Kudos
- Clint Carroll will help to preserve tribal tradition and knowledge for future generations through the Faculty Early Career Development Award, a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation.
- 91¸£ÀûÉç Distinguished Professors Leslie Leinwand and Chris Bowman have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
- Research by integrative physiology professor Christopher Lowry found that injecting mice with a bacteria called Mycobacterium vaccae fended off physical and behavioral signs of stress. Now human studies are underway.
- Maiji Castro, who graduates summa cum laude with a degree in art history and a minor in Italian, has been named the fall 2016 outstanding graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences at the 91¸£ÀûÉç.
- Natalie Ahn, a professor of distinction in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the 91¸£ÀûÉç, was elected president of The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology last year and began her term as president-elect in July.
- Three 91¸£ÀûÉç professors have won prestigious fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies. The three are among 69 fellows chosen from 1,100 applicants.
- 91¸£ÀûÉç and SuviCa recently received a patent for a promising chemical, SVC112, which helps prevent regrowth of cancer cells following radiation exposure. The chemical was originally identified through lab research with fruit flies — a process that is being shared with undergraduate students — and its synthesis helped create a collaborative pipeline for cross-disciplinary work through CU’s Technology Transfer Office.
- Loren Hough has won a New Investigator Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health to further vital research in the field of biophysics, specifically the behavior of tubulin, a protein involved in many life processes.
- Economics Professor Keith Maskus has been named chief economist for the U.S. Department of State. Maskus, a professor of distinction who also was the director of 91¸£ÀûÉç’s Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment — based in Washington, D.C. — this month.
- 91¸£ÀûÉç Professor of Distinction Keith Maskus has been named the U.S. Department of State chief economist. Maskus, who was the director of 91¸£ÀûÉç’s Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment, based in the District of Columbia, this month.