Ph.D. Candidate Rebecca Farber Awarded NSF Fellowship
Ph.D. Candidate Rebecca Farber has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. This competitive research fellowship supports three years of research and studies and provides international research and professional development opportunities. Rebecca’s project is titled “Local Impacts of Medical Tourism in Thailand.” Congratulations, Rebecca!
PHD CANDIDATE BAKHTIARI AWARDED NSF FELLOWSHIP
Sociology Ph.D Candidate Elyas Bakhtiari was awarded one of three graduate student fellowships under the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellows Program. These prestigious national fellowships provide generous support for three years of study, available for fellows to use at any point in the next five years. Elyas works closely with Sigrun Olafsdottir, Assistant […]
UNDERGRADUATE ALUM JENNIFER MACY SUMNER WINS NSF FUNDING
Jennifer Macy Sumner (SO’99), has won National Science Foundation funding for her comparative research on the incarceration of transgender inmates in the U.S. and in Italy. Sumner is currently an assistant professor of criminal justice at Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, and is continuing her research in Italy this spring.
PROF. SMITH-DOERR ELECTED TO ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE NEW NATIONAL CENTER FOR ETHICS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Congratulations to Professor Laurel Smith-Doerr who recently agreed to serve on the agreed to serve on the Advisory Board for the new National Center for Ethics in Science and Engineering funded by NSF. It will be housed at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, with a PI of the $5million grant. Further information can be found […]
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 […]