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PUBLICATIONS
Inside
Illinois
Vol.
25, No. 15, Feb. 16, 2006
achievements
A report
on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of
faculty and staff members.
ACES
| Engineering | FAA
| LAS | Social Work | UI
Library | FAA&LAS | FAA&UI
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agricultural,
consumer and environmental sciences
Dennis R.
Campion, associate dean for extension and outreach, was named secretary
of the Council for Extension, Continuing Education and Public Service
of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant
Colleges. The council is a group for professionals engaged
in a broad range of outreach activities including extension, economic
development, continuing education, technical assistance and public
service. Under the council’s guidelines, Campion eventually will
serve as chairman of the group.
engineering
Richard Braatz, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering,
received the 2005 Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize, presented
by the Control Systems Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers and the Antonio Ruberti Foundation. The award recognizes
distinguished cutting-edge contributions by a researcher under the
age of 41 to the theory or application of systems and control and carries
a $5,000 cash prize. The award cites Braatz’s theoretical results
in the robust control of complex systems, and their application in
the process, pharmaceutical and microelectronics industries.
Donald E. Carlson, professor of theoretical and applied mechanics,
was awarded the 2005 American Academy of Mechanics Lifetime Service
Award. Carlson was recognized at the Applied Mechanics Division banquet
meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in November
for his many contributions to continuum thermomechanics, applied mathematics,
constitutive theory and elasticity.
David Nicol, a research professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory
and professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Lui
Sha, a research professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory and professor
of computer science, recently were named fellows of the Association
for Computing Machinery. The fellows program celebrates the exceptional
contributions of the leading members in the computing field. Nicol
and Sha were among the 34 members recognized for their contributions
to both the practical and theoretical aspects of computing and information
technology. Nicol was recognized for contributions to discrete-event
simulation. Sha’s research covers the design and integration
of robust real-time embedded systems using a mixture of new and reused
components. The association will formally recognize the new fellows
at its annual awards banquet May 20 in San Francisco.
fine and applied arts
Donna Cox, leader of the Visualization Division at the National Center
for Supercomputing Applications and a professor of art and design,
was named a fellow of the World Technology Network and was nominated
for the 2005 World Technology Network Award. The award honors individuals
and corporations from 20 technology-related sectors viewed by their
peers as being the most innovative and whose work has the greatest
likelihood of long-term significance.
Rebecca Ginsburg, UI architectural historian and professor of landscape
architecture, was elected president for a two-year term of the Vernacular
Architecture Forum in April 2005. Vernacular architecture refers to
ordinary, everyday buildings, as opposed to architect-designed, high-style
structures. The forum has about 900 members, mostly academics and professionals,
committed to the study and preservation of these environments. The
forum publishes in Vernacular Architecture, the premier American journal
on vernacular studies.
Dianne Harris, professor of landscape architecture, was selected to
receive a 2006 Iris Foundation Award for Outstanding Scholarly Contributions
to the History of Art, Design and Cultural History. The award, administered
by the Bard Graduate Center in New York, will be given at a ceremony
and luncheon at the St. Regis Hotel in New York on April 4.
Billie Jean Theide, professor of art and design, was nominated by NICHE
magazine to receive the first Arts Educator of the Year Award. This
year, 173 educators were nominated. The award recognizes professors
demonstrating an unwavering dedication to the promotion of the arts,
through the cultivation and encouragement of emerging American craft
artists at Canadian and U.S. art programs and institutions. NICHE magazine
will reveal the two award winners on Feb. 19 during the annual NICHE
Awards ceremony at the Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft.
The American section of the International Association of Art Critics
awarded Krannert Art Museum second place for Best Thematic Museum Show
Nationally for its exhibition “Traylor, Edmondson and the Modernist
Impulse.” The awards are given in recognition of exceptional
and important work in the visual arts contributed by artists, curators,
writers, scholars and cultural institutions. Throughout the years,
the winners have represented the nation’s most important and
innovative art institutions. The award was presented to Josef Helfenstein,
exhibition curator and former director of Krannert Art Museum. After
the show’s opening at Krannert Art Museum, it traveled to museums
in Birmingham, Ala., Houston and New York City.
liberal arts and sciences
Tim Cunningham, a specialist II for local area network support in applied
technology for learning in arts and sciences, received a 2005-06 LAS
Staff Award for his outstanding contribution to the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences. Cunningham is responsible for assisting with desktop
support issues and with any network connection problems for all faculty
and staff members among 11 academic departments in the Foreign Languages
Building. He will receive a $2,000 award and a commemorative plaque
at an awards reception scheduled for late February.
Scott E. Denmark, professor of chemistry, will be awarded the Yamada-Koga
Prize on Oct. 27 at the 16th Symposium on Optically Active Compounds
in Tokyo. The Yamada-Koga Prize is awarded every year to a scientist
whose research has had a major impact in the fields of the synthesis
of optically active compounds. The award includes a medal, a plaque,
a cash award equivalent to 500,000 Japanese yen and travel expenses
to Japan.
Benita S. Katzenellenbogen, Swanlund Professor of Physiology and Cell
Biology and Center for Advanced Study Professor, and John A.
Katzenellenbogen, Swanlund Professor of Chemistry, have been selected to jointly receive
the Roy O. Greep Lecture Award for 2006 from The Endocrine Society.
The award recognizes their work bridging biology and chemistry to advance
understanding of nuclear receptors and steroid hormone action in biology
and medicine. They will officially receive the award in June at the
88th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society in Boston, where they
will present the Plenary Greep Award Lecture on “The Diverse
World of Estrogens and Estrogen Actions.” This is the first joint
award recognizing their research contributions.
social work
Wynne S. Korr, dean and professor of social work, has been elected
president of the St. Louis Group, the association of deans and directors
of schools of social work in AAU and Research 1 universities. Among
Korr’s priorities during her two-year term, she will seek to
enhance the perception of social work programs, including the UI School
of Social Work, as critical to the reputations of research universities,
especially in the conduct of research that exemplifies engagement with
critical community concerns.
university library
Rajwant Singh Chilana, professor of library administration and South
Asian studies librarian at the UI, has been honored with the Punjab
National Librarian Award for his outstanding contributions in promoting
librarianship in Canada, India and the United States. The award was
presented to Chilana at the annual function of the Satinder Kaur Ramdev
Memorial Trust for the Advancement of Librarianship on Dec. 20. During
this event, “Digital Information Resources and Networks on India,” which
was edited by Chilana, was released. On Jan. 9, he was invited by the
School of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, to
speak about “Reference and Information Services in the Context
of Emerging New Information and Communication Technologies.”
Miranda Remnek, professor of library administration and head of the
Slavic and East European Library, has assumed chairmanship of the bibliography
and documentation committee of the American Association for the Advancement
of Slavic Studies. This title, awarded by invitation only, is the highest
honor and position in the U.S. Slavic library profession.
The committee consists of scholars and librarians in the fields of
Slavic, East European and Eurasian studies. It addresses a wide range
of topics and ventures, including but not limited to copyright, digital
projects, vendor issues, collection development and the American Bibliography
of Slavic and East European Studies. The chairmanship also involves
international activity such as organizing a reception for Slavic librarians
at the recent World Congress of the International Council for Central
and East European Studies held in Berlin.
fine and applied
arts &
liberal arts and sciences
Ninth Letter, the literary magazine published by the English department
and the School of Art and Design, was named best new literary journal
by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals, an allied organization
of the Modern Language Association. Jodee Stanley, the editor of Ninth
Letter, accepted the award at the association’s annual meeting,
in Washington, D.C., in late December. The Ninth Letter’s inaugural
issue also won gold medals for best cover design and best overall design
in the 2004 Annual Design Competition of the University and College
Designers Association.
fine
and applied arts &
university press
Judith McCulloh, assistant director and executive editor of the University
Press, was named an honorary member of the Society for Ethnomusicology
at its 50th anniversary meeting in Atlanta, Nov. 16 to 20. She and
Bruno Nettl, professor emeritus of music and of anthropology, served
as program co-chairs of this meeting. The society also awarded Nettl
the title Society for Ethnomusicology Fiftieth Anniversary Board of
Directors Emeritus. He was named an honorary member in 2000.
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