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October 20, 2015, Volume 62, No. 10 |
AAN Fellows
Ira Harkavy: Chair, NSF Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering
Mark Haskins: ISMRD Award
TCPW Undergrad Advising Awards
Whitney Stewart: National Youth of the Year, Boys & Girls Clubs
Green Purchasing Awards
AAN Fellows
During the American Academy of Nursing’s annual policy conference in Washington, DC last week, three Penn Nursing faculty members were inducted as fellows: J. Margo Brooks Carthon, assistant professor of nursing; Helene Moriarty, adjunct associate professor of nursing and JoAnne Reifsnyder, adjunct assistant professor of nursing.
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Ira Harkavy: Chair, NSF Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering
Ira Harkavy, associate vice president and founding director of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, has been appointed by the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), France A. Córdova, to serve as chair of the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE) from February 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017.
This Congressionally mandated committee to the NSF advises the Foundation on policies and programs to encourage full participation by women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities within all levels of America’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) enterprise.
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Mark Haskins: ISMRD Award
Mark Haskins, professor of pathology and medical genetics at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine, received an award from the International Society for Mannosidosis and Related Diseases (ISMRD) at the Glycoproteinoses: Fourth International Conference on Advances in Pathogenesis and Therapy in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Haskins was recognized for his lifetime of service and knowledge of lysosomal storage diseases.
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TCPW Undergrad Advising Awards
The Trustees’ Council of Penn Women (TCPW) will present their 4th Annual Advising Awards at the TCPW Fall Conference on November 6 to Grace Kao, professor of sociology, education and Asian American studies in SAS and Katherine Kuchenbecker, the Class of 1940 Bicentennial Term Chair in SEAS.
To mark the quarter-century milestone of the Council, the TCPW 25th Anniversary Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising was established to recognize undergraduate advisors who have distinguished themselves in providing outstanding assistance and advice to their advisees and who have made a significant impact on the academic experience of these students.
TCPW is an international network of Penn alumnae. By power of their example, these leaders support, foster and promote the advancement of women and women’s issues within Penn, thus enriching the University community as a whole.
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Whitney Stewart: National Youth of the Year, Boys & Girls Clubs
Whitney Stewart, a University of Pennsylvania freshman and political science major from Sarasota, Florida, is the recipient of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s National Youth of the Year Award for 2015-2016. She also earned the title of 2015-2016 Southeast Youth of the Year. She received the award last month at a ceremony in Washington, DC. Ms. Stewart will receive $145,000 in academic scholarships and prizes and will serve as the official spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Club and its Young Alumni & Friends Club.
Later this year, Ms. Stewart will travel to the White House to meet President Obama.
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Green Purchasing Awards
Penn’s first Green Purchasing Awards were bestowed at the annual Purchasing Services Supplier Show on September 30. This new award honors the leading actions of any individual or team that significantly advances the development of sustainable purchasing practices at Penn.
The Bright Idea Award was presented to the team (below) that established the ULT (ultra-low temperature) Freezer Efficiency Program, which works with labs to replace electrically inefficient freezers with high-efficiency freezers, using financial incentives from the Green Fund to offset the cost of the replacements.
Another Green Purchasing Award recipient was David Roush, director of ITS Operations from Penn Law, for achieving the highest percentage of green office products purchased in the previous fiscal year.
To learn more, visit http://www.purchasing.upenn.edu/news/151006_01.php
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(Above, from left to right) ULT team members Sarah Fisher, sustainability strategic planning associate (FRES), Eric Weckel, executive director, space planning and operations (PSOM); with Marie Witt, vice president of business services; and team member Andrew Zarynow, energy planning engineer (FRES). |
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October 20, 2015, Volume 62, No. 10
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