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Early registration closes Dec. 13 for the School of Law’s Center for Empirical Research in the Law workshop.

Dennis Barbour, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has received a two-year, $236,000 grant from the Coulter Foundation for research titled “Improvement of Noisy Signal Representation in Auditory Prostheses via Biologically Inspired Spectral Contrast Shaping.” … Christopher R. Carpenter, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine, received the Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars award from the American Geriatrics Society. The award, funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies, provides two-year grants of $200,000 to help young faculty initiate and sustain a career in research and education in the geriatrics aspect of his or her discipline. … Raj Jain, Ph.D., professor of computer science and engineering, is co-author of a paper that has received the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM) Test of Time Award. The award recognizes a paper published 10 to 12 years ago in Computer Communications Review or any SIGCOMM-sponsored or co-sponsored conference, the contents of which are still deemed to be a vibrant and useful contribution today. The paper, “A Binary Feedback Scheme for Congestion Avoidance in Computer Networks with Connectionless Network Layer,” appeared in ACM Transactions on Computer Systems in May 1990 and was reprinted in the 25th Anniversary Special Issue of Computer Communication Review in January 1995. … Adam S. Kibel, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Urologic Surgery, received the Young Investigator Award from the Society of Urologic Oncology. The award is given to the physician/scientist who has made the most outstanding contributions to the field of urologic oncology within 10 years of completing urology residency. … James E. Koch, affiliate faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering and past director of the Master of Construction Management Program, has been named Hill International’s 2005 Project Manager of the Year. The award recognizes his leadership of Hill’s team in Iraq, which is supporting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to manage the $12 billion Iraq Reconstruction Program. … Robert Pless, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for research titled “Passive Vision—What Can Be Learned by a Stationary Observer.” The five-year award totals $500,000. … Kenneth F. Wong, Ph.D., senior research associate in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has received the 2006 Big Fish Award from the Association of Graduate Engineering Students. The award recognizes excellence in teaching and mentoring.

Oscar P. Chilson, Ph.D., adjunct instructor and professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, after a brief illness. He was 73.

Photo by David KilperArchitecture students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts create a public plaza in Grand Center.

The Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Center will fund research focused on how the immune system contributes to asthma.

New School of Medicine research shows that physicians can’t assume that women with rare, benign breast conditions are cancer-free.

The Jan. 10-11 conference will include updates on the latest funding trends from federal agencies, and informative sessions for academic researchers on research policies, practices and opportunities.

The School of Medicine researchers have been named to the 2006 Scientific American 50.

Through the yearly Give Thanks Give Back campaign, University students, faculty and staff sponsored 121 financially struggling families and collected several thousand gifts.

School of Medicine researchers found that a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug administered at typically nontoxic doses significantly increased liver damage in mice with a mutant human gene.