Sven Birkerts, editor of the AGNI Review, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Birkerts has been editor of AGNI, which is affiliated with the CAS Creative Writing Program, since July 2002.
The MFA program will incorporate its playwrights into a vibrant community of artists and ready them for lives in both the professional theatre and in academia.
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation honored two CAS professors this month with coveted fellowships for their outstanding achievements.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or primary cancer of the liver, is the fifth most common cancer worldwide. Despite the prevalence of this disease, until now there has been no effective, systemic treatment. Thanks to a team of CAS researchers, that may be about to change.
Professor of Psychology Michael Hasselmo was recently elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
This year’s winner is Professor of Psychology Alice Cronin-Golomb, Director of the Vision & Cognition Laboratory and Co-Director of the Center for Clinical Biopsychology at Boston University.
One of the three awardees was CAS Assistant Professor of Economics Johannes Schmieder.
The role of the College of Arts & Sciences associate professor of anthropology and director of the University’s African Language Program in promoting Ajami has won him a 2011 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.
Chair of Classical Studies Jay Samons has received the Distinguished Teaching Fellowship (DTP) from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Jeffrey Henderson, the University’s William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Greek Language and Literature and a world-renowned classics scholar, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).