Faculty Honors
U-M chemist receives neuroscience technology award
University of Michigan analytical chemist Robert T. Kennedy is one of four scientists selected to receive the 2010 Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. Kennedy, who is the Hobart H. Willard Professor of Chemistry and a professor of pharmacology, will receive $200,000 over two years to develop new methods for measure chemical signals in the brain. In the brain, as elsewhere in the body, nerve cells communicate by releasing chemical messengers called neurotransmitters. Kennedy wants to measure these signals to better understand how nerve cells interact to control brain functions and behavior. [Read more...]
U-M bioethicist receives national career development award
The Greenwall Foundation honors Lisa Harris, University of Michigan assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, for her work towards creating public policy and standards of clinical practice that reflect principles of reproductive justice. Harris is one of four junior faculty members in the United States to receive the Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics career development award. [Read more...]
Janko named 2011 Russel Lecturer
Richard Janko, one of the most influential living scholars of ancient Greek literature and culture, has been selected as the Henry Russel Lecturer for 2011 — one of the university’s highest honors for a senior member of its active faculty. Janko joined U-M in 2002 as the Gerald F. Else Collegiate Professor of Classical Studies and served as chair of the Department of Classical Studies for five years. [Read more...]
School of Education Dean confirmed by Senate to membership on the National Board for Education Sciences
Deborah Loewenberg Ball has been approved by the U.S. Senate as a member of the National Board for Education Sciences. President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Ball on February 23, 2010. The National Board for Education Sciences provides guidance and advice to the director of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education. The board’s duties include advising the director on ways to strengthen education research and approving priorities proposed by the director to guide the work of IES. [Read more...]
LSI scientist named to the prestigious Pew Scholars program
Bing Ye, research assistant professor at the Life Sciences Institute (LSI) and assistant professor of cell and developmental biology at the Medical School, has been named a Pew Scholar. The Pew Charitable Trusts are announcing today that Ye, along with 20 other outstanding scientists from across the country, have been selected as the 2010 Pew Scholars in the biomedical sciences. Early to mid-career scientists are chosen by the program each year. Pew Scholars receive a $240,000 award over four years to support and expand their research as well as foster collaboration and connection through thought exchanges with other stellar scientists. [Read more...]
Professor, former dean inducted into American Academy of Policy and Social Science Fellows
Sheldon Danziger, H. J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy, and director of the National Poverty Center, was inducted recently as a fellow of the American Academy of Policy and Social Science. Also inducted as a 2010 fellow was Rebecca Blank, former dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and currently undersecretary of economic affairs for the U.S. Department of Commerce. [Read more...]
U-M’s Lee elected to National Academy of Education
Valerie Lee, professor of education and faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research, was recently elected to the National Academy of Education, which consists of U.S. members and foreign associates who are elected on the basis of outstanding scholarship or contributions to education.
MacKie-Mason chosen as new dean of School of Information
A founding faculty member of the School of Information (SI), Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, has been chosen to be its next dean, effective July 1 and pending formal approval by the Board of Regents. MacKie-Mason is the Arthur W. Burks Collegiate Professor of Information and Computer Science. He also is associate dean for academic affairs at SI, as well as a professor in the Department of Economics and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. [Read more...]
Blue Faery bestows award to U-M faculty member for his research on liver cancer
The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association is proud to announce Dr. Jorge Marrero, Director of the Multidisciplinary Liver Tumor Clinic at the University of Michigan as the winner of second annual Blue Faery Award for Excellence in Liver Cancer Research. Primary liver cancer, also known as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Blue Faery created the award to recognize medical professionals who develop innovative research in the fight against HCC, which currently has no cure. [Read more...]