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FACULTY HONORS AND AWARDS
External Awards
Internal Awards
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University at Albany Excellence in Research Awards
Excellence in Research – 2011
Excellence in Research – 2010
Research Foundation Awards and Recognitions
Research and Scholarship
The Research Foundation honors SUNY faculty for outstanding scholarly and research contributions in all areas of academic pursuit, from the humanities, arts and social sciences to the sciences, medicine and engineering. The individuals are recognized leaders in their respective fields of endeavor.
University at Albany faculty receiving Research Foundation recognition includes:
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Honoring Research and Scholarship |
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Timothy Gage, Anthropology Department
Ronald Toseland, School of Social Welfare |
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| 2007 |
Honoring Research and Scholarship |
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T.S. Kuan, Department of Physics
Conley Reider, Department of Biomedical Sciences
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| 2006 |
Honoring Research and Scholarship |
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Edna Acosta-Belen, Department of Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies
Steven Messner, Department of Sociology
Gordon Gallup, Department of Psychology
Bonnie Steinbock, Department of Psychology |
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| 2005 |
Honoring Research and Scholarship |
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Henryk Baran, Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Sho–Ya Wang, Department of Biological Sciences |
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| 2004 |
Excellence in Pursuit of Knowledge Award |
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Kajal Lahiri, Economics Department |
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| 2003 |
Honoring Research and Scholarship |
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Eric Block, Department of Chemistry
Joachim Frank, Department of Biomedical Science
John Logan, Department of Sociology
William J. Reid, School of Social Welfare
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| 2002 |
Honoring Research in Science, Engineering & Medicine |
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Marlene Belfort, Department of Biomedical Science
Edward Blanchard, Department of Psychology
Honoring Research in Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
Richard Alba, Department of Sociology
Arthur Applebee, Department of Educational Theory & Practice
Betty Daniel, Department of Economics
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Honoring Research in Science, Engineering & Medicine |
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Lance F. Bosart, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Timothy L. Lance, Department of Mathematics |
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Honoring Research in Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences |
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Judith Langer, Department of Educational Theory & Practice
Terence P. Thornberry, School of Criminal Justice |
Research Foundation Rising Star Award
The following UAlbany faculty were recognized by the Research Foundation, SUNY for their promise based on obtaining external funding for the first time, getting a patent for the first time and getting published for the first time.
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Nathaniel Cady, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Scott Tenenbaum, Gen*NY*Sis Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics |
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Innovation, Creation and Discovery
Promising Inventors
University at Albany faculty recognized for submitting their first invention disclosures.
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Julio Aguirre-Ghiso, Department of Biomedical Science and |
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Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics |
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Sridar Chittur, Department of Biomedical Science and Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics |
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Sanjay Goel, Department of Information Technology Management
Mengbing Huang, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Vincent LaBella, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering |
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Michael A. Carpenter, College of Nanoscale Science and |
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Engineering |
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Ben Szaro, Department of Biological Sciences |
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Eric Lifshin, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering |
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Fatemeh Shahedipour-Sandvik, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Ana V. Perez, Center for Functional Genomics
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Rabi Musah, Department of Chemistry |
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Eric Eisenbraun, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering |
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First Time Patent
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| The State University of New York holds more than 650 patents, with 44 patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in fiscal 2004. The following University at Albany faculty were among several SUNY faculty honored for receiving their first patents. |
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James Castracane, College of Nanoscale Science and |
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Engineering |
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Albert Millis, Department of Biological Sciences |
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Paul Toscano, Department of Chemistry |
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Outstanding Inventor
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| The following University at Albany faculty was among SUNY faculty who were recognized as Outstanding Inventors for either receiving multiple patents, bringing in considerable licensing income from the invention or the other significance of the invention. |
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Alain Kaloyeros, College of Nanoscale Science and |
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Engineering |
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Honoring Partners in Leadership
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Alain Kaloyeros, College of Nanoscale Science and |
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Engineering |
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Federal Career Awards Received by UAlbany Faculty
National Science Foundation
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| Ian Davidson |
Computer |
Knowledge Enhanced |
2007 |
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Science |
Clustering Using |
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| Marina Petrukhina |
Chemistry |
Buckybowls: A Controlled |
2006-2009 |
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Switch of Metal |
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Coordination |
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| Vincent LaBella |
Nanoscale |
Towards an Atomic Scale |
2004-2008 |
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Science & |
Understanding of Spin |
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Engineering |
Polarized Electron |
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Transport |
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| Abbe Herzig |
Educational |
Students of |
2004-2008 |
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Theory & |
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Practice |
Groups in Postdoctoral |
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Mathematics |
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| Rabi Musah |
Chemistry |
Organosulfur Natural |
2003-2007 |
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Products Chemistry |
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REU Supplement – 2 students |
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| Cheryl Frye |
Psychology |
Neurosteroid Effects on |
1998-2000 |
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National Institutes of Health Career Development Awards
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| Zvi Gellis |
School of Social |
Mentored Research |
2005-2010 |
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Welfare |
Scientist |
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| Thomas Begley |
Biomedical Science & |
Career Transition |
2004-2007 |
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Gen*NY* Sis Ctr. for |
Award |
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Excellence in Cancer |
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Genomics |
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| Bruce Dudek |
Psychology |
Independent |
1994-1999 |
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Scientist Award |
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| John Hannigan |
Psychology |
Mentored Research |
1987-1992 |
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Scientist |
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| Edward Riley |
Psychology |
Independent |
1984-1989 |
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Scientist Award |
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| Frank Andrasik |
Psychology |
Research Career |
1983-1988 |
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Development |
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| Nadrian Seeman |
Biological Sciences |
Research Career |
1982-1987 |
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Development |
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| Richard Zitomer |
Biological Sciences |
Research Career |
1981-1986 |
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| Charles Scholes |
Chemistry |
Research Career |
1976-1981 |
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Development |
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| David Edwards |
Biological Sciences |
Research Career |
1975-1980 |
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| Howard Stratton |
Epidemiology & |
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1975-1980 |
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Fulbright Scholars and Visiting Scholars
2012-13 |
Fulbright Scholars |
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Name: Jennifer Lynn Fredette
Department: Political Sciences
Research: Fulbright German Studies Seminar
Country: Germany |
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Name: Charles Hartman
Department: East Asian Studies
Research: Primary Sources for Song History in the Collected Works of Early Ming Officials
Country: Taiwan |
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Name: Richard William Lachmann
Department: Sociology
Research: Historical Sociology
Country: Portugal |
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2011-12 |
Fulbright Scholar |
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Name: Michael Warner
Department: Classics
Lecturing & Research: Presentation and Interpretation of the Roman Archeological Sites on the Cultural Route of the Roman Emperors in Serbia
Country: Serbia |
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2011-12 |
Visiting Scholar |
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Name: Luis Luna Reyes
Department: English
Research: Building Information Sharing Networks to Support Consumer Choice (I-Choose)
Country: Mexico |
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2010-11 |
Fulbright Scholars |
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Name: David Fadum Andersen
Department: Public Affairs and Policy
Research: Full Information Product Pricing in the NAFTA Region: Technologies and Policies to Increase the Market Share of Fair Labor and Environmentally-Friendly Products
Country: Mexico |
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Name: Deborah Lines Andersen
Department: Information Studies
Research: Digital Government Initiatives in the NAFTA Region: Full Information Product Pricing and Library Systems
Country: Mexico |
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Name: Stephen Michael North
Department: English
Lecturing: Writing in and for the Twenty-First Century Academy: History, Theory and Pedagogy
Country: Ukraine |
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Name: Carol R. Rodgers
Department: Educational Theory and Practice
Lecturing and Research: Developing a 'Hunmanizing Pedagogy' Through Descriptive Inquiry
Country: South Africa |
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Name: Lawrence M. Schell
Department: Anthropology
Research: Conduct research for a book on cities and human health
Country: Italy |
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Visiting Scholars |
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Name: Don Chau
Department: Educational Theory and Practice
Lecturing: Applying Multiple Intelligences in Vietnam and US Classrooms
Country: Vietnam |
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Name: Teodor Gotszalk
Department: Nanoscale Science
Research: High-resolution Investigation of Graphene Nanostructures
Country: Poland |
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2009-10 |
Fulbright New Century Scholar |
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Name: Jason Lane
Department: Educational Administration and Policy
Six weeks documenting the practices of several institutions by meeting with regional policy makers and university administrators in Dubai.
Country: Dubai |
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Visiting Scholars |
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Name: Gang He
Department: English
Research: Towards a Unified Model of Cultural Pragmatic Interpretation of Utterance
Country: China |
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Name: Evgeny Styrin
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Research: E-Government Development and the Implementation of Best Practices in a World Context: A Comparative Anaysis
Country: Russia |
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2008-09 |
Fulbright Scholar |
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Name: David Yun Dai
Department: Educational and Counseling Psychology
Research: Inquiry-Based Learning in China: A Teacher Survey
Country: China |
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Visiting Scholars |
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Name: Vadim Kozlov
Department: Mathematics
Lecturing and Research: Pattern Recognition on the Basis of the Simplex-Code Approach
Country: Russia |
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Name: Chanyong Park
Department: Economics
Research: The Effects of Trade Adjustment Assistance on Income Inequality Reduction in the United States
Country: Korea |
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2007-08 |
Fulbright Scholar |
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Name: Robert Charles Howell
Department: Philosophy
Lecturing and Research: Kantian Objects and the Metaphysics of Art
Country: Russia |
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Name: Louise Anne McNutt
Department: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Lecturing and Research: Develop the School of Public Health, Prevention of Bloodborne Pathogen Transmission
Country: United States |
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Name: Edward Schwarzschild
Department: English
Research: Teaching courses in contemporary literature and American writing and visual arts to University of Zaragoza students
Country: Spain |
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2006-07 |
Fulbright Scholar |
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Name: Bruce Svare
Department: Psychology
Research: Teach Behavioral Neuroscience, Chulalongkorn, Doctoral Program in Psychology
Country: Thailand |
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Fulbright Specialist |
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Name: Gilbert Valverde
Department: Education
College: Catholic University
Country: Uruguay |
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Visiting Scholars |
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Name: Badi Huseissi
Department: Sociology
Research: Police and Minority Relations in Israel and the United States: Arab and African American Relations With the Police
Country: Israel |
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Name: Ekaterina Vinogradova
Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Lecturing: Shakespeare in the 19th-Century Russian Culture and in the Works of Anton Chekhov
Country: Russia |
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2005-06 |
Fulbright Scholar |
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Name: Charles Rougle
Department: Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Research: Lecturing: Language and Literature, Moscow State University, Moscow , Russia
Country: Russia |
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Visiting Scholar |
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Name: Olga Yakimenko
Department: Geography and Planning
Research: Developing Standards for Evaluating Commercial Humic Fertilizers
Country: Russia |
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2004-05 |
Fulbright Scholars |
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Name: Anthony DeBlasi
Department: East Asian Studies
Research: Purifying Communities: Monastic Reform In Pre-modern China
Country: China |
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Name: Richard Hamm
Department: History
Research: Lecturing and Research: American History Through Legal History
Country: Germany |
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Name: Christopher Smith
Department: Geography & Planning
Research: Lecturing and Research: Environment and Culture in Urban Contexts
Country: Hong Kong |
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2003-04 |
Fulbright Scholar |
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Name: Thomas Cohen
Department: English
Research: Lecturing: The American Allegory-Literature, Experience, History
Country: Thailand |
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2002-03 |
Fulbright Scholars |
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Name: Sylvia Evans Barnard
Department: Classics
Research: The Dioskuroi in Cyprus
Country: Cyprus
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Name: James Morris Hargett
Department: East Asian Studies
Research: Mount Emei and Its Place in Chinese Culture
Country: China |
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Name: Alla Nazarenko
Department: Educational Theory & Practice
Research: Teaching Foreign Languages From a Distance
Country: Russia |
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Name: Olga Reshetnikova
Department: Philosophy
Research: Biomedical Ethics for Public Health in Ukraine
Country: Ukraine |
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Name: Sitaram Byahut
Department: Physics
Research: Optical and Electronic Properties of Anatase Tianium Dioxide
Country: Kathmandu , Nepal |
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2001-02 |
Fulbright Scholars |
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Name: Henryk Baran
Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Research: Information Searching in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Course and a Textbook
Country: Russia |
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Name: Toby Clyman
Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Research: 19 th Centry Russian Women’s Autobiographies, Diaries, Letters and Memoirs
Country: Russia |
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Name: Thomas L. Daniels
Department: Geography and Planning
Research: Metropolitan Area Planning in the United States , Comparative Metropolitan Regional Planning and Development in Australia and the United States
Country: Australia |
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Name: Harry Lloyd Frisch
Department: Chemistry
Research: Physics and Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules and Stiff Polymers
Country: South Africa |
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Name: Brian Ladd
Department: History
Research: 2-week German Studies Seminar
Country: Germany |
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2000-01 |
Fulbright Scholar |
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Name: Judith A. Gillespie
Department: Political Science
Research: American Institutions and Politics iin Comparative Perspective
Country: Hungary |
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Visiting Scholar |
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Name: Gilbert Doho
Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Research: A Comparative Study of Theater for Development in Cameroon and Forms of Participatory Theater in the United States
Country: Cameroon |
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1998-99 |
Fulbright Scholar |
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Name: Paul Miesing
Department: Management
Research: Lecturing: Strategic Management
Country: China |
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1996-97 |
Fulbright Scholars |
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Name: Ray Bromley
Department: Geography and Planning
Research: Alternative Models for Grass-Roots Planning and Community Development
Country: Peru |
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Name: Judith A. Gillespie
Department: Political Science
Research: American Politics: Comparative Public Policy
Country: Korea |
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Name: Stephen M. North
Department: English
Research: American Studies: The Role of Writing in American Higher Education
Country: Finland |
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Name: Lynn Videka-Sherman
Department: School of Social Welfare
Research: Clinical Social Work: Planning Family and Clinical Services
Country: Bulgaria |
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1995-96 |
Fulbright Scholar |
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Name: Joan N. Savitt
Department: Office of International Programs
Research: U.S. - Japan International Education Administrators Program
Country: Japan |
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National Academy of Science
The University at Albany faculty who received this prestigious honor include:
April, 2006 |
Joachim Frank, Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
School of Public Health
John W. Saunders, Jr.
Professor Emeritus
Biological Sciences
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April, 1999 |
Marlene Belfort, Distinguished Professor Department of Biomedical Sciences
School of Public Health |

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Summer Stipends
The University at Albany faculty who received Summer Stipends:
Summer 2002 |
Assoc. Professor Nadieszda Kizenko
Department of History
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Summer 2003 |
Associate Professor Richard Hamm
Department of History
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Summer 2007 |
Professor Eszter Szalczer
Department of Theatre
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Summer 2008 |
Professor Barry Trachtenberg
Department of Judaic Studies |
Summer 2009 |
Associate Professor Rachel Dressler
Department of Art
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Summer 2010 |
John Monfasani
Department of History
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Conference Support Award Recipients
2010-11
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Paul Agris – RNA Institute
“RNA Science and its Applications: A Look Toward the Future”
Conference Dates: November 3 – 4, 2011
$2,500
Pinka Chatterji and Kajal Lahiri – Economics
“Social Safety Nets – Can We Afford Them”
Conference Dates: October 14 -15, 2011
$2,500
Duncan J. Cumming – Music
“Youth Movements Festival”
Conference Dates: March 31-April 9, 2011
$1,000
Virginia Eubanks - Women’s Studies
“Engaging Feminisms, Engaging Community”
Conference Dates: September 24, 3011
$650
Richard Hamm – History
“Research New York: Perspectives on Empire State History”
Conference Dates: November 17 – 18, 2011
$1,500
Kir Kuiken and Jennifer Greiman – English
“The Citizen-Subject Revisited”
Conference Date: October 24, 2011
$1,400
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Heinz-Dieter Meyer – Educational Administration and Policy Studies
“Who Succeeds in Pisa and Why? – The Role of International Benchmarking in the Emerging Global Education Governance System”
Conference Date: October 24, 2011
$2,500
CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY IN GOVERNMENT
Theresa Pardo – Center for Technology in Government
“ICEGOV2012”
Conference Dates: October 24 - 27, 2011
$2,500

Faculty Research Award Program (FRAP) Recipients

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