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Simpson director ad interim of CFA school of visual arts
Judith Simpson, a CFA associate professor, has been appointed director
ad interim of the school of visual arts for the 2003-2004 academic year.
“I am enthusiastic about the future of the school of visual arts
and am confident that it will be in good hands throughout the coming year
with Professor Simpson at the helm,” says Walt Meissner, CFA dean
ad interim. Simpson joined the visual arts faculty in 1996 as an assistant
professor and in 1998 was promoted to associate professor. She became
chairman of the school’s art education department in 2002, has served
on the University’s Faculty Council and the Provost’s Tenure
Discussion Group, and was a member of the CFA strategic planning group.
Popular Science names Desai one of “Brilliant 10”
Popular Science magazine recently released its second annual
“Brilliant 10” list of young scientists in the United States
who are doing extraordinary work. The list includes Tejal Desai, an ENG
associate professor of biomedical engineering, who was recognized for
her work in the field of tissue engineering and in making artificial vessels
that coax the body to grow replacements, then biodegrade, leaving the
new natural vessels behind. An article on the elite group of scientists
will appear in the September issue, spotlighting a group of men and women
who “have the potential to redefine the world in which we live.”
Electromagnetics pioneer receives IEEE award
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) has named Leopold Felsen, an ENG professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering and electrical and computer engineering, as recipient of the 2003 IEEE Electromagnetics Award. The award recognizes Felsen’s contributions to the field of electromagnetic theory and in methodology and phenomenology, which has helped expand the understanding of wave behavior in complex interdisciplinary settings such as submarine detection, radar indentification of airborne targets, mobile communications, and buried land mine detection and imaging. The award was presented in June.
Director of BU’s Ireland program meets with Nobel laureate
Janice Barrett, a COM associate professor in the department of mass communication, advertising, and public relations, and director of BU’s new Summer Ireland Program, met with John Hume, 1998 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace, at a private dinner held in northern Ireland this summer. Also attending the dinner were program instructors and students. “John Hume believes that our hope is in the education of our young people to learn how to build peace, not wage war,” says Barrett. The program offers two, four-credit courses in Dublin, one entitled Communication, Conflict, and the Media.
BU Art Gallery names director, assistant director
Stacey McCarroll (GRS’04), who has been with the BU Art Gallery in various capacities since 1996, including acting director and curator, has been named director and curator. She is a specialist in the history of photography, was a 2001–2002 recipient of the Henry Luce Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in American Art, and is currently completing her Ph.D. dissertation, entitled Intimate Images: The Public and the Private in Twentieth-Century American Photography.
Rebekah Lamb (MET’00), who joined the BU Art Gallery in 2002 and has developed and completed numerous projects for the gallery, including a new Web site and an e-newsletter, has been named assistant director.
Alumni Relations pubs win awards
Graphic Design:usa has recognized BU editors and designers for their work on publications produced by the Office of Development and Alumni Relations (DAR). Jean Keith, director of the DAR communications group, was recognized for her work as author-editor for the School of Hospitality Administration brochure and as editor of SHA’s Check In. Wendy Garbarino, DAR art director, was cited for her work on the SHA brochure, the cover of the African Leaders State of Africa Report, and the cover of the College of Communication’s COMtalk winter 2002 issue. Cynthia K. Buccini, a DAR editor-writer, received an award as editor for COMtalk, winter 2002, and for the Scarlet Record, spring 2003 issue. Amy Osborne, DAR graphics manager of production-design, was recognized for her design of the College of General Studies 50th Anniversary Gala invitation. Kim Han, Bostonia senior designer, was cited for her design work on Check In. John Sheppard, a publications-communications assistant, was awarded for his design of the Scarlet Record, spring 2003.
Bell Ringer Award to SDM CD-Rom/Bulletin
BU’s School of Dental Medicine CD-Rom/Bulletin, with virtual tour,
was awarded a 2003 New England Publicity Club Bell Ringer Award for excellence
in communications and public relations in June.
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