Recognitions

Caitlin Horsmon, (Communication Studies) received a Rocket Grant, in partnership with the Charlotte Street Foundation, Spencer Museum and the Andy Warhol Foundation. She is one of ten recipients to receive $4000 for the Visual Arts. Her project, titled “Resistant History,” will reframe political reform as a local activity through collecting stories of progressive change in the Kansas City area and will be available via web to education, citizens and artists. For more see:
http://rocketgrants.wordpress.com/rocket-grants-projects/the-projects-2011-2012/resistant-history/ 

Tom Fisher (Mathematics & Statistics) has been awarded a research grant by the University of Missouri System’s Regents Board (UMRB) for his project entitled “New Multivariate Techniques in Time Series Analysis & Forecast”.

Theatre Department’s Felicia Londré becomes Dean–Elect of College of Fellows of the American Theatre

At the annual meeting of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre, held last April in the Kennedy Center, Dr. Felicia Londré, Curators’ Professor of Theatre, was chosen as the organization’s Dean–Elect.

During the next year, prior to assuming her two-year leadership term in April 2012, Dr. Londré will work closely with the College’s current Dean, Milly Barranger.

Londré was featured in The Fellows Gazette’s Fall 2010 issue.  John Ezell, Hall Family Foundation Professor of Design, of the A&S Theatre Department, is also an American Theatre Fellow. (This is an abbreviated version of an article that appeared in U-Matters, May 17, 2011)

Richard Findley (Architecture, Urban Planning +Design and Art and Art History lecturer) has received a U.S. Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research in Cairo from September of 2011 through June of 2012. For more see:
• www.umkc.edu/news/news-release.asp?id=1092

Dana Tulodziecki (Philosophy) will be a Visiting Fellow for the year at the University of Pittsburgh at their Center for the Philosophy of Science considered the leading center for the history and philosophy of science in the world. For more see:
• www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/About/about.htm

At a June 16, 2011 reception hosted by Dean Vorst, Joy Swallow (Chair, Architecture, Urban Planning + Design) was honored by the announcement of an endowed scholarship in her name created by friends and colleagues on the occasion of her elevation to Fellow of The American Institute of Architects at the Investiture May 14, 2011, AIA National convention, New Orleans, Louisiana. The honor is recognition of Joy D. Swallow’s notable contribution to the advancement of the profession of architecture, and to her leadership and devotion in the education of architecture, urban planning and design
• www.aia.org/practicing/awards/2011/fellows/index.htm.

Andrew Holder (Chemistry) has been selected to the 2011 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society. This program is “to recognize members of ACS for outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession, and the Society.” All of the nominees have to not only be a member in good standing of the ACS but also has met the requirements in two of the following areas: Excellence in Science/Profession and Outstanding Service to the American Chemical Society including service on a division, local, regional, national and/or international level and/or editorship in a journal. He joins an outstanding list of previous ACS fellows and will be honored at a special ceremony during the ACS National Meeting in Denver on August 29, 2011 as well as be featured with his other ACS Fellows in the August 2011 Chemical & Engineering News. For more see:
• portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_SUPERARTICLE&node_id=2246&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=5a1c38c2-0d43-42cc-88de-728a8b92f870

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