Faculty Honors
U-M lab takes top honors in worldwide protein prediction competition
The University of Michigan Health System took top honors in the Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction, a biennial scientific competition to test protein structure and function prediction methods developed by laboratories all over the world. The U-M lab of Yang Zhang was ranked No. 1 in both protein structure and function prediction among more than 200 groups. [Read more...]
U-M poet, translator named among top in generation
Acclaimed poet, teacher and translator Khaled Mattawa has been awarded a United States Artist Fellowship for 2010. The unrestricted $50,000 grant is one of 52 awards presented this year to visual, design, performing and literary artists from 18 states and Puerto Rico. Mattawa teaches in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at the University of Michigan. He has written four volumes of poems and translated eight books of contemporary Arabic poetry, most notably a translation of the work of renowned Syrian poet Adonis. [Read more...]
Three faculty receive presidential awards
Three U-M researchers are among the 85 recipients of the current year's Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the nation's highest honor for professionals at the outset of their independent research careers. The faculty members are Haoxing Xu, assistant professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology; Jerome Lynch, associate professor in the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and Shelie Miller, assistant professor at the School of Natural Resources and Environment. [Read more...]
U-M researcher wins award for Distinguished Research in Biomedical Sciences
The Association of American Medical Colleges has recognized University of Michigan Medical School researcher David Ginsburg, with the Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences Award. Ginsburg is one of 10 scientists in the country receiving national recognition for their outstanding contributions to academic medicine and the global community. [Read more...]
2 U-M oncologists selected to ‘Ultimate Think Tank’
Two breast cancer specialists from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center were named to a “brain trust” of more than 60 top-ranking scientists, clinicians and advocates to guide the extensive research program of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world’s largest breast cancer organization. Daniel F. Hayes, and Lori J. Pierce, will serve as inaugural members of Komen for the Cure’s new Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) . They will provide scientific peer review for the breast cancer grants and programs that Komen funds on an annual basis. [Read more...]
U-M researchers recognized with prestigious awards
Three young faculty members at the University of Michigan have received some of the most highly competitive prizes for their research in advancing human health. N. Lynn Henry, assistant professor of internal medicine, was awarded $450,000 over three years from the Damon Runyon Foundation and named the Damon Runyon-Lilly Clinical Investigator for her project on "Pain Processing Pathway Analysis in Aromatase Inhibitor-Associated Musculoskeletal Syndrome." Asim Beg, assistant professor of pharmacology, received the Individual Biomedical Research Award from the Hartwell Foundation and was given $300,000 over three years for his research on "Activity-Dependent Remodeling of the Corticospinal Motor System." Kathleen Sienko, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was given a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for "Infectious Disease: Testing a Circumcision Tool for Traditional African Ceremonies." [Read more...]
Two from university elected to the Institute of Medicine
Two U-M faculty members have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, the health unit of the National Academy of Sciences. Elected to the IOM were Peter Polverini, dean and professor, School of Dentistry; professor of pathology, Medical School; and Diane Simeone, Lazar J. Greenfield Professor of Surgery, professor of surgery and molecular and integrative physiology, and division chief of gastrointestinal surgery, Medical School. The IOM was established in 1970 to advise members of Congress, congressional staff and agency leaders on a range of important health care issues.
Computer science and engineering chair accepts national appointment
A University of Michigan computer science professor whose research transformed how Internet service providers respond to cyber threats has been chosen to head the National Science Foundation's directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE). Farnam Jahanian, professor and chair for computer science and engineering, will assume the new post Feb. 1, 2011. He will retain his U-M professorship during his tenure at NSF, but a search will begin for a new computer science and engineering chair. [Read more...]
Taubman College Faculty Awarded Three Architect Magazine R+D Awards
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning faculty were presented with three of the seven Architect Magazine Fourth Annual R+D Awards, announced August 17, 2010. The awards recognize the importance of research and development as defining principles in architecture, as “savvy clients expect buildings to be ever-smarter and more efficient, and architects are continually pushing materials beyond their known limits to reimagine the very nature of shelter.” The Taubman College faculty research projects awarded:
Digital Steam-Bending: Developing a Parametrically Adaptable Wishbone Structural System, by Assistant Professor Steven Mankouche; Lecturers Josh Bard and Matthew Schulte
Shadow Pavilion, by Associate Professor Karl Daubmann (PLY Architects)
North House: Responsive Envelope Prototyping, by Associate Professor Geoffrey Thün; Assistant Professor Kathy Velikov (RVTR / Team North)
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Michigan Law professor assumes White House ethics, regulatory role
Michigan Law professor Steven Croley, a specialist in administrative law, civil procedure and regulation, is taking a leave of absence from his teaching duties to accept a position with the Obama Administration's Domestic Policy Council. [Read more...]