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MSI PI Christy Haynes (Chemistry - College of Science and Engineering) will receive the 2015 Advising and Mentoring Award from the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly at a ceremony on May 7. Professor Haynes was nominated by her students for this award. You can see more on the chemistry department website.
Regents Professor Donald Truhlar (Chemistry - College of Science and Engineering; MSI Fellow) has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). The AAAS honors those in academia, the arts, business, and public affairs who are preeminent in their fields. You can read more about this award and Professor Truhlar’s work on the chemistry department website.
posted on April 20, 2015
posted April 17, 2015 Professor Timothy Kehoe, an MSI Principal Investigator from the Department of Economics, has been awarded a 2015-16 Guggenheim Fellowship. These Fellowships are awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and, according to the Foundation, are presented “on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise” in various fields of study. A notice about this award appears on the College of Liberal Arts website.
MSI Principal Investigator Wayne Gladfelter, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded the 2015 George W. Taylor Award of Distinguished Service by the College of Science and Engineering. The award recognizes outstanding service to the University and voluntary public service.
The OVPR’s Inquiry blog recently featured work headed by MSI PI Larry Wackett (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics; BioTechnology Institute). Professor Wackett is the lead researcher on a MnDRIVE project that is creating computer models that will predict how bacteria and chemicals interact.
Principal Investigator Professor William Pomerantz (Chemistry - College of Science and Engineering) recently received a Kimmel Scholar Award from the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research. These awards are given to scientists in the early stages of their research careers who are involved in cancer research. You can read more on the chemistry department website.
MSI Principal Investigator Professor Jakub Tolar (Pediatrics - Medical School) has been named a Distinguished McKnight University Professor. This award recognizes outstanding faculty members who recently achieved full professor status. The announcement appears on the Scholars Walk website.

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