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Leo
E. Rouse, D.D.S., dean
of the College of Dentistry, received the Sterling
V. Mead Award from the D.C. Dental Society for
distinguished contributions to society, the dental
profession and research.
Rouse
is the president of the American Dental Education
Association, the voice of dental education in
the U.S. and Canada. As the first African American
to hold the position, he will guide the association
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Lisa
K. Fitzpatrick, M.D.,
professor, College of Medicine, received
the University of Missouri-Kansas City School
of Medicine’s E. Grey Dimond’s
Take Wing Award.
This honor, given to 22 other graduates
in the school’s history, acknowledges
alumni who demonstrate excellence in his
or her chosen field. |
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Theodore
R. Life Jr., assistant professor, Department
of Radio, Television and Film, School of Communications,
received the Best Film/Video Documentary Production
Award at the 26th Black International Cinema Berlin
Festival for his documentary, Reason to Hope.
The
film chronicles the experience of two network
correspondents who remained in Haiti for more
than a month after the January 2010 earthquake. |
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Kurt
L. Schmoke, dean of the Howard University
School of Law, was named co-chair of the new Civic
Engagement and Governance Institute at the Joint
Center for Political and Economic Studies, one
of the nation's premier think tanks on public
policy issues that concern communities of color.
Schmoke will advise on the strategic direction
of the institute, which will work to enhance the
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role in promoting broader citizen engagement and
political participation. The institute will also
increase awareness of how economic and social issues
affect communities of color and explore new avenues
for increasing and enhancing the effectiveness of
political participation in these communities. (Ceasar) |
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Ahmed
Rubaai, Ph.D., professor
of electrical engineering, received the 2011 American
Society for Engineering Education’s Robert
G. Quinn Award. Rubaai founded the University’s
Motion Control and Drives Laboratory, which enables
students to perform hands-on experiments and research
in engineering.
He also developed educational software packages
that are now used as a standard in power transformer
practice-design software among educators and students,
and influenced the development of the commercial
educational software now used for this purpose.
This innovation earned Rubaai international recognition,
and his design is now recognized as a model. |
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Barron
H. Harvey, Ph.D., dean of the School
of Business, received the Milton Wilson Dean’s
Award at the ninth annual National HBCU Business
Deans’ Summit.
The award is presented to a past or present business
school dean in recognition of leadership, service
and commitment to the academic profession.
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Howard
students Ronya Foy and Aamira
Chaney received David L. Boren, Fellowships
to study language and culture in Africa. Foy,
a doctoral student in the School of Social Work,
will study Swahili at the State University of
Zanzibar.
Chaney,
a doctoral student in the Department of African
Studies, will study Zulu at the University of
Zululand at Ngoye in South Africa. Both students
will begin studies this fall.
The
awards are part of the African Languages Initiative,
a pilot program designed to increase the number
of Boren scholars, fellows and alumni engaged
in the study of critical languages of Africa.
(Justin D. Knight) |
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Three
broadcast journalism students (Noelle
Jones, Camille Grayson and Seth Lemon) each received
$7,000 scholarships from the White House Correspondents
Association.
This
is the fourth year that Howard’s journalism
students have received the scholarships, which
are awarded on the basis of academic achievement
and exemplary work as student journalists. |
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WHUR-FM
was named Urban Station of the Year at the 2011
National Association of Broadcasters’ Marconi
Radio Awards.
The awards recognize outstanding radio personalities
and stations in more than 20 categories. Finalists
were selected by a task force of broadcasters,
and the winners were voted on by the NAB Marconi
Radio Awards Selection Academy. (Justin
D. Knight)
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The
Department of Community and Family Medicine
received the 2011 Excellence in Prevention through
Electronic Health Record Technology Award by the
Delmarva Foundation of the District of Columbia.
The
department was one of three ambulatory practices
in the District to receive the 2011 award. Babafemi
Adenuga, M.D., interim chair, accepted the award
on behalf of the department. |
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The
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recognized
the 15th anniversary of National Minority Donor
Awareness Day and honored Clive Callender,
M.D., professor of surgery, College of
Medicine, who established Aug. 1 as the date to
annually focus the nation’s attention on
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minority transplant recipients. The video and a
tribute to the anniversary of National Minority
Donor Awareness Day can be seen at www.organdonor.gov.
(Ceasar) |
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Broadcast journalism
senior Saraya Wintersmith, won first
place in a public service announcement competition sponsored
by the National Association of Broadcasters Education
Foundation and the Broadcast Education Association.The
competition sought the best 30-second spot to creatively
address the theme, “What freedom of speech means
to me,” and Wintersmith won in the radio category.
Her PSA will be distributed to radio stations across
the country for broadcast during National Freedom of
Speech Week, Oct. 17 – 23.
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Anita
Sane, a political science doctoral student, won
an essay competition sponsored by the United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa, the Council for the Development
of Social Science Research in Africa and the Johns Hopkins
University School of Advanced International Studies. She
presented her essay at a conference in June in Dakar,
Senegal. |
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