Information to enhance your success at UNL | UNL Office of Research | April 2009
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Recent awards, recognition and accomplishments by UNL faculty for research, scholarly and creative endeavors. E-mail your accomplishments information to vmiller2@unl.edu. The School of Music's 2008 opera production of "Dead Man Walking" won the National Opera Association Award for Best Production. It is the third time in 10 years that UNL Opera has won the award. William Shomos, professor of music, is director of the UNL opera program. Anuj Sharma, assistant professor of civil engineering, received the 2008 Milton Pikarsky Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation in Science and Technology. The award is conferred by the Council of University Transportation Centers. The Office of Graduate Studies honored eight faculty and graduate students for contributions to outstanding graduate education at its annual Graduate Studies Awards Reception. Awards, recipients and faculty advisers were:
Les Carlson, professor of marketing, was named associate editor of the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing. Thomas Clemente, associate professor of agronomy and horticulture, and Sharon Skipton, extension educator at the Southeast Research and Extension Center, received the 2009 Omtvedt Innovation Awards from the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Clemente is part of the UNL team that developed dicamba-resistant crops. Skipton co-led the effort to create water.unl.edu, a clearinghouse for UNL's water resources. Janice Stauffer, associate professor of costume design at the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, won the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion award. It is the highest honor given by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Li Tan, assistant professor of engineering mechanics, won the UNL College of Engineering's Edgerton Innovation Award. The honor is given to someone who has demonstrated an ability to attract funding from federal, state and private industries; integrate research and education; and propose innovative projects. The National Symphony Orchestra has commissioned Tyler White, associate professor in the School of Music, to create a chamber music composition to be premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. White was selected as part of NSO's American Residency Program. A Lantern in Her Hand, written by Elmwood's Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by the University of Nebraska Press, has been selected for the One Book One Nebraska statewide reading event. Three more UNL faculty members earned Fulbright Scholar grants for 2008-09. John W. Creswell, professor of educational psychology, filmed documentaries about AIDS victims and families in South Africa. David Forsythe, professor of political science, was a Senior Fulbright Research Chair at the Danish Institute of International Studies in Copenhagen, Denmark. Forsythe conducted research on democracy, human rights and terrorism. Wendy Weiss, director of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, is documenting contemporary Ikat textiles production at M.S. University of Baroda, Vaddara, Gujarat, in India. Recently published books by UNL faculty include Queens and Power in Medieval and Early Modern England, edited by Carole Levin, Willa Cather Professor of History, and Robert Bucholz, University of Nebraska Press; and I Am a Man: Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice, written by Joe Starita, professor of news-editorial, St. Martin's Press. David Jackson, professor of food science and technology and associate dean of the Agricultural Research Division, received the 2009 Andersons Cereals and Oilseeds Award of Excellence. This award recognizes individuals or teams who have made superior contributions to science or education related to cereals and oilseeds. Scott Josiah, director of the Nebraska State Forest Service, received the Two Chiefs Partnership Award from the U.S. Forest Service and the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service. He shared the honor with Steve Chick, chief of NRCS in Nebraska. Josiah and Chick received the award for their collaborative partnership on the Great Plains Tree and Forest Invasives Initiative. |
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