November 23rd, 2009
- Michael Kruger (Physics) was among the regional finalists for the Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award given by the Student Physics Society.http://cas.umkc.edu/physics/sps/news.html
- Clancy Martin’s (Philosophy) recent novel How to Sell nominated as one of the Best Books of 2009.
www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704595.html
- William Black (Economics and Law) was interviewed by the New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/business/11hohlt.html?_r=3&hpw
Syed Hasan received the Geological Society of America Engineering Geology Division’s Meritorious Service Award at the Annual GSA Meeting
Syed Hasan (Geosciences) has been named to the Board of Directors of the Council for Frontiers of Knowledge.
Hasan also received the Geological Society of America Engineering Geology Division’s Meritorious Service Award at the Annual GSA Meeting, Portland, OR, October 2009. http://cas.umkc.edu/geo/pressRelease.html
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November 23rd, 2009
Fall A&S Enrollment 1999-2009
Fall Enrollment Numbers
Spring A&S Enrollment 2000-2009
Spring Enrollment Numbers
Note: Numbers adjusted to reflect changes in enrollment attributions to schools in 2005-06.
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November 23rd, 2009
| Keith Buszek (Chemistry) |
$110,521 |
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Univerity of Kansas Center for Research
Title: Center of Excellence in Chemical Methodologies and Library Development |
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| Diane Mutti-Burke (History) |
$160,000 |
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National Endowment for Humanities
Title: Crossroads of Conflict: Contested Visions of Freedom and the Missouri Kansas Border War
http://cas.umkc.edu/nehborderwars |
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| Robert Stewart (New Letters) |
$29,700 |
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Missouri Arts Council
Title: New Letters |
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| Robert Stewart (New Letters) |
$18,142 |
Missouri Arts Council
Title: BkMk Press: Enhancing Literary Publishing |
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| Jerzy Wrobel and Michael Kruger (Physics) |
$260,511 |
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($413, 588 total award)
National Science Foundation
Title: MRI: Development of a High Pressure Laser Heating System |
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| Delwyn Catley (Psychology) |
$1,552,110 |
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($1,552,110, total award)
National Institutes of Health
Title: Can Motivational Interviewing Be Effective for moking Cessation? http://umkcpsychology.blogspot.com |
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| Christopher Lovelace (Psychology) |
$30,000 |
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University of Arizona
Title: Efficient, Unobtrusive Measurement of Postural Correlates of Deception |
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November 23rd, 2009
In Fall of 2007, there were 2,504 students with declared majors in A&S. In Fall of 2009, that number is 2,908—an increase of 16.1 percent.
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November 23rd, 2009
After our “Late Summer” E-zine appeared, we received word of more summer activities worthy of note.
Judy Ancel (Economics)
Awarded the 2009 United Association for Labor Education (UALE) Outstanding Contribution to the
Field of Labor Education award for the Heartland Labor Forum radio program.
http://uale.org/uale-2009-awards#OC
www.heartlandlaborforum.org
Hadara Bar-Nadav (English)
Awarded a full fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center for a four-week residency in poetry, June 2009.
Richard Allman (Art and Art History)
Awarded a two-week residency from the Vermont Studio Center in painting, June 2009.
Read more about the Vermont Center www.vermontstudiocenter.org/about
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November 23rd, 2009
In FY 2009, A&S budget funds provided $237,000 in fee remissions for graduate students serving as teaching assistants and research assistants. (This total does not include fee remissions made available through the School of Graduate Studies.)
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November 23rd, 2009
These four students are among those being considered nationally for Student Fulbright Awards:
• Lynn Marie Alexander (History–Graduate Student)
• Nicole English (Sociology–Graduate Student)
• Rachel Waldemar (Biology, Chemistry, Spanish–Undergraduate)
• Maria Iliakova (Biology, Spanish, Chemistry– Undergraduate)
For more on the award program in which they are competing see: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html
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November 23rd, 2009
Many faculty and graduate students in English also had productive summers as noted in their Fall 2009 newsletter.
http://cas.umkc.edu/english/publications/f2009NewsletterIssue1.pdf
Among them are: Virginia Blanton whose book, Signs of Devotion, received a special award and Patrick Dobson whose first book Seldom Seen was published by the University of Nebraska.
Tags: books, English
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