Of note

Philip Cryer, M.D., the Irene E. and Michael M. Karl Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism in Medicine, will receive the American Diabetes Association’s Albert Renold Award at the association’s 70th Scientific Sessions June 25-29, 2010, in Orlando, Fla. …

William Michael Dunne Jr., Ph.D., professor of pathology and immunology, of medicine and of molecular microbiology, was given the 2010 TREK Diagnostic ABMM/ABMLI (American Board of Medical Microbiology/American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology) Professional Recognition Award for his leadership in clinical microbiology and for revolutionizing the delivery of the American Board of Medical Microbiology certification examination. …

Bob Engeszer, associate director of translational research support, and Cathy Sarli, scholarly communications specialist, both at the Bernard Becker Medical Library, and Ruth Lewis, biology and mathematics librarian at Olin Library, co-authored “Public Access Policies,” a detailed report on library responses to policies about providing public access to government-funded research. Also co-authoring the article was Ellen Dubinsky of Bridgewater State College. …

Kathryn G. Miller, Ph.D., professor and chair of biology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $40,000 grant from the Children’s Discovery Institute (CDI) for the CDI Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program. …

Venkat Subramanian, Ph.D., associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering, has received a one-year, $302,132 subaward from Tennessee Tech University via the Department of Defense for research titled “Life-Modeling of Li-ion Cells-Phase II.”