Rich O’Donnell, director of the University Electronic Music Studio and applied music teacher of percussion in Arts & Sciences, has released a CD on the mutablemusic label titled THE ART OF IMPROVISATION-LEROY JENKIN’S DRIFTWOOD. The music was a live recording of a concert in New York City in October 2004. …
The American Society for Investigative Pathology has selected Steven L. Teitelbaum, M.D., the Wilma and Roswell Messing Professor of Pathology, as the 2006 recipient of the Rous-Whipple Award. The society gives the award annually to a pathologist over the age of 50 with a distinguished career in research. The recipient receives a plaque and a $5,000 honorarium and delivers a lecture at the society’;s annual meeting in April. Teitelbaum was honored for his research into bone disorders, including the development of the first cure for osteopetrosis, a fatal condition in which the cells that normally resorb bone are dysfunctional. …
Eric Mumford, Ph.D., associate professor of Architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and director of the Master of Urban Design Program, recently served as an invited respondent at the Society of American City and Regional Planning History conference in Miami. In addition, Mumford lectured on “Sert and CIAM” at the Fifth Docomomo International conference in Barcelona, Spain. He was also recently appointed book review editor for Europe, Africa and Asia after 1750 for the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. …
Jason Wingert, doctoral student in movement science in the School of Medicine, has received a two-year, $49,472 grant from the National Institute of Health for research titled “Sensory Function and Cortical Activity in Cerebral Palsy.” …
James Wang, a senior majoring in biology in Arts & Sciences, was named to the 2006 All-USA College Academic second team as announced by USA Today. He was named to the second team last year. Wang’s research focuses on understanding the role of SCIP transcription factor in myelination of Schwann cells.