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Updated 4:00 PM September 2, 2003

Accolades

Appointments

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Kaplan

J. Bromberg Craig

W. Craig

McNeal

Mortensen

Peter Ward

Bierbaum

William Giannobile, associate professor of periodontics, prevention and geriatrics in the School of Dentistry, has been appointed to the new position of director of clinical research. Giannobile will work with a clinical research center steering committee to define the center's current and future programs.

Lisa Herbert is the new director for Arts at Michigan. She formerly was the special projects director at the University Musical Society. Most recently, Herbert organized all educational activities for the Royal Shakespeare Company's March visit.

George Kaplan, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). NASI's mission is to promote understanding and informed

policymaking on social insurance and related programs through research, public education, training and the open exchange of ideas.

Harold Neighbors has been named director of the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health in the School of Public Health.

Awards

Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has named Susanna Blumenthal, assistant professor of law, a Sargent-Faull Fellow for 2003-04. The institute selected 56 fellows to work individually and across disciplines on projects chosen for their quality and long-term impact. Blumenthal's project is "Law and the Modern Mind: The Problem of Consciousness in American Legal Culture, 1800-1930."

The Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C., has named Derek Collins, assistant professor of classical studies, a 2003-04 fellow. Collins will continue researching his project, "Rationalizing Greek Magic."

Two products developed by Information Technology Central Services received awards June 24 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Fugu was the winner of the Apple Design Award for Best Mac OS X Use of Open Source. Members of the Fugu team are Wes Craig, senior IT architect and engineer, and programmer Andrew Mortensen. Radmind was runner-up for Best Mac OS X Server Solution. Members of the radmind team are Johanna Bromberg Craig, lead programmer and technologist, Wes Craig, technologist Patrick McNeal, and Mortensen.

Dr. Jeffrey Smerage, a house officer in hematology/oncology, is the first recipient of the John R. Durant, M.D. Walther Cancer Institute (WCI) Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology. The fellowship, which provides a $50,000 stipend, will be awarded annually, for a total of three years, to a senior research fellow in the hematology/oncology fellowship training program. It is funded by WCI in honor of Durant, the institute's medical research director.

The American Thoracic Society (ATS) has named Dr. Peter Ward. chair and professor of pathology, its 2003 Amberson Lecturer. Ward received the Amberson Award in May at the ATS meeting in Seattle in recognition of 35 years of accomplishments in the study of fundamental mechanisms of inflammation and injury in the lungs.

The Washtenaw-Livingston-Monroe Nurses Association (WLMNA) recently honored two U-M Health System (UMHS) nurses. Susan Wright, program coordinator for the Artificial Heart and Circulatory Assist Program, was named 2003 Nurse of the Year for exemplary practice, leadership and service. Lydia Bates, recently retired from UMHS, was inducted into the

WLMNA chapter Hall of Fame for lifetime contributions to the profession, advancing nursing practice and leadership in the association.

The Arts of Citizenship Program has named Karen Renee Miller and Itohan Osayimwese recipients of its first Civitas Fellowship, which honors graduate students engaging in public cultural scholarship during summer 2003. Miller, a graduate student instructor (GSI) in American culture, and Osayimwese, a GSI in architecture and urban planning, are leading a summer field school with Heritage Battle Creek‰ÞÓa grassroots public history association in West Michigan.

Participation

School of Natural Resources and Environment Dean Rosina Bierbaum was chosen by the Australian government to visit cities as part of a delegation of American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows. Bierbaum addressed Parliament June 16, and the delegation met with parliamentary committees to discuss establishing a science fellowship program. Bierbaum also was invited by the California Energy Commission to participate in a set of global climate change/energy discussions in Alaska with science and technology leaders.

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