Doc M. Billingsley, graduate student in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $9,445 grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for research titled “Networks of K’iche Knowledge Production: An Ethnography of Memory in Practice.” …
Peter Burgers, PhD, the Marvin A. Brennecke Professor of Biological Chemistry, received an honorary doctorate in medicine from Umeå University in Sweden Oct. 23. Burgers was recognized for his scientific contributions to the fields of DNA replication and DNA damage response mechanisms, his strong support for international collaborations and his valuable mentoring of faculty members at Umeå University. He also gave scientific and general lectures while at the university. …
Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, the Niess-Gain Professor of Surgery, associate director of Prevention and Control at the Siteman Cancer Center and professor of medicine, was appointed a director at large by The American Cancer Society during its 97th Annual Meeting Nov. 5, 2010. …
Shashikant Kulkarni, PhD, associate professor of pathology and immunology and assistant professor of pediatrics, has been selected as a team leader for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s GeTRM (Genetic Testing Reference Materials Coordination Program). …
Gerald Morris, MD, a postdoctoral research scholar in pathology and immunology, has received a five-year, $541,049 clinical investigator award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease for research titled “Investigation of the Molecular Basis of T Cell Alloreactivity.” …
Peter J. Schmelz, PhD, associate professor of music in Arts & Sciences, has received a Deems Taylor Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) for his book Such Freedom If Only Musical: Unofficial Soviet Music During the Thaw (Oxford, 2009). Deems Taylor Awards recognize outstanding print, broadcast and new media coverage of music. Schmelz was honored at a ceremony and reception Dec. 9 in New York City. …
Abigail C. Smith, graduate student in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $24,555 grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for research titled “Mobility and Urbanism: The Place of Mobile Pastoralists in Mali’s Iron Age Citie.”
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