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Kudos for

Karl Kirchwey, Creative Writing, recently published The Happiness of This World, a collection of his poems and other writings. Click here to read a copy of the review that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Posted January 2007

and for these colleagues who were named awardees at Commencement, May 20, 2007

  • Liz McCormack, Professor of Physics, was awarded the McPherson Fellowship for excellence in teaching, research, and service to the community;
  • Mary Ellen Nerz-Stormes, Lecturer in Biology, was awarded the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching; and
  • David Cast, Professor of History of Art, was given the Roslyn R. Schwartz Teaching Award.
    Posted June 2007

    • Recent Research Grants and Awards

    Associate Professor of Physics Michael Noel has received funding from the National Science Foundation in support of his project “Engineered Samples of Ultracold Atoms” in the amount of $140,000.
    Associate Professor of Classics Radcliffe Edmonds has received a grant in the amount of $26,000 from the Center for Hellenic Studies for his sabbatical yeara project on Greek myths.
    Professor of Psychology Clark McCauley received an REU grant from the National Science Foundation for his project entitled “Developing Polls to Test Theories of Radicalization and Potential for Radicalization” in the amount of $5,700.*
    Professor of Physics Elizabeth McCormack has received funding from Research Corporation in the amount of $2,500 to be used at her discretion for her research.
    Assistant Professor of Italian Roberta Ricci was awarded a 2007 Summer Stipend of $6,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
    Professor of Political Science Stephen Salkever has been awarded a fellowship from the National Humanities Center in the amount of $40,000 in support of his sabbatical research.
    Professor of Anthropology Philip Kilbride has received a Fulbright Scholar award for research in the Czech Republic, to be undertaken during his sabbatical. The amount of the award will be determined at a later date.

    Promotions

    The Board of Trustees confirmed the following promotions at its 2006-07 meetings, effective September 2007:
    • Kimberly Cassidy, Psyhcology, to Full Professor
    • Julia Littell, Social Work, to Full Professor
    • Lisa Saltzman, History of Art, to Full Professor
    • Leslie Cheng, Mathematics, to Associate Professor with tenure
    • Radcliffe Edmonds, Classics, to Associate Professor with tenure
    • H. Rosi Song, Spanish, to Associate Professor with tenure
    • Arlo Weil, Geology, to Associate Professor with tenure

    New Tenure Track and Continuing Faculty Members

    We are pleased to welcome to the faculty these new colleagues in the 2007-08 academic year:
    • Annette Baertschi, Classics
      Rank: Assistant Professor
      Highest degree and institution: Ph.D.,2007, Classics, Humboldt-University, Berlin
    • Monica Chander, Biology
      Rank: Assistant Professor
      Highest degree and institution: Ph.D.,2000, Biomedical Sciences, University of Connecticut
    • Walter Liu, English
      Rank: Assistant Professor
      Highest degree and institution: Ph.D., 2004, English, University of California at Berkeley
    • Kevin Robinson, Social Work and Social Research
      Rank: Assistant Professor
      Highest degree and institution: Dr.P.H., 2006, Public Health, Columbia University
    • Michael Schulz, Physics
      Rank: Assistant Professor
      Highest degree and institution: Ph.D., 2002, Physics, Stanford University
    • Jennifer Spohrer, History
      Rank: Lecturer
      Highest degree and institution: M.Phil., 2003, Modern Western European History, Columbia University
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    Postdoctoral Fellows

    The College welcomes the following new postdoctoral fellow for the 2007-08 academic year:
    • Stephanie Schwartz, M.Phil., Columbia, 2000, as The Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the History and Theory of Photography. She will be affiliated with the History of Art Department and the Film Studies Program.

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    Last updated August 2007.