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Chem prof honored with American Chemistry Council award

Morton Hoffman, a CAS professor of chemistry, has been awarded the 2002 Responsible Care National Catalyst Award by the American Chemistry Council. The award honors educators who excel at teaching science and chemistry to students in college, high school, middle school, and grade school. Hoffman will receive a medal and citation at an awards dinner held in conjunction with the National Science Teachers Association Annual meeting on March 28 in San Diego. BU will receive $5,000 for improving science education programs.

Johnson to join DOD advisory board

W. Norman Johnson, vice president and dean of students, has been asked by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to join a Department of Defense Industry Advisory Board, created to review and recommend ways the defense department can improve its business practices. Johnson was invited to participate as an "out of the box futurist thinker."

SSW doctoral student receives Woodrow Wilson grant

Silvia Dominguez, a student in SSW's Interdisciplinary Program in Sociology and Social Work, has received a 2002 Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Grant in women's studies. She is one of 15 who was awarded the fellowship nationally, recognized for her dissertation topic, The Role of Social Networks and Neighborhood Resources in Shaping the Social Mobility Prospects of Second Generation Latinas in Public Housing. The grant recognizes "original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries."

SSW prof joins panel at the Carter Presidential Center

Judith Gonyea, an SSW associate professor, joined the Caregiving Across the Lifespan panel of national experts at the Rosalyn Carter Institute (RCI) for Human Development at Georgia Southwestern State University. Gonyea was one of nine experts who addressed age-specific, current, and future caregiving needs in policy, practice, research, education, and training. RCI, formed in 1987 in honor of the former first lady, promotes the mental health and well-being of individuals, families, and professional caregivers, encourages effective caregiving practices, builds public awareness of caregiving needs, and advances public and social policies that enhance caring communities.

SAR prof develops Stretch Breaks for Kids

A new software program that helps prevent repetitive stress injuries among children has been developed by ergonomics expert Karen Jacobs, a SAR clinical associate professor and former president of the American Occupational Therapy Association, and Arthur Saltzman of Para Technologies. Stretch Breaks for Kids is a free, downloadable program for Windows that leads children through a series of stretches to help maintain circulation and stimulate muscles. The program also includes tips for correct posture and computer workstation setup. To download the program, visit http://people.bu.edu/kjacobs.

Leazott honored by PCC scholarship program

The Postal Customer Council (PCC) of Greater Boston, which has for the past eight years awarded four $1,500 merit-based scholarships to high school seniors planning to attend college and who are also children of PCC members or of employees of the U.S. Postal Service (SCF regions 021, 022, and 024), has renamed the program the Greater Boston PCC Richard Leazott Memorial Scholarship Program. Richard Leazott, former director of BU Mail Services, devoted substantial time and effort to the program's success. He died in August 2001.

8 March 2002
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