David Garcia, Junior Psychology Major, was chosen to participate in the Research Experience for Undergraduates at the Disaster Research Center (DRC), sponsored by the University of Delaware. The program is funded by the NSF, the United States Department of Defense, and the University of Delaware.
Ann Hermes '05 documented the Egyptian turmoil for her work for the Christian Science Monitor.
Two School of Mass Communication alumni, Frances Rios '94 and Brian Clarey '93, recently released new books.
Corey Phillips, Senior Psychology major, and Dr. Erin Dupuis, Assistant Professor in Psychological Sciences, presented work at the 12th Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference in San Antonio.
Dr. Kim Ernst of the Department of Psychological Sciences was awarded the University Senate Excellence in Teaching award on January 21, 2011. Dr. Ernst was also recognized for her extraordinary teaching in 2002 when she received the Humanities and Natural Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award.
Dr. Erin Dupuis, Department of Psychological Sciences, has received a 2011 Marquette Fellowship. The Fellowship provides a stipend of $7500 for summer research.
Patrick Garrity, Asst. Professor of Physics, has received the Marquette Fellowship for the Summer 2011 to work on his research project "Validation of a Novel Experimental Technique on a Semiconducting Material".
Alumnus Kevin J. McLin Sr. was appointed the senior director of communications and public relations at Tuskegee University last month.
Kenneth Keulman, Ph.D., professor of religious studies, was a co-presenter of "Actors and Contexts: Hierarchical Analyses of Multilevel Identities," at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual National Conference in Chicago, Ill., April 22-25.
Rico Alvendia, A'94, graduated with high honors from Loyola University New Orleans with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science. At the same time, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army Reserves.