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Patricia Ferriera awarded 2023 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

Patricia Ferriera, a Social Psychology doctoral program student in Christian Meissner’s Applied Cognition laboratory, has been awarded a 2023 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. This prestigious award is intended to increase the diversity of our nation’s college/university faculty. Less than 5% of applicants received an award this year. A search of the Ford Fellowship directory suggests … Continue reading Patricia Ferriera awarded 2023 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

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Johna Wolfe recognized with P&S CYtation award

Johna Wolfe, Assistant Director Student Services in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received a P&S CYtation award at a March 23rd ceremony. Johna was nominated by members of the LAS Advising leadership team.

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Christopher Hopkins awarded MacDowell Fellowship for Galilei Dialogues Project

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Javier Vela-Becerra awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award

Javier Vela-Becerra, University Professor, and John D. Corbett Professor of Chemistry, has been awarded a 3-month Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award. He will be visiting the laboratory of Liberato Manna at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, Italy.

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Lucia Suarez publishes Dançando Bahia: ensaios sobre danças afro-brasileiras, educação, memoria e raça.

Lucia Suarez recently had her work, Dancing Bahia: Essays on Afro-Brazilian Dance, Education, Memory, and Race, published in Portuguese translation by the prestigious Federal University of Bahia Press. The translated title is: Dançando Bahia: ensaios sobre danças afro-brasileiras, educação, memoria e raça. The work has also been awarded the Special citation for the 2019 Dance … Continue reading Lucia Suarez publishes Dançando Bahia: ensaios sobre danças afro-brasileiras, educação, memoria e raça.

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Ramesh Balayar recognized for outstanding advising

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Ryan Martin awarded Distinguished Guest Fellowship Programme in Hungary by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Ryan Martin, Scott Hanna Professor of Mathematics, was recently awarded the Distinguished Guest Fellowship Programme in Hungary by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The award will fund Martin’s research at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics from July to December 2023.

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Olga Mesropova elected to American Council of Teachers of Russian Board of Directors

Olga Mesropova has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR). A division of American Councils for International Education, ACTR provides leadership and support for the study and teaching of the Russian language, linguistics, literature, and culture. Mesropova will serve on ACTR’s Board of Directors … Continue reading Olga Mesropova elected to American Council of Teachers of Russian Board of Directors

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Pablo Raúl Stinga co-advisee awarded 2023 Association for Women in Mathematics Dissertation Prize

María Soria-Carro has been awarded one of the three 2023 Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Dissertation Prize: https://awm-math.org/awards/awm-dissertation-prize/ Soria-Carro graduated in 2022 from the University of Texas at Austin with a Ph.D. in Mathematics dissertation entitled “Regularity of elliptic transmission problems and a new family of integro-differential operators related to the Monge-Ampère equation.” Her … Continue reading Pablo Raúl Stinga co-advisee awarded 2023 Association for Women in Mathematics Dissertation Prize