Sean Morrison, associate professor of internal medicine and cell and developmental biology, and assistant investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in a White House ceremony.
Linda Chatters, associate professor of social work and public health, and faculty associate with the Program for Research on Black Americans at the Institute of Social Research (ISR) and the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, was named a Fellow of the Behavioral and Social Sciences section of the Gerontology Society of America.
The Henry Russel Award is one of the highest honors the U-M bestows upon junior faculty. In 2005 Russel Awards were presented to Anna G. Stefanopoulou, associate professor of mechanical engineering, recognizing her work on modeling and control of fuel cell systems; and David T. Blaauw, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, recognizing his work in novel circuit architectures for microprocessors.
The Henry Russel Lectureship recognizes distinguished research by a senior faculty member. William Fulton, the Miner S. Keeler II Professor of Mathematics, delivered the Russel Lecture in 2005. His research focuses on the interplay between algebraic geo-metry and theoretical physics.
Three faculty members from U-M are among 65 new members of the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, bringing the total number of U-M members to 28.
The new U-M members are: Paula Allen-Meares, PhD, dean of the School of Social Work and Norma Radin Collegiate Professor of Social Work; Rowena Matthews, PhD, research professor in the Life Sciences Institute and Biophysics Research Division and the G. Robert Greenberg Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry; and Michael Mulholland, MD, PhD, the Frederick A. Collier Distinguished Professor, and chair, Department of Surgery, and surgeon-in-chief of University Hospital.
Three faculty members from the University of Michigan College of Engineering have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
The new members are: Steven A. Goldstein, Henry Ruppenthal Family Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bio-engineering; Tresa M. Pollock,the L. H. and F. E. Van Vlack Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; and Ralph T. Yang, the Dwight T. Benton Professor of Chemical Engineering.
U-M music professor Michael Daugherty has been selected by ArtServe Michigan as the 2004 Michigan Artist of the Year. Daugherty, a renowned composer, is one of America’s leading interpreters of popular culture.
Six U-M faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a prestigious society whose members have made significant contributions in scholarly and professional fields.
The new U-M members are Rebecca Blank, dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; Nancy Burns, director of the Center for Political Studies at ISR; David Ginsburg, James V. Neel Distinguished University Professor in Human Genetics and a research professor at the Life Sciences Institute (LSI); Conrad Kottak, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology; Catharine MacKinnon, the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law; and Rowena Matthews, the G. Robert Greenberg Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry and a research scientist in the LSI.
One of the most admired teachers at the U-M, chemistry professor Brian Coppola, is the 2004 Professor of the Year for the state of Michigan. The award is given by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Five U-M faculty members are among 308 newly elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The new U-M Fellows are: James Coward, PhD, professor of medicinal chemistry and professor of chemistry; Rodney Ewing, PhD, the Donald R. Peacor Collegiate Professor of Geological Sciences, professor of materials science and engineering, and professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences; Daniel Fisher, PhD, the Claude W. Hibbard Collegiate Professor of Paleontology, professor of geological sciences, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and curator of paleontology; Henry Mosberg, PhD, professor of medicinal chemistry; and James Penner-Hahn, PhD, professor of chemistry.
Four University of Michigan faculty were among 186 winners of the Guggenheim Fellowships, which are awarded for distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. The U-M fellows include Kent Berridge, psychology professor; Susan Botti, a composer and assistant professor of music composition; Judith Irvine, anthropology professor; and Gary Saxonhouse, economics professor.
James Bardwell, associate professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, is one of 43 of the nation’s most promising biomedical scientists selected as a new Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.
