"HIV Testing Among Latino MSM: Educational and Associate Professor Sexual Identity and Gender Norms Counseling Psychology Frank Dillon Mediating Engagement" "Fracking in New York: Strategic Public Administration Assistant Professor Communication and the Creation of and Policy Jennifer Dodge a Policy Controversy" "Castle of Sand: Liberal Assistant Professor History Internationalism and Its Afterlives" Ryan Irwin "The Leverage of International Assistant Professor Political Science Institutions in Conflicts Between Johannes Karreth States" Associate Professor "Towards High Throughput Biological Sciences (pending) Mechanical Detection" Pan Li "3D Tracking Visualization from Associate Professor Computer Science Siwei Lyu Surveillance Videos" Professor Physics "Focused X-Ray Beam Imaging" Carolyn MacDonald "Aptamer-Enabled Modification of Associate Professor Biological Sciences Bacteriophage Host Range with Hua Shi Therapeutic Utility" "Archaeological Excavation at Arma Professor Anthropology David Strait Vairana" These recommendations were put for a vote and unanimously approved by the Council. President’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities- chair Kajal Lahiri The Excellence in Research and Creative Activities awards review committee met on January 21st to review the nominations for the President’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities. It was noted that while the guidelines recommend using the tenure package, the more convincing nomination packages were done specifically for the award. Rather than simply producing the support letters from the faculty member’s tenure case, it would be best to ask the writers of those support letters to refresh their letters specifically for this award, particularly in view of the potential for putting those selected forward for the Chancellor’s Award for Research and Scholarly Activities the following year. The awards will be presented to the recipients in March, and they are to be notified by the President’s office in cooperation with the Provost’s office. The number of nominations have stayed between 3-4 over the last several years: Year Number of nominees 2014-15 4 2013-14 4 2012-13 3 2011-12 3 2010-11 4 Meeting adjourned 1:10pm Submitted by Elizabeth Rooks
Frank Dillon Associate Professor Educational and Counseling Psychology "HIV Testing Among Latino MSM: Sexual Identity and Gender Norms Mediating Engagement" Jennifer Dodge Assistant Professor Public Administration and Policy "Fracking in New York: Strategic Communication and the Creation of a Policy Controversy" Ryan Irwin Assistant Professor History "Castle of Sand: Liberal Internationalism and Its Afterlives" Johannes Karreth Assistant Professor Political Science "The Leverage of International Institutions in Conflicts Between States" Pan Li Associate Professor (pending) Biological Sciences "Towards High Throughput Mechanical Detection" Siwei Lyu Associate Professor Computer Science "3D Tracking Visualization from Surveillance Videos" Carolyn MacDonald Professor Physics "Focused X-Ray Beam Imaging" Hua Shi Associate Professor Biological Sciences "Aptamer-Enabled Modification of Bacteriophage Host Range with Therapeutic Utility" David Strait Professor Anthropology "Archaeological Excavation at Arma Vairana" These recommendations were put for a vote and unanimously approved by the Council. President’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities- chair Kajal Lahiri The Excellence in Research and Creative Activities awards review committee met on January 21st to review the nominations for the President’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities. It was noted that while the guidelines recommend using the tenure package, the more convincing nomination packages were done specifically for the award. Rather than simply producing the support letters from the faculty member’s tenure case, it would be best to ask the writers of those support letters to refresh their letters specifically for this award, particularly in view of the potential for putting those selected forward for the Chancellor’s Award for Research and Scholarly Activities the following year. The awards will be presented to the recipients in March, and they are to be notified by the President’s office in cooperation with the Provost’s office. The number of nominations have stayed between 3-4 over the last several years: Year Number of nominees 2014-15 4 2013-14 4 2012-13 3 2011-12 3 2010-11 4 Meeting adjourned 1:10pm Submitted by Elizabeth Rooks
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