Kudos
Three ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï professors have won prestigious fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies. The three are among 69 fellows chosen from 1,100 applicants.
ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï and SuviCa recently received a patent for a promising chemical, SVC112, which helps prevent regrowth of cancer cells following radiation exposure. The chemical was originally identified through lab research with fruit flies — a process that is being shared with undergraduate students — and its synthesis helped create a collaborative pipeline for cross-disciplinary work through CU’s Technology Transfer Office.
Loren Hough has won a New Investigator Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health to further vital research in the field of biophysics, specifically the behavior of tubulin, a protein involved in many life processes.
Economics Professor Keith Maskus has been named chief economist for the U.S. Department of State. Maskus, a professor of distinction who also was the director of ºÚÁϳԹÏ’s Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment — based in Washington, D.C. — this month.
ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Professor of Distinction Keith Maskus has been named the U.S. Department of State chief economist. Maskus, who was the director of ºÚÁϳԹÏ’s Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment, based in the District of Columbia, this month.
Joel Kralj, assistant professor in molecular, cellular and developmental biology and a University of Colorado BioFrontiers Institute faculty member, became interested in measuring cellular voltage as a postdoctoral researcher.
David Pyrooz, assistant professor of sociology at ºÚÁϳԹÏ, has won the 2016 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology.
Noah Finkelstein, who co-directs the Center for STEM Learning at ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï and is a principal investigator for Physics Education Research, one of the largest research groups in physics education in the country, will receive up to $4,000 from the Brazil-U.S. Professorship/Lectureship Program. The Sociedade Brasileira de FÃsica (SBF) and the American Physical Society (APS) jointly sponsor the exchange.
From the mid-19th century until about the 1930s, Chinese immigrants maintained secret societies in many corners of the world. The societies communicated across continents, and members often recognized each other through oaths and rituals. During the 1920s, many leaders of different secret societies assassinated each other.
ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï recently expanded its support of public scholarship in the arts and humanities by joining a national group working to advance democracy and participation in higher education.