Stacey DeJong, Ericka Merriwether and Lori Tuttle, movement science doctoral students in the Program of Physical Therapy, were selected for Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) scholarships from The Foundation of Physical Therapy. Merriwether received $7,500, and DeJong and Tuttle each received $15,000. Merriwether also was selected as the recipient of the Laura K. Smith Award given to a PODS recipient “displaying excellence within the balance of life and academics.” …
Christopher Gill, PhD, associate professor of computer science and engineering, has received a two-year, $146,337 subaward from Purdue University for research titled “Development of Configurable Cyberphysical Instrument for Real-Time Hybrid Testing.” …
Eileen G’Sell, instructor in English in Arts & Sciences and editorial assistant in the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, read from her work at 7:30 p.m. June 14 for Chance Operations, a reading series and open-mic event focusing on contemporary St. Louis poets and writers, at Duff’s restaurant in St. Louis. G’Sell recently has published poems in the journals Interim, Ninth Letter and Boston Review. …
Ian MacMullen, PhD, assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, has received a $55,000 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Academy of Education for research titled “Compliance, Conservation & Community: Civic Education and the Limits of Autonomy.” …
Dwight A. Towler, MD, PhD, the Ira M. Lang Professor of Medicine, has been selected by the National Institutes of Health’s Center for Scientific Review as a member of the Atherosclerosis and Inflammation of the Cardiovascular System (AICS) Study Section.
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