BU ALUMNUS LEONARD BROOM (1911-2009)
Leonard Broom, (BS, Phi Beta Kappa, 1933; AM 1934), passed away November 19, 2009, in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 98. One of the first sociologists to join the faculty at UCLA, he served there from 1941 through 1959. During that period, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship, served as editor of the American […]
SYLVIA DOMINGUEZ RECEIVES FORD FELLOWSHIP
Sylvia Dominguez (Sociology/SSW PhD 05) has received the Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowship for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching. The Fellowships are given to individuals who have shown superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars […]
PROF. SMITH-DOERR WINS NSF AWARD
Before ending her two-year stint as a Visiting Scientist at the National Science Foundation, Laurel Smith-Doerr was presented with the “Director’s Award for Collaborative Integration.” The award recognized her “outstanding work in nurturing the development of the Ethics Education in Science and Engineering program, and leadership in NSF’s implementation of the ethics education requirement in […]