Henry I. Schvey, Ph.D., chair of the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences, had his poem “I Dreamt I Was a Jew in Prague” included in New Harvest: Jewish Writing in St. Louis, 1998-2005. Schvey’s interview with playwright David Mamet has also been translated and included in a Spanish language volume. The volume, titled Conversaciones con David Mamet, was published by Alba Editorial. …
The undergraduate Mock Trial team took second and third places at the Robert E. Sanders Tournament at Eastern Kentucky University on Oct. 22-23. Twenty-six teams competed. The team is coached by third-year law student Jessica Bernard. …
Junior Stephanie Wiegand, majoring in biology and in German, both in Arts & Sciences, was named one of 15 Young Ambassadors in the German Academic Exchange Program for 2005-06. The exchange service is the German national agency for the support of international academic cooperation. The 15 ambassadors will be responsible for organizing at least one event per semester on their campuses to promote study in Germany and will work to inform their fellow students on educational and research opportunities in Germany. …
Cindy Grimm, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a two-year, $154,000 grant from the Na-tional Science Foundation for research titled “Surface Construction and Comparison Using Manifolds.” …
Chenyang Lu, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a five-year, $400,000 National Science foundation CAREER Award for research titled “Adaptive Quality of Service Control in Distributed Real-Time Embedded Systems.” …
Walter R. Binns, Ph.D., research professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $962,000 grant from NASA for research titled “Super Tiger: A Very Large Area, High-Resolution Trans-Iron Cosmic Ray Investigation.” …
Leopoldo Cabassa, graduate teaching student in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, has received a one-year, $30,538 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for research titled “Hispanic Immigrants’ Intentions to Seek Depression Care.” …
Sabine Eckmann, Ph.D., curator of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, has received a one-month, $50,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for research titled “Reality Bites: Avant-Garde Art in Post-wall Germany.” …
Vivia V. McCutcheon, graduate fellow in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, has received a one-year, $25,592 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for research titled “Effects of Genes and Environment on Depression and Panic.” …
Michelle R. Munson, graduate teaching assistant in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, has received a one-year, $25,431 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for research titled “The Impact of Mentors on Foster Care Youth in Transition.” …
Barbara J. Snider, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology, has received a three-year, $854,700 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research titled “Neuroprotective Effects of Enhanced Proteasome Function.”