Recognitions
Barry Anderson (Art and Art History) was named by The Pitch as the 2010 winner of its Mastermind Award for the Visual Arts. The award was presented on April 3, 2010. See:
– www.pitch.com/2010-04-01/news/masterminds2010
Erik Olsen (Economics) has been awarded the Louis O. Kelso Fellowship from the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers to study the broadened ownership of capital in the U.S. The award of $12,500 will cover the period from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011 will support his research and permit him to attend conferences and workshops at Rutgers. For more see:
– www.smlr.rutgers.edu/KelsoFellowships.pdf
Virginia Blanton (English) gave an invited lecture April 9 at Vassar College sponsored by its Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program based on her discovery of a 15th century manuscript at Cambridge University detailing the lives of 19 female saints. For more see:
– www.miscellanynews.com/2.1579/prof-blanton-to-deliver-lecture-on-new-medieval-lit-1.2214426
– http://medievalnews.blogspot.com/2010/04/repackaging-female-saints-lives-for.html
Felicia Londre (Theatre) used her recent UMRB grant for research on the history of local and regional theatres. See the recent KC Stage Blog for more:
– http://kcstage.blogspot.com/2010/04/preserving-enchanted-years-of-stage-by.html
George Gale (Philosophy) has received word that a paper he co-authored in 1993 with John Urani (who was a member of the Physics Department Faculty) has been chosen as one of the leading papers of that decade by the retired editor of The American Journal of Physics. The paper was titled: “Philosophy Midwifery and the Birth Pangs of Modern Cosmology.”
– www.kzoo.edu/ajp
Anthony Ladesich, Brad Hodgson and Jordan Kerfeld, former Department of Communication Studies students, were recognized by Paste Magazine, a leading entertainment magazine in the U.S., in March 2010 when it included their works on its DVD music and film sampler for Spring 2010. Ladesich has won an Emmy for some of his film work while Hodgson and Kerfeld each has won a Missouri Broadcasters Association Best Short Film award in the last two years.
