Faculty Recognitions
Joy Swallow and Tony Caruso Win Presidential Awards
At a ceremony held April 12, 2012 in the AUP+D conference area these awards were announced. Tony Caruso (Physics) was awarded the 2012 UM President’s Award for Early Career Excellence.
Photos of UMKC Chancellor Leo Morton, 2012 UM President’s Award for Early Career Excellence winner Tony Caruso (left) 2012 President’s Award for University Citizenship-Leadership winner Joy Swallow (right), and UM President Tim Wolfe [Photos courtesy of Beci Edmundson].
Joy Swallow (Architecture, Urban Planning+Design) was awarded the 2012 President’s Award for University Citizenship-Leadership.
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Robin Aupperle (Psychology) was awarded a University of Missouri Research Board (UMRB) grant for a study titled “Cognitive Training in PTSD: Effects on Cognitive and Emotional Processing”.
Robin Aupperle (Psychology) and Jared Bruce (Psychology) were awarded Frontiers: The Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational Research grants. Aupperle’s study is titled “A pilot study investigating effects of cognitive training for PTSD” and Bruce’s study is titled “Improving medication adherence in Multiple Sclerosis”.
Jennifer Lundgren (Psychology) will be inducted as a Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders at the International Conference on Eating Disorders May 5th in Austin, TX. She has a forthcoming edited volume, Night Eating Syndrome: Research, Assessment, and Treatment, to be published by Guilford (in print August 2012).
