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March 15, 2016, Volume 62, No. 26 |
Lee Bassett: NSF CAREER Award
Lee Bassett, assistant professor in the department of electrical & systems engineering at Penn, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his proposal, “Coupling Spin, Light, and Charge for Quantum Information Processing and Storage in Diamond.”
The goal of Dr. Bassett’s CAREER award is to explore new ways to control single electron spins in diamond, which could form the essential building blocks for quantum computers, secure quantum communication links and other chip-scale quantum technologies. It will also support the construction and deployment of hands-on demonstrations of quantum coherence, in which K-12 students and the general public can actually see quantum physics with their naked eyes in room-temperature devices. |
Joseph E. Bavaria: President, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Joseph E. Bavaria, the Brooke Roberts–William Maul Measey Professor in Surgery and director of the thoracic aortic surgery program in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has been elected 2016 President of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).
“I hope to spend my year as President focusing on expanding the STS National Database to include more cardiothoracic surgery procedures, and I also plan to execute educational opportunities globally,” Dr. Bavaria said. His clinical interests involve complex aortic diseases, cardiopulmonary transplantation and cardiac valve surgery. He has also published extensively on issues regarding thoracic aortic surgery and circulation management for complex thoracic aortic reconstruction. |
Valerie T. Cotter: NQF Neurology Standing Committee
Valerie T. Cotter, advanced senior lecturer and director of the adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, has been appointed to the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Neurology Standing Committee.
The Neurology Standing Committee will evaluate new measures and measures undergoing maintenance review for NQF’s Neurology Project 2015-2016. The committee will make recommendations for which measures should receive NQF endorsement as consensus standards for accountability and quality improvement as they relate to addressing conditions, treatments, interventions or procedures relating to neurological conditions such as stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, dementia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury. |
Ira Harkavy: 2016 Arthur V. Ciervo Award
Ira Harkavy, associate vice president and founding director of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at Penn, is the recipient of the College and University Public Relations and Associated Professionals’ (CUPRAP) 2016 Arthur V. Ciervo Award for service to higher education in the Commonwealth.
CUPRAP is one of the nation’s largest associations of higher education communications professionals, with 400 members representing over 100 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The award was presented during CUPRAP’s Annual Professional Development Conference last week in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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Gene Janda: Collegiate EMS Advisor of the Year
Gene Janda, chief of fire & emergency services at Penn, received the Collegiate EMS Advisor of the Year Award, 2015-2016, from the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF).
Mr. Janda accepted the award on behalf of all of the members of Penn’s Division of Public Safety who support the operations of the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT), Penn’s student-run emergency service organization. The award was presented at the NCEMSF Conference in Philadelphia last month.
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Noam Lior: Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science
Noam Lior, professor in the department of mechanical engineering & applied mechanics at Penn, has been elected to the World Academy of Art and Science. The Academy serves as a forum for reflective scientists, artists and scholars to discuss the vital problems of humankind independent of political boundaries or limits, whether spiritual or physical—a forum where these problems can be discussed objectively, scientifically, globally and free from vested interests or regional attachments, to arrive at solutions that affirm universal human rights and serve the interests of all humanity.
Dr. Lior’s research interests are in heat transfer and fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and Second-Law/Exergy analysis, energy conversion, solar energy, combustion, membrane distillation, flash evaporation and water desalination, destruction of hazardous wastes by photocatalysis and supercritical oxidation, scientific sustainability analysis and heat treatment.
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Jonathan D. Moreno: 2015-2016 Faculty Award of Merit
Jonathan D. Moreno, the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor at Penn, is the recipient of the Penn Alumni Faculty Award of Merit. This award recognizes a faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to alumni education and engagement at Penn by sharing his or her unique scholarship work with the alumni community.
Dr. Moreno, one of 17 Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) professors at Penn, is a professor of medical ethics & health policy, of history & sociology of science and of philosophy. His latest book is Impromptu Man: J.L. Moreno and the Origins of Psychodrama, Encounter Culture, and the Social Network (2014), which Amazon named a “#1 hot new release.”
Dr. Moreno frequently contributes to such publications as The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post and Psychology Today, and often appears on broadcast and online media. In 2008-2009, he served as a member of President Barack Obama’s transition team. His work has been cited by Al Gore and was used in the development of the screenplay for The Bourne Legacy. His online neuroethics course drew more than 36,000 registrants in fall 2013. The American Journal of Bioethics has called him “the most interesting bioethicist of our time.”
Dr. Moreno holds a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis, was an Andrew W. Mellon post-doctoral fellow, holds an honorary doctorate from Hofstra University, and is a recipient of the Benjamin Rush Medal from the College of William and Mary Law School and the Dr. Jean Mayer Award for Global Citizenship from Tufts University. |
Penn Band: Musicopia Inspire Award
The Penn Band was recognized by Musicopia, a local non-profit organization that offers assemblies, residencies, instrument instruction and performance opportunities in underserved communities and schools. Musicopia presented the Penn Band with the Inspire Award last month at the annual Thank You Reception and String Orchestra Winter Concert and award ceremony hosted by the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute.
For the past three years, the Penn Band has assisted Musicopia by offering spaces at Penn’s High School Summer Band Camp to students involved in Musicopia-supported percussion ensembles in Philadelphia. In addition, alumni from the Band have sponsored a fundraising campaign that covers the tuition and residency costs so participating Musicopia students can fully enjoy Penn’s week-long overnight summer band camp experience.
The student leaders who make up the Band’s Fanfare Honor Society take the initiative to organize local school visits, fundraising and instrument drives. Additionally, the annual West Philadelphia Halloween Parade is led exclusively by students, namely the Penn Band’s drumline. |
Mike Schnur: 2016 Ivy League Women’s Coach of the Year
Mike Schnur, head coach of Penn’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs, was named the 2016 Ivy League Women’s Coach of the Year last month.
Coach Schnur has been at the forefront of a women’s program that has steadily improved during his 16-year tenure as head coach.
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Louis Soslowsky: ORS Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring Award
Louis J. Soslowsky, Fairhill Professor in the department of orthopaedic surgery at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring Award from the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS).
Dr. Soslowsky is recognized for exceptional dedication to and achievement in mentorship of new investigators in orthopaedic research. He was honored during the 2016 ORS Annual Meeting earlier this month in Orlando, Florida. |
The Wharton School: UT Dallas Top Business School
The University of Texas at Dallas’ Top 100 Business School Research Rankings were released last month by the university’s Naveen Jindal School of Management. Penn’s Wharton School remained as the top school in the world, as it has for more than a decade, according to the 2016 list, an index that tracks faculty research productivity at management schools. |
Arjun G. Yodh: Humboldt Research Award
Arjun G. Yodh, the James M. Skinner Professor of Science and director of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM) at Penn, is the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Humboldt Research Award. Dr. Yodh, who holds a primary appointment in the department of physics & astronomy and a secondary appointment in the department of radiation oncology at Penn Medicine, was nominated by Hartmut Löwen of the University of Düsseldorf, Germany.
This award is conferred in recognition of lifetime achievements in research. The winner is invited to carry out research projects of his/her own choice in cooperation with specialist colleagues in Germany for a period of up to one year.
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