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Wilson receives Benson award
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L. Wilson, department assistant III in the office of the associate
dean for academic affairs at the Mandel School of Applied Social
Sciences, has been named the 2002 winner of the school's B. Lenora
Benson Award of Excellence.
Wilson has been on the staff of the Mandel School for 22 years.
For the past 15 years she has served as managing editor of the
Journal of Applied Social Sciences. Earlier this year, she helped
coordinate the work of the school's dean search committee as well
as two faculty search committees.
In addition to her work at the Mandel School, Wilson has served
as a member of the University's Staff Advisory Council, the Grievance
Committee and the school's Work Environment Committee.
Greeks exceed service goal
CWRU's Greek community has completed 10,722
hours of community service at 67 different charities, collected
$16,901.50 in donations and 11,538 cans of food in 2001-2002.
This is the ninth year the fraternities
and sororities have pledged to complete 365 days worth of service.
They actually provided 446 days, and 18 chapters received plaques
for completing or exceeding their portion of the campaign.
Wykle honored as influential
May L. Wykle, dean and Florence Cellar Professor
of Nursing at the School of Nursing, has been named to the "Live
500," a listing of Northeastern Ohio's 500 most influential women
compiled by Northern Ohio Live magazine. The listing appears
in the June issue.
Criteria for being included in the list,
according to the magazine, are "proprietorship of a successful
small business or enterprise, significant community activism,
demonstrated success in senior corporate management or a proven
track record of improving the area's economy and standard of living."
Med writers excel internationally
Lois A. Bowers, assistant director of public
affairs for the School of Medicine, and free-lance writer Kimberly
Bonvissuto have won a 2002 Apex Award in an international competition
by Communications Concepts Inc. The Award of Excellence, in the
feature writing category, was given for "Picking up the pieces,"
a story that appeared in the Medical Bulletin, the medical school's
magazine, of which Bowers is editor.
HR cited for excellence
CWRU's human resources department has been
honored with the College and University Professional Association
for Human Resources' (CUPA-HR) 2002 Midwest Institutional Award
of Excellence.
CWRU was selected for the award because
the human resources department "has played a visible role in supporting
and modeling your institution's vision of both leadership and
partnership as evidenced by the use of the proactive Appreciative
Inquiry Change Management theory," according to the letter announcing
the honor.
The department also was cited for its use
of technology in employment processes, flexible benefit enrollment
systems and creative techniques for informing employees of programs.
Students compete in Japanese
Two CWRU Japanese students, Brendan Elliott
and Matthew Holtz, were selected as finalists in the annual Japanese
Speech Contest sponsored earlier this year by the Japan America
Society of Central Ohio. Elliott and Holtz are both students of
Miwako Hisagi.
Grant to help bridge digital divide
Earnestine Adeyemon, electronic services
librarian, has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Community
Technology Fund of Ohio to expand programming for the University
Library's "Partner to Bridge Cleveland's Digital Divide" initiative.
The library is collaborating with the Cleveland
Municipal School District School of the Arts to provide technology
and information literacy instruction and access to seventh-grade
students.
Book submitted for Pulitzer
Ted Steinberg, professor of history and
law, could have his second straight book nominated for a Pulitzer
Prize.
His most recent book Down to Earth:
Nature's Role in American History has been submitted by Oxford
University Press to the Pulitzer Prize committee for consideration
in the history category. The book explores how nature has impacted
history.
Steinberg's last book, Acts of God: The
Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America, published
in 2000, received a Pulitzer Prize nomination in history
ITS bestows first service award
Cathleen Petelin, an analyst and programmer,
has received CWRU's first Information Technology Services Customer
Service Award. Petelin was honored for her work improving Benelect
online enrollment.
Daroff to lead headache society
Robert B. Daroff, professor of neurology,
associate dean for University Hospitals of Cleveland (UHC) at
the medical school and senior vice president for academic affairs
at UHC, has been elected president of the American Headache Society.
He will serve a two-year term.
Hokenstad speaks on aging
M.C. "Terry" Hokenstad, the Ralph S. and
Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor at the Mandel School of Applied Social
Sciences, has made three presentations to international audiences.
Hokenstad gave a speech entitled, "Redefining
Retirement: An International Perspective on Retirement Patterns
and Pension Policy" to the United Nations in New York City as
part of the preparatory meetings for the World Assembly on Aging;
conducted a workshop "Lifelong Learning: Theory and Practice"
at the World NGO Forum on Aging; and presented a paper, "Geriatric
and Gerontological Education for the Health Care and Social Service
Professions," at the United Nations' World Assembly on Aging.
He also recently published a chapter, "Retirement
Patterns and Pension Policy: An International Perspective" in
the book Issues in Global Aging.
Avner honored in pediatrics
Ellis D. Avner, professor of pediatrics
and chief medical officer at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
(RBC), was named the first recipient of the RBC Corporation Chair
for Excellence in Pediatrics. He also was named president of the
American Society of Pediatric Nephrology.
Tracy writes on social networks
Elizabeth Tracy, associate professor at
the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, has published "Working
with and Strengthening Social Networks" in the book Social
Workers Desk Reference (Oxford University Press), edited by
A. Roberts and G. Greene.
Cancer hall of fame inducts two
Nathan A. Berger, professor of medicine
and director of the Center for Science, Health and Society, and
George R. Stark, professor of genetics and chairman of the Research
Institute for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, have been inducted
into the American Cancer Society Cancer Care Hall of Fame, which
recognizes individuals, groups or organizations from Northeast
Ohio that have made significant contributions to the fight against
cancer.
Miller chairs neuroscience group
Robert H. Miller, professor of neuroscience,
was appointed chairperson of the National Institutes of Health
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Neurosciences Study Section,
Center for Scientific Review. Miller served as chair from April
to June of this year.
Deimling named top researcher
For the second straight year a CWRU faculty
member has been named the top gerontology researcher in the state.
Gary Deimling, professor of psychology and
director of the cancer survivor project, has won the 2002 Ohio
Research Council on Aging's Ohio Gerontology Researcher of the
Year Award. His research on elderly white and African-American
survivors of breast, prostate and colorectal cancer has yielded
one of the first looks at how the disease affects older Americans.
Bob Binstock, professor of aging, health
and society at the School of Medicine, received the award in 2001.
New arts, sciences chairs named
Samuel Savin, dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences, announced the appointment of several new department
chairs: Henry Adams, who has a joint appointment with the Cleveland
Museum of Art, will become chair of the Department of Art History.
Thomas Csordas, professor of anthropology, will chair the anthropology
department as Melvyn Goldstein steps down. Marie Lathers will
head the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, while
Georgia Cowart takes over the music department.
Hoffman chosen for NEH program
Sharona Hoffman, assistant professor of
law, has been selected from a national applicant pool to participate
in one of 23 summer projects supported by the National Endowment
for the Humanities. Hoffman took part in a five-week seminar titled
"Justice, Equality and the Challenge of Disability" at Sarah Lawrence
College in Bronxville, N.Y. The 15 participants in the Sarah Lawrence
seminar each received NEH stipends of $3,250 for travel and expenses.
Neils wins publishing award
Jenifer Neils, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor
of Art History, has won an Association of American Publishers
award in the arts category for her book The Parthenon Frieze.
The awards are given annually by AAP's Professional and Scholarly
Publishing Division.
Hip replacement study gets grant
Mary Milidonis, a doctoral candidate in
health services research in the department of epidemiology and
biostatistics, has received a $30,000 grant from The Agency for
Health Care Research and Quality for her project "Expectation
Measurement for Persons with Hip Replacement and the Association
of Expectations with Outcomes."
Wells is expert on child welfare
Kathleen Wells, associate professor at
the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, has participated
in the Child Welfare and Welfare Reform Research and Policy conference
sponsored by the Research Forum on Children, Families and the
New Federalism at the National Center for Children in Poverty.
Editor of the new book, Qualitative Social
Work: Research and Practice, Wells also presented a paper on the
impact of welfare reform on child welfare at the Sixth Annual
Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research.
Japanese students host visitors
The Japanese section of the Department of
Modern Languages and Literatures and the Asian Studies Program
recently hosted a visiting professor and his students from Waseda
University in Tokyo.
CWRU students Samuel Chen, Brendan Elliott
and Christopher Frederick and lecturers Miwako Hisagi and Margaret
Fitzgerald, along with Spence Zaorski, chairman of the board of
the Japan America Society of Northeast Ohio, provided input on
portions of films created by Norio Hozaki, professor in the School
of Human Sciences and Educational Communication at Waseda, and
nine of his students who visited CWRU.
Stats group appoints Sedransk
Nell Sedransk, professor of statistics,
was named a fellow of the American Statistical Association. ASA
is the second-oldest professional association in the country.
It promotes excellence in statistics applications.
Overholser to edit psych journal
James Overholser, professor of psychology,
has been named editor of the Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy,
which provides an international forum to critique the complexities
and controversies facing psychotherapists.
Korbin works on suicide study
Jill E. Korbin, professor of anthropology
and associate dean of arts and sciences, helped research and write
the report "Reducing Suicide: A National Imperative," which recently
was published by the National Institute of Medicine. Korbin also
is co-director of the Schubert Center for Child Development and
director of the Childhood Studies Program.
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