Lifetime Achievement: Dr. Becker
Dr. Lance Becker, professor of emergency medicine and director of the Center for Resuscitation Science at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, is the recipient of the American Heart Association’s 2012 Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cardiac Resuscitation Science. He has held numerous leadership posts within the American Heart Association, and he helped create the organization’s Resuscitation Science Symposium, the leading international venue for the presentation of cutting-edge science in resuscitation.
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APS Fellowship: Dr. Carpick
Dr. Robert Carpick, professor and chair of Penn’s department of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has been elected to the 2012 Fellowship Class of the American Physical Society (APS). Dr. Carpick was nominated by the APS Division of Materials Physics for “his outstanding contributions to developing an atomic-level understanding of the tribological phenomena of friction, adhesion, and wear.” |
Euro-American Women's Council Award: Dr. Christofidou-Solomidou
Dr. Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou, research associate professor of medicine in the Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Division at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, received the Euro-American Women’s Council (EAWC) Goddess Artemis Award. She was honored for her contributions in academic research to the international medical community.
The EAWC is an internationally recognized non-profit organization based in Athens and New York. The Goddess Artemis Award pays tribute to individuals from the fields of business, civil rights, medicine, sports, academia, science, arts and culture whose achievements have decisively contributed to the growth and advancement of societies on a national and international scale. |
2014 Whitney Biennial Curator: Mr. Elms
Dr. Robert Carpick, professor and chair of Penn’s department of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has been elected to the 2012 Fellowship Class of the American Physical Society (APS). Dr. Carpick was nominated by the APS Division of Materials Physics for “his outstanding contributions to developing an atomic-level understanding of the tribological phenomena of friction, adhesion, and wear.” |
Penn Tops Ranking for Security
For the sixth year in a row, the University of Pennsylvania Division of Public Safety has been awarded the No. 1 spot in Security magazine’s “Security 500” list for the higher education sector.
“This accomplishment could not be possible without the continual support of our President Amy Gutmann, Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, Provost Vincent Price, and the exceptional dedication of the women and men of the Division of Public Safety,” said Vice President for Public Safety Maureen S. Rush. |
Grant to Study Success at Minority-serving Institutions: Dr. Gasman
The USA Funds has given Dr. Marybeth Gasman, professor in Penn's Graduate School of Education, Dr. Clifton Conra, from University of Wisconsin-Madison and their team a $275,000 grant to research student success at Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)-serving institutions. In this first-of-its-kind study, the researchers will study retention, learning and degree attainment at three AAPI institutions during the next two years. They will examine the environments at these colleges and universities, student success initiatives and institutional data, as well as peer relationships and faculty-student relationships. By December 2013, Drs. Gasman and Conrad hope to have an in-focus panoramic view of student success at minority-serving institutions and how these "Models of Success" can be duplicated to develop more diversity within higher education. |
Pacemaker Awards: Daily Pennsylvanian
The Daily Pennsylvanian (the DP) was presented with two Pacemaker awards—considered the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize for college newspapers—for both the print newspaper and the website at the largest college media conference in the country in Chicago last month. This was the first Pacemaker for the DP since back-to-back wins in 2007 and 2008. The DP has now received the Pacemaker Award a total of nine times since 1997. This was the first-ever Pacemaker for the DP’s website, theDP.com, thanks to the site’s complete overhaul and redesign in 2011. |
Chauvenet Prize: Dr. Ghrist
Dr. Robert Ghrist, the Andrea Mitchell University Professor in Penn’s departments of mathematics in SAS and electrical and systems engineering in SEAS, has been named as the recipient of the 2013 Chauvenet Prize of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The prize is awarded for outstanding exposition of a mathematical topic in an article. Dr. Ghrist, Penn’s seventh PIK Professor, won for “Barcodes: The Persistent Topology of Data” in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 45 (2008). The official award will be presented on January 10, 2013 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings Prize Session in San Diego.
This is the second year in a row that SAS faculty have been awarded this prize (Almanac February 14, 2012). |
Initial Class of AMS Fellows: Sixteen Penn Faculty
Mathematical scientists from around the world, including 16 from the University of Pennsylvania, have been named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society for 2013, the program’s initial year. This inaugural class of 1,119 Fellows represents more than 600 institutions.
The Fellows of the AMS designation recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication and utilization of mathematics.
The Penn honorees are:
Dr. Eugenio Calabi, Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics Emeritus, SAS
Dr. Dennis DeTurck, dean of The College, Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor in SAS and professor of mathematics
Dr. Ron Y. Donagi, professor of mathematics, SAS
Dr. Peter Freyd, professor of mathematics emeritus, SAS
Dr. Murray Gerstenhaber, professor of mathematics emeritus, SAS
Dr. James Haglund, professor of mathematics, SAS
Dr. David Harbater, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor, SAS
Dr. Richard V. Kadison, Gustave C. Kuemmerle Professor of Mathematics, SAS
Dr. Jerry L. Kazdan, professor of mathematics, SAS
Dr. Alexandre Kirillov, professor of mathematics, SAS
Dr. Albert Nijenhuis, professor of mathematics emeritus, SAS
Dr. Robin Pemantle, Merriam Term Professor of Mathematics, SAS
Dr. Florian Pop, Samuel D. Schack Professor of Algebra, SAS
Dr. Robert Powers, professor of mathematics, SAS
Dr. Lawrence Shepp, professor of statistics, Wharton
Dr. Jim Stasheff, visiting professor in the mathematics department, SAS |
APSA Vice President: Dr. Hirschmann
Dr. Nancy Hirschmann, professor of and graduate chair in Penn’s department of political science in the School of Arts & Sciences, was elected vice president of the American Political Science Association (APSA) for 2012-2013. She is one of three new vice presidents serving one-year terms.
APSA, the largest professional organization for the study of politics, serves more than 15,000 members in over 80 countries. |
IP LawMeet National Champions
Lauren Saltiel and Christina Wong, both second year Penn Law students, are National Champions of the Intellectual Property (IP) LawMeet, which took place November 8 and 9 at Drexel University’s Earle Mack School of Law. They won both Best Negotiation overall and top honors for Best Draft.
The IP LawMeet is a national transactional “moot court,” which this year drew schools from as far as California. Teams spent the last two months drafting a complex license redlining drafts from opposing counsel, and then negotiating against other teams in qualifying, semi-final and final rounds. |
Book Award: Dr. Horowitz
Dr. Michael C. Horowitz, associate professor of political science in the School of Arts & Sciences, has won the Furniss Book Award from the Mershon Center for International Security Studies for his book The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics. This award is given each year to an author whose first book makes an exceptional contribution to the study of national and international security. Last November, the book also earned Dr. Horowitz the 2010 Best Book Award from the International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association (Almanac December 13, 2011). |
Beutler Lecture and Prize: Dr. June
Dr. Carl H. June, the Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine and the director of Translational Research in Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center, was honored last week as one of the recipients of the American Society of Hematology’s 2012 Ernest Beutler Lecture and Prize at the 54th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Dr. June received the prize along with Dr. Bruce R. Blazar, of the University of Minnesota, for their significant advances in the field of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and adoptive immunotherapy. |
Smartest People: Dr. Kumar
Dr. Vijay Kumar, UPS Foundation Professor in the departments of mechanical engineering and applied science and the computer and information science in SEAS, was named one of the “Smartest People in Philadelphia” by Philadelphia Magazine.
The Magazine stated, “Just when you thought Apple had cornered the market on cool gadgets, along comes Kumar, the 50-year-old Penn prof who has invented tiny (as small as eight inches!) robots that can outmaneuver human-controlled drones, and even create 3-D maps of what they survey. Oh, and yeah: They fly.”
Dr. Kumar is also a winner of the 2012 World Technology Awards in the IT Hardware (Individual) category. The World Technology Network (WTN) presents these awards annually to outstanding innovators from each sector within the technology arena. The WTN is a community for and of those people working in and around new technologies, who are creating the future and changing the world. |
Pathways to Excellence: LIFE
Living Independently for Elders (LIFE), a program of Penn Nursing, has been granted a Pathways to Excellence designation through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Pathways to Excellence recognizes healthcare organizations for positive practice environments that meet 12 practice standards, set by the organization, that help nurses excel.
LIFE, founded in 1998, has served more than 600 Philadelphia seniors. The program provides all needed preventive, primary health, acute and long-term care services so that qualified older individuals may live in their own homes and communities as long as possible. |
Clinical Article Award: Dr. Lewis
Dr. Lisa Lewis, assistant professor of nursing in Penn Nursing, received the 2012 American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing Clinical Article of the Year Award for her article, “Factors Associated with Medication Adherence in Hypertensive Blacks: A Review of the Literature.” It was presented at the Cardiovascular Nursing Annual Council Dinner at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions.
The Clinical Article of the Year Award recognizes the importance of authors clearly communicating and promoting the goals of the American Heart Association and cardiovascular nursing in the context of cardiovascular research, practice and theory. |
Phyllis N. Stern Award: Dr. Meleis
Dr. Afaf I. Meleis, the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing at Penn Nursing, received the Phyllis N. Stern Award at the 19th Congress of the International Council on Women’s Health Issues (ICOWHI) in Bangkok, Thailand last month. Dr. Meleis is counsel general emerita of ICOWHI and is the International Council of Nurses Global Ambassador for the Girl Child Initiative. The Phyllis N. Stern Distinguished Lectureship, named in honor of ICOWHI’s founder and past counsel general, recognizes an internationally renowned leader in women’s health issues. |
Clinical Research Prize: Dr. Rader
Dr. Daniel Rader, professor of medicine and chief of the division of translational medicine and human genetics at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, has been awarded the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Clinical Research Prize for developing new methods to identify factors regulating the metabolism of fat particles in the bloodstream and testing their impact on the development of atherosclerosis. Dr. Rader received the award in November during the opening ceremony of the AHA Scientific Sessions. |
Radiology Award: Dr. Ramchandani
Dr. Parvati Ramchandani, section chief of genitourinary radiology and professor of radiology and surgery in the Perelman School of Medicine, was selected by the American Association for Women Radiologists as the 2012 recipient of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award for outstanding contributions to the field of radiology. Dr. Ramchandani was chosen for her service in numerous leadership and mentorship roles in the specialty. |
Patient Safety Award: Penn Medicine
A Penn Medicine team led by Dr. Craig Umscheid, assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology and director of the Center for Evidence-based Practice, was awarded by the Delaware Valley Healthcare Council and the Health Care Improvement Foundation with the first place 2012 Patient Safety Award. The honor, which comes with a $5,000 grant, recognizes the group’s work in leveraging information technology to decrease catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) using actionable alerts linked to the electronic health record.
The life-saving technology, together with other health system interventions, reduced CAUTIs by about 50 percent at HUP over about one year. Estimates suggest this effort also led to an estimated financial savings of approximately $140,000 annually. |
Fraternity/Sorority Advisors Award: Dr. Reikofski
Dr. Scott Reikofski, director of the Office of Student Affairs/Fraternity Sorority Life, received the Sue Kraft Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors on December 1 in Indianapolis. The group recognized his leadership as chair of the Fraternity and Sorority Knowledge Community, which creates partnerships with senior student affairs officers, and said he “embodies lifetime commitment to the fraternity and sorority advising profession.” |
Distinguished Alumna: Ms. Rosqueta
Ms. Katherina Rosqueta, WG’01, was honored by the WWIB with the Kathleen McDonald Distinguished Alumna Award, given at this year’s Wharton Women in Business (WWIB) Conference. As founding executive director at Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy and an adjunct faculty member at the School of Social Policy & Practice, Ms. Rosqueta earned the award for her professional excellence, worldwide leadership in the field of social impact, and her philanthropic pursuits with charities involved in the women’s and Asian communities. The award also recognizes Ms. Rosqueta as a role model to other Wharton women for her “balanced career.”
This award honors the accomplishments of alumnae and strengthens the bond between graduates and students. It is named for Kathleen McDonald, WG’79, who was an original founder of what was then the Graduate Women in Business Club. |
TMS Fellow: Dr. Srolovitz
Dr. David J. Srolovitz, Joseph Bordogna Professor of Engineering and Applied Science in the departments of materials science and engineering and mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, has been named a Fellow by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) “for global leadership in theoretical and computational materials science and groundbreaking and seminal contributions to fundamental understanding of surface and grain boundary phenomena.” |