Dr. Cristina Sanz funded by The Spencer Foundation
Byline: Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Cristina Sanz, Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has received a two-year grant from The Spencer Foundation for her proposal entitled “The Latin Project: A Study on the Interaction between Bilingualism, Cognition and Pedagogical Variables in Language Learning.” The Spencer Foundation provides fellowships and training programs to support research projects investigating the purpose, quality, and availability of education. Please join us in celebrating Dr. Sanz’s award.
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National Endowment for the Humanities Awards
Byline: Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has recently awarded Drs. Michael Kazin (Professor, History Department) and Henry Richardson (Professor, Philosophy Department) the NEH Fellowship and Faculty Research Award for 2008-2009.
NEH also had awarded fellowships for the University Teachers Program to Drs. Lori Merish (Professor, English Department) and Nicoletta Pireddu (Associate Professor, Italian Department) for 2007-2008.
Congratulations!
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Dr. Christian Wolf's Book Published
Byline: Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Christian Wolf, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, recently had his book, "Dynamic Stereochemistry of Chiral Compounds," published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Here is a brief synopsis, provided by Dr. Wolf:
"The book provides a comprehensive overview of fundamental concepts of asymmetric synthesis along with in-depth discussions of strategies for selective introduction, interconversion and translocation of central, axial, planar, and helical chirality. A systematic coverage of stereochemical principles and stereodynamic properties of chiral compounds guides the reader through the book and establishes a conceptual linkage to asymmetric synthesis, molecular devices that resemble the structure and stereomutations of propellers, bevel gears, switches and motors, and topologically chiral assemblies such as catenanes and rotaxanes. Racemization and diastereomerization reactions of numerous chiral compounds are discussed as well as the principles, scope and compatibility of commonly used analytical techniques. The book has more than 550 figures, schemes and tables and also a glossary of stereochemical terms and definitions."
To learn more about the book, visit http://www.rsc.org/shop/books/2007/9780854042463.asp.
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Jennifer Urbanski wins the President's Prize
Byline: Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Jennifer Urbanski, a current graduate student in the Department of Biology, received the President's Prize for the best student presentation at the 2007 annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America in San Diego, California. Her presentation was part of a session focused on physiology, biochemistry, toxicology and molecular biology.
Please join us in congratulating Jennifer Urbanski for receiving a very prestigious award for her hard work.
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Faculty Grant Awards
Byline: Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Drs. Jennifer Swift and Richard Weiss, two professors in the Department of Chemistry, receive grants for their projects.
Dr. Jennifer Swift recently received a $485,544 grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, which will fund her project, "Template-Directed Crystallization of High Energy Materials,” for a three-year period. Dr. Swift is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of Undergraduate Studies. To learn more about Dr. Swift and her work, visit http://chemistry.georgetown.edu/people/swift.html.
Dr. Richard Weiss, Professor of Chemistry, was granted $475,700 from the National Science Foundation to fund his project, "Correlations of Properties of Polymers, Gels, and Reversible Ionic Liquids at Different Length and Time Scales from Structural Data and Thermally or Photo Induced Dynamic Processes," for a three-year period. Visit http://chemistry.georgetown.edu/people/weiss.html to learn more about his work.
Congratulations!
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