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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 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó.
Natalie Ahn, a professor of distinction in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó, was elected president of The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology last year and began her term as president-elect in July.
Three 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó professors have won prestigious fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies. The three are among 69 fellows chosen from 1,100 applicants.
CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 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’s Technology Transfer Office.
Loren Hough has won a New Investigator Maximizing Investigators’ 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 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 CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó’s Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment — based in Washington, D.C. — this month.
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Professor of Distinction Keith Maskus has been named the U.S. Department of State chief economist. Maskus, who was the director of CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó’s Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment, based in the District of Columbia, this month.
Joel Kralj, assistant professor in molecular, cellular and developmental biology and a 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó BioFrontiers Institute faculty member, became interested in measuring cellular voltage as a postdoctoral researcher.
David Pyrooz, assistant professor of sociology at CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó, has won the 2016 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology.
Noah Finkelstein, who co-directs the Center for STEM Learning at CU 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó and is a principal investigator for Physics Education 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó, one of the largest research groups in physics education in the country, will receive up to $4,000 from the Brazil-U.S. Professorship/Lectureship Program. The Sociedade Brasileira de FÃsica (SBF) and the American Physical Society (APS) jointly sponsor the exchange.