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agricultural, consumer and environmental sciences
Michael Grossman, professor emeritus of animal science, was honored as the first Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences Honorary Fellow in a ceremony at Wageningen University in the Netherlands on Oct. 8. Grossman was recognized “for his many and valuable contributions to the training of Ph.D. students.”
engineering
Harry Hilton, professor emeritus of aerospace engineering, has been invited to present a one-hour keynote lecture at the Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials Conference in Monterey, Calif., March 30-April 4. The title of the paper is “Generalized Viscoelastic Designer Functionally Graded Auxetic Materials Engineered/Tailored for Specific Task Performances.” Students Daniel H. Lee and Abdul Rahman A. El Fouly are co-authors.
fine and applied arts
Robert I. Selby, professor of architecture, received the Nathan Clifford Ricker Award from the American Institute of Architects on Nov. 1 in St. Charles. The award, named for the first person to graduate from a university program in architecture in the U.S., is the organization’s highest award for educators. Selby also received the Central Illinois Outstanding Educators Award and Excellence in Architectural Education Award on Oct. 25 in Bloomington, Ill.
liberal arts and sciences
May Berenbaum, professor and head of entomology, and Gene E. Robinson, the G. William Arends Professor of Integrative Biology, director of the Neuroscience Program, and professor of entomology, were featured in the PBS special, “Silence of the Bees” that was broadcast last month on “Nature.” The one-hour program was about disappearing honey bees.
Roman Boulatov, professor of chemistry, received a three-year research grant from the Air Force Young Investigator Program. He proposed to “develop new methods to acquire chemomechanical parameters of diverse chemical reactions.” The Air Force Office of Scientific Research will award $9.5 million in grants to 29 scientists and engineers who submitted winning proposals.
John Hartwig, professor of chemistry, will receive the 2007 Mukaiyama Award from the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan. The award is given annually to eminent independent researchers in the area of organic synthesis and synthetic methodology. Hartwig will receive the award and give a lecture in September 2008 at the Mount Aso highlands of Kyushu, Japan.
Gregory Miller, professor of psychology, was appointed a Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar based upon recognition of outstanding achievements in his research. Miller has become a key leader in the advancement of psychology at the UI.
Christina White, professor of chemistry, has been selected to receive the 2007 Eli Lilly Grant. This award comes with a two-year unrestricted research grant of $100,000. White will give a lecture at the 14th Biennial Lilly Grantee Symposium to be held in Indianapolis in early March 2010.
