spade
Award: Lincoln W. Ellis,
COL
Althea
K. Hottel Award: Julia
S. Gottlieb,COL
Gaylord
P. Harnwell Award: Aviva
N. Moster, COL
David
R. Goddard Award: Ella
S. Schwartz,COL
R.
Jean Brownlee Award: Rebecca
L. Silberman, COL
Leadership
Awards
Association
of Alumnae Fathers'
Trophy: Runa
Reta, COL
Class
of 1915 Award: Samuel
D. Burley, COL
Alumni
Society Student Award
of Merit:
Phillip
John Ferrara Geheb, COL
Rebecca
L. Hashim, COL
Lindsay
Jaffee, COL
David
B. Levin, W
William
D. Moore, COL
James
Howard Weiss Memorial
Award:
Jonathan
P. Wanderer, SEAS
Penn
Student Agencies Award:
Katherine
A.
Jorgensen,
COL
Sol
Feinstone Undergraduate
Awards:
Sabrina
D.
Harvey
W'03
Ethan
J. Kay W'03
Jason
M.
Levy
C'04
Seth
A.
Schreiberg
C'03
Class
of 1939 Graduate
Fellows
The
Class of 1939 created
a fund in 1995 to provide
two fellowships each
year to doctoral students
who have earned a Penn
undergraduate degree
within the three academic
years prior to the
start of their doctoral
studies. This year's
recipients, chosen
in a University-wide
competition are:
Dolores
Pizarro, C'03, a
major in South
Asia Regional
Studies, specializing
in Sanskrit. Her
honors thesis
is on the Mughal
emperor Akbar
and his school
of thought, the
Din-i Ilhi. She
will enter Penn's
Ph.D. program
in South Asia Studies
and plans to become
a professor of
Sanskrit.
Leonardo
Dugan, C'02,
majored in music.
While here, he
produced several
original compositions
including a five-movement
suite that he
composed, rehearsed,
and conducted
as part of the
Provost's orientation
for incoming first-year
students. He will
enter Penn's Ph.D.
program in Music
(Composition).
PAWS:
Wharton Business
Plan
Wharton
MBA husband and wife
team,Chris and Natasha
Ashton from Great
Britain, along with
teammates Alex Krooglik
and Laura Bennett,
have won the latest
Wharton Business Plan
Competition. They won
the $20,000 grand prize
for PAWS Pet Health
Insurance. It is accident/illness
pet health insurance
for pet owners in the
U.S.
Nassau
Grants
Richard
Alonso, CGS'02,
for Nutrient
Translocation
to Chesapeake
Bay
Anthony
Ambrosini, C'04,
for Archaeology
Straddling Time
Arielle
Bernstein, C'03,
for On The Acquisition
of DP in English-Speaking
Children With SLI
Mary
Braun, C'03, for Land
Value Taxation
Yevgeny
Brudno, C'04,
for Proposed
Investigtion into
the Sterochemistry
of the 2+2 photocyacloaddition/retro-Mannich
sequence of vinylogous
amides
Christopher
Crisman, C'03,
for What Steel Remains
A Visual Perspective
of the Western Pennsylvanian
Steel Industry
Julia
Gottlieb, C'03,
for Mythic Exoticism:
An Analysis of Modern
Scholarship on Hildegard
von Bingen
Marisa
Groveman, C'03,
for The Population
Histories of Three
Jiri Region Ethnic
Groups From Nepal Through
mtDNA Analysis
A.
Bennette Harrison, C'03,
for The Zagros
Aurignacian: More
than Typology
Dora
Kravitz, C'03,
for Investigation
of the Influence of
Soil And Moisture Induced
Corrosion on the Magnetic
Properties of Buried
Steel Toxic
Waste Drums
Katarzyna
Kubin,
C'03, for Race
Relations
in France:
A Colonial
Legacy
Emily
Mok, E'04, for Healthcare
Privacy Policy: A Case
Study on Breast Cancer
Genetic Testing (BRCA
land 2)
James
Palardy, C'04,
for The Effects
of Depth and Morphology
on Feeding Rates for
Three Scleractinian
Corals: An Experimental
Approach
Andrew
Pike, C'03, for A
Hydrologic and Soil
Analysis of Bosque
Estatal de Susua, Puerto
Rico
Sahand
Rahi, C'05,
for Protein
Structure Predictions
Aaron
Short, C'03, for University
Community Relations:
Boston University-Chelsea
School Partnership
Ilana
Weinbaum, C'03,
for The Integration
of Traditional and
Western Healing for
Native American Populations
Janai
Williams, C'03,
for Reshaping a
Neighborhood: The Impact
of Urban Renewal Policies
on the Hill District
Aaron
Yunis, W'02, for What
is the Required t-statistic
in the Capital Structure
Literature?
College
Alumni Society
and Undergraduate
Research Grants
Anthony
Ambrosini,
C'04, for Archaeology
Straddling Time:
Malloura, ca.
600 BCE and
Athienou, ca 2000
CE
Rachel
Bybee, C'04, for The
Effect of Social Darwinism
on French Imperialism
in Morocco at the Dawn
of the 20th Century
Lauren
Cohen, C'04, for The
Effects of Instant
Messenger and Self-Discloure
on Trust
Mei
Elansary, C'04,
for A Possible
Solution to the
Antibiotic Resistance
Problem: Studying
the Role of Integrases
in Resistance
Acquisition Through Optimization
of Expression
and Crystalization
of the Different
variants of Integrases
Meredith
Gamer, C'04,
for Political
and Cultural Implications
of Seventeenth-Century
Maps and City
Views of Paris,
France
John
Guinan, C'05,
for The Incidence
and Outcome of
Medical Malpractice
Cases Involving
Hospital-Acquired
Infections in
Pennsylvania
Madhu
Kumar, C'04,
for Characterization
of Chromosome
Aberrations in
Head and Neck
Cancer by Array
Comparative Genomic
Hybridization
Melissa
LaVigne, C'04,
for Benjamin
Franklin's Diplomatic
Mission to Paris
in 1777
Frank
Lin, C'04,
for Interaction
between TACE and
Signal Transduction
Proteins
Hayley
Lofink, C'04,
for Obesity
and Type II Diabetes
in the Children
of Hispanic Migrant
Workers in Southern
New Jersey
Paul
Samuelson,
C'04, for A
Study of How Interactions
Between Samuel
Beckett and W.
Bion Affected
Their Work
Marc
Tarlock, C'04,
for The Battle
Over the Teaching
of Evolution and
Creationism in
the 1980s
Sarah
Tobey, C'04,
for Regulation
and Function of
the Hormone Ghrelin
Involved in Body
Weight Homeostasis
Elizabeth
Todd, C'04,
for An Investigation
of Black/Jewish
Relations in Chicago
During the Interwar
Period, in a Labor
Context
Joannie
Yeh, C'04,
for In 3d:
Examining the
Correlation between
Lewy Bodies, Senile
Plaques and Neurofibrillary
Tangles in Alzheimer's
Disease and Parkinson's
Disease
Mateusz
Zadrozny,
C'04, for An
Historical
Anatomy of
the Argentine
Crisis: 1991-2001
Nicholas
Zwang, C'04,
for Individualist
Anarchism in the
United States
Association
of Alumnae Scholars
Rosemary
D. Mazzatenta
Award
Carol
Chyau, C/W'04,
for The Sustainability
of Microfinance
Institutions:
A Case Study on
Edyficar
Ms.
Reta: Richey Award
Runa
Reta, C
'03, has
received the Betty
Richey Award,
becoming only
the third player
in the squash
program's history
to earn the award.
The award is given
to the women's
squash player
that best exemplifies
the ideals of
squash in her
love of and devotion
to the game. Ms.
Reta is currently
ranked second
in the nation.
Mr.
Chaput: 1st Place
Penn Relays
Junior Brian
Chaput threw
his javelin to
a first place
finish at this
year's Penn Relays
breaking a 16-year
drought for the
Quakers. Mr. Chaput
hurled the javelin
227 feet, not
his personal best
but good enough
to take first place
for the first
time in this event
since 1922.
Penn
Team: Ninja Film
Contest
A
team of one dozen students
and alumni of the Digital
Media Design (DMD)
program led by sophomore Joshua
Gorin and 2001
DMD alumnus Neil
Chatterjee have
won the grand prize
in a competition sponsored
by videogame publisher
Activision. The $15,000
prize was for a three-minute
Ninja-theme film. The
team beat 69 other
entries that were judged
by producer Terence
Chang and director
John Woo.
The
DMD program is an undergraduate
degree program that
unites the department
of computer and information
science, GSFA, and
the Annenberg School
for Communication.
To
view the prize winning
film visit www.tenchuwrathofheaven.com.
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