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Faculty and staff news
Rafael de Sá,
professor of biology, received a $34,600 supplement to an earlier grant from the National Science Foundation. The supplement brings his total funding from the grant to
$366,974.
de Sá, whose primary research interest is systematics, evolution and development of amphibians, is researching a project titled "Diversity Beyond Morphology: A Revision of the Frog Genus Leptodactylus (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae)." He is collaborating with the Natural History Museum in London on understanding the genealogical relationships of the Leptodactylus species inhabiting the Caribbean and how they relate to species that live on the mainland. Work will take place in Richmond and London. A graduate student from London will work in de Sá's laboratory for two months in 2005 and again in 2006.
Sarah McComas, planned giving officer in University Advancement, has been elected vice president of the women's board of Virginia Home for Boys and Girls and also has been appointed to serve on the Virginia Home's campaign steering committee.
The Virginia Chef 's Association has named Glenn Pruden, executive chef, winner of its President's Award in recognition of devoted and distinguished service to the culinary arts profession and food industries. Pruden also serves as a chef in the School of Continuing Studies culinary arts program.
Lit Maxwell, business librarian, was named 2004-05 Rotarian of the Year by the Rotary Club of Innsbrook. His chairmanship of the club's literacy effort resulted in six members being trained for operation and supervision of the Read Center's computer laboratory one evening each week. He also took courses through the Read Center that certified him to teach reading, and he is currently working with two students weekly on English as a second language. Maxwell received a plaque and a Paul Harris Fellow award at a banquet June 24.
Ted Bunn, assistant professor of physics, has been awarded a grant in the amount of $109,298 from the National Science Foundation for "Cosmic Microwave Background Analysis in the Post-WMAP Era" under the Research in Undergraduate Institutions designation. Bunn's project will investigate several timely questions relating to data analysis and interpretation of observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation.
John Santos, dining services a.m. productions cook, received the Richard A. Mateer Quality of Life Award from the Richmond College Student Government Association. The award recognized his enthusiasm and dedication to University students. Santos has worked in the dining center since August 1997.
Michele Whiteside, events and technology manager in University Services, has been elected the Region 10 director for the Association of Collegiate Conference and Events Directors (ACCED).
Fiona Ross, adjunct assistant professor of art, won an $8,000 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts fellowship. She was one of 12 professional artists to receive fellowships, which "provide essential support for artists who wish to advance their careers and their education," according to Michael Brand, director of the museum.
Dee Hardy, director of dining services, received the Ted Minah Award from the National Association of College and University Food Services at its annual meeting in July. It is NACUFS's top award recognizing service to the association and the industry.
Two Richmond ROTC staffers have been
named best in the nation by U.S. Army Cadet
Command.
A board of officers selected Lt. Col.
Donald J. Lash Jr. as Cadet Command
"Professor of Military Science of the Year-
2005" and Hoa (Lan) T. Weidle as
"Human Resource Assistant of the Year-
2005." Cadet Command is the parent
organization of Army ROTC.
They were selected from among staffers
at the 272 senior Army ROTC battalions in
the nation. Of the six battalion-level award
categories, the University won two.
Selection took into account the
University ROTC battalion's overall
performance, its success in commissioning,
its cadet performance at the Leader
Development and Assessment Course at Fort
Lewis, Wash., and the individual's
contributions to Cadet Command.
On the way to national recognition, both
Lash and Weidle were selected as the best in
4th Brigade (19 schools in Virginia and North
Carolina) and the best in Eastern Region (132
schools from the eastern half of the United
States). Both also took top 4th Brigade honors
in 2004.
Richmond's ROTC program was named
top battalion in the 4th Brigade for 2005.
Boatwright Library staff members were
among those in attendance at the American
Library Association's annual conference held
in Chicago June 23-29.
University Librarian Jim Rettig was a
panelist in a program that sought to answer
the question "What makes a reference classic
a classic?"
Andy Morton, head of access
and delivery services, presented a session, "60
Sites in 60 Minutes." He reviewed innovative
and useful sites that offer assistance with workrelated
projects, home tasks and recreational
activity.
Jim Gwin, collection development
librarian, also attended the conference.
Ruth S. Longobardi, assistant
professor of music, has received the Philip
Brett Award from the American Musicological
Society.
The award, sponsored by AMS's Gay and
Lesbian Study Group, honors Longobardi's
essay "Music as Subtext: Reading Between the
Lines." The essay is the final chapter in her
2004 dissertation on Benjamin Britten's
"Death in Venice."
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