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communications
A Web site administered by the journalism department has been honored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in its “2003 Best of the Web” design competition. “Spike Magazine: Finder’s Guide to Deep Throat” (last year’s version) won first place in the journalism category. Journalism professors William Gaines and Eric K. Meyer recently were recognized at the AEJMC convention.
AEJMC is a professional organization founded in 1912 by professors to promote excellence in journalism education at colleges and universities in the United States. The design competition is to recognize academic work in the design of Web sites intended to advance education or research in journalism and mass communication.
A documentary by Jay Rosenstein, professor of journalism, has received more honors. “In Whose Honor? American Indian Mascots in Sports” was invited to screen at the Native Cinema Showcase in Santa Fe, N.M., Aug. 20-24. Rosenstein wrote, produced, directed and edited the documentary that focuses on the debate regarding Chief Illiniwek and other Indian sports symbols.
education
William Trent, professor of educational policy studies, has received a Fulbright Senior Specialists Grant in Education at Saint Andrew’s University in San Isidro, Argentina.
The Fulbright Senior Specialists Program offers two- to six-week grants to leading U.S. academics and professionals to support curricular and faculty development and institutional planning at academic institutions in 140 countries around the world.
Created to complement the traditional Fulbright Scholar Program that was started in 1946, the specialists program aims to increase the number of faculty and professionals who have the opportunity to go abroad on a Fulbright.
The scholar program is sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is managed by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars.
liberal arts and sciences
Usha Dhar, administrative aide for the department of statistics, qualified as a Certified Administrative Professional. The certification is from the International Association of Administrative Professionals. Dhar qualified as a Certified Professional Secretary in 1998.
To certify, candidates must meet certain educational and work experience requirements and pass a four-part, 1 1/2-day examination.
Two UI professors were honored by the American Psychological Foundation and the American Psychological Association. The awards, recognizing contributions to the field of psychology, were presented Aug. 8 at a ceremony during the association’s annual meeting in Toronto.
Daniel J. Simons, professor of psychology, received the Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contribution to Psychology (Perception/Motor Performance). The award recognized his contributions to the understanding of the manner in which humans encode information from the visual environment and integrate this new information with previously perceived information to construct representations of the visual world.
Louise F. Fitzgerald, professor of psychology and of women’s studies, received the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy. Fitzgerald is a well-known scholar in the area of women and work, and has published widely on the topic of sexual harassment, which she was among the first to study in a scientific manner.
Wilfred van der Donk, professor of chemistry, has been chosen to receive the 2004 Pfizer Award of the Biological Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. The award, which includes a cash prize of $6,000, will be presented at a session of the National ACS Meeting in Philadelphia, Aug. 22-26. Also during that meeting, van der Donk will deliver the award lecture. His research accomplishments have established him as one of the leading bio-organic chemists of his generation.
