Coleman names senior fellows

President Mary Sue Coleman has appointed eight new senior fellows to the Michigan Society of Fellows, to serve four-year terms beginning September 2007.

They are Fred Adams, professor of physics and astronomy; Celeste Brusati, professor of history of art and women's studies; Deborah Goldberg, chair and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology; George Hoffmann, associate professor of French; John Mitani, the James N. Spuhler Collegiate Professor of Anthropology and professor of anthropology; Richard Neubig, professor of pharmacology and associate professor of internal medicine; Scott Page, professor of political science and economics, research professor at the Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research; and Andrew Shryock, associate professor of anthropology.

Senior fellows are U-M faculty members of outstanding intellectual stature, who enjoy national reputations as distinguished scholars, researchers or creative artists. Within the society, they help create a spirited intellectual community and serve as models and colleagues for U-M postdoctoral fellows, according to the Rackham Graduate School Web site.

Senior fellows review candidates' application materials for U-M postdoctoral fellowships, select new fellows and play an important role in the annual selection of future senior fellows.

The Society of Fellows, founded in 1970 with grants from the Ford Foundation and the Horace H. and Mary Rackham Funds, provides financial and intellectual support to individuals selected for professional promise and interdisciplinary interests.

Last December, the Mellon Foundation made a generous award to the society to support three Mellon Fellows annually in the humanities, expanding the number of fellowships awarded each year from four to seven.

Competition for fellowships is open to eligible candidates in the physical and life sciences, engineering, social sciences, education, humanities and the arts.

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