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 Joe DeSimone: Tar Heel of the Year
Honors
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Joe DeSimone, Chancellor’s Eminent
Professor of Chemistry, was named the 2008 Tar Heel of the Year by The News
& Observer. The story highlighted DeSimone’s career from his arrival at
Carolina in 1990 to his selection as the youngest member of the National
Academy of Engineering to his receipt of the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize
last summer. The story also
focused on the many contributions of this highly sought-after scientist and
DeSimone’s leadership in moving innovations out of the laboratory and into the
market, beginning with his first business, Hangers, to the formation of
Liquidia, which develops nanoparticle technology and has applications for
medical diagnosis and drug development. Read the full story.
Photo:
the news & observer/
shawn rocco |
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Carl Ernst, William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of
Religion, was the recipient of the Farabi International Award, given by the
Islamic Republic of Iran. He was honored for a book he wrote on Ruzbihan Baqli,
a 12th-century Sufi poet, which is widely used in university courses in Iran. |
The following three faculty have been named fellows of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Kenneth A. Bollen, the H.R. Immerwahr Distinguished
Professor of Sociology and director of the Odum Institute for Research in
Social Science, was cited for his “important work on latent variable structural
equation models and major contributions to liberal democracy studies and to
social science measurement.”
Kenneth A. Jacobson, professor in the department of cell and
developmental biology, was honored “for new insights into the domain structure
of the living cell membrane and mechanisms of cell motility and for development
of technologies to analyze these phenomena.”
Terry R. Magnuson, chair of the department of genetics and
Sarah Graham Kenan Professor and director of the Carolina Center for Genome
Sciences, was recognized “for sustained and important contributions to mouse
developmental genetics, including creating methodologies and strains for wide
use, and identifying genes important for embryo development.”
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Reginald Hildebrand, associate professor of African and
Afro-American Studies, and Jonathan Howes, special assistant to the chancellor
and adjunct professor of regional planning and public policy, were selected in
October as new board members of the North Carolina Humanities Council.
The council is a nonprofit affiliate of the National
Endowment for the Humanities. It supports through grants and free public
programs vital conversations that nurture the cultures and heritage of North
Carolina.
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Philip F. Gura, the William S. Newman Distinguished
Professor of American Literature and Culture, received the 2008 Distinguished
Scholar Award from the Modern Language Association.
The association’s Division on American Literature to 1800
tapped Gura for the award for career-long distinction in his field. The award
was presented at the organization’s convention in San Francisco in December.
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Jonathan B. Kotch, professor of maternal and child health,
was named winner of the 2008 Martha May Eliot Award, given by the American
Public Health Association. The award honors exceptional achievements in the
field of maternal and child health. |
Lilie Searles, associate professor and associate chair of
biology, was presented with the Carolina Women’s Center 2008 Women’s Advocacy
Award on Nov. 11 in a ceremony at the FedEx Global Education Center. In her
remarks, Donna Bickford, director of the center, said, “Dr. Searles is known
across the University for raising attention to gender equity issues at the
University in useful and productive ways that promote effective change.” |
John B. Buse, professor and chief of the division of
endocrinology and metabolism, recently received the Banting Medal for Service
from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
Buse received the award after completing a term as the ADA’s
president for medicine and science. Named after Frederick G. Banting, a
co-discoverer of insulin, the award recognizes meritorious service on behalf of
the association and Americans with diabetes.
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Joseph Piven, Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Psychiatry,
Pediatrics and Psychology and director of the Carolina Institute for
Developmental Disabilities, has been named editor-in-chief of the Journal of
Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Piven approached Springer Publishing with the idea for the
journal because he saw a void in journals currently in the marketplace. The
inaugural issue is slated to appear in the first quarter of this year.
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