The Alpha Iota chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity recently won its second Francis H. Sisson Award and fourth Campus Involvement Award at the fraternity’s 166th general convention. The Sisson Award is given to only a handful of outstanding chapters whose eligibility is based on 19 areas, including scholarship, philanthropy, alumni affairs and public relations. The Campus Involvement Award recognizes chapters with outstanding involvement in campus life, student organizations and leadership positions. …
Amanda Moore McBride, Ph.D., assistant professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and research director of the Center for Social Development (CSD), and Margaret S. Sherraden, Ph.D., research professor of social work, organized “International Service in the Context of Globalization: A Research Conference,” May 25-27 in London. The conference, hosted by the CSD and the Institute for Volunteering Research in the United Kingdom, in partnership with the Center for International Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, convened 35 researchers and leading practitioners in international service, representing 15 countries. McBride also presented “A Continuum of Voluntary Action: Informing Policy, Practice, and Research” at the International Roundtable on Service and Volunteerism on Aug. 3 in Washington, D.C. CSD hosted the roundtable in conjunction with the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Points of Light Foundation’s National Conference on Volunteering and Service. …
Kenneth F. Kelton, Ph.D., professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $375,000 grant from the Department of the Air Force for research titled “Nucleation and Microalloying for Control of Nanostructure Refinement.” …
James Wang, a junior in Arts & Sciences with a major in biology and minors in international and area studies and psychology, was recently named to the 2005 All-USA College Academic Team. …
Jonathan Silva, a doctoral student advised by Yoram Rudy, Ph.D., the Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering, won first place in the research competition at the Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms, held Feb. 20-25 in Buellton, Calif. The title of his poster was “Molecular Interactions Determine Effects of Iks on the Cardiac Action Potential: Modulation by KCNE1 and Chromanol 293b.” Other biomedical engineering students from the Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center received recognition in this meeting, including Crystal Ripplinger (Igor Efimov lab; second place) and Subham Ghosh (Rudy lab; third place). …
Frank G. Gilliam, M.D., associate professor of neurological surgery, has received a five-year, $667,565 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research titled “Clinical Research in Epilepsy and Associated Disorders.” …
Edwin B. Fisher, Ph.D., research professor of psychology in medicine, has received a five-year, $657,891 grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for research titled “Building Community Supports for Diabetes Care, and Advancing Diabetes Self-Management.” …
John H. Yang, M.D., instructor in medicine, has received a five-year, $613,120 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for research titled “Bc13 Signaling in the Cardiac Metabolic Stress Response.” …
Mark E. Warchol, Ph.D., research associate professor of otolaryngology, has received a one-year, $112,997 grant from NASA for research titled “Patterning of the Vestibular Sensory Organs.”