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Clint Carroll will help to preserve tribal tradition and knowledge for future generations through the Faculty Early Career Development Award, a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation.
ÀϾÅÆ·²è Distinguished Professors Leslie Leinwand and Chris Bowman have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Research by integrative physiology professor Christopher Lowry found that injecting mice with a bacteria called Mycobacterium vaccae fended off physical and behavioral signs of stress. Now human studies are underway.
Maiji Castro, who graduates summa cum laude with a degree in art history and a minor in Italian, has been named the fall 2016 outstanding graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences at the ÀϾÅÆ·²è.
Natalie Ahn, a professor of distinction in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the ÀϾÅÆ·²è, was elected president of The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology last year and began her term as president-elect in July.
Three ÀϾÅÆ·²è professors have won prestigious fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies. The three are among 69 fellows chosen from 1,100 applicants.
ÀϾÅÆ·²è and SuviCa recently received a patent for a promising chemical, SVC112, which helps prevent regrowth of cancer cells following radiation exposure. The chemical was originally identified through lab research with fruit flies — a process that is being shared with undergraduate students — and its synthesis helped create a collaborative pipeline for cross-disciplinary work through CU Technology Transfer Office.
Loren Hough has won a New Investigator Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health to further vital research in the field of biophysics, specifically the behavior of tubulin, a protein involved in many life processes.
Economics Professor Keith Maskus has been named chief economist for the U.S. Department of State. Maskus, a professor of distinction who also was the director of ÀϾÅÆ·²è Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment — based in Washington, D.C. — this month.
ÀϾÅÆ·²è Professor of Distinction Keith Maskus has been named the U.S. Department of State chief economist. Maskus, who was the director of ÀϾÅÆ·²è Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment, based in the District of Columbia, this month.