Milestones: July - August 2009
September 3, 2009
Welcome to Milestones, a quick update of promotions, awards, grants, obituaries and new hires. We will provide regular updates of this space, so please send your information to news@uchicago.edu.
Announcements
$30 million grant to enhance world’s largest open computing network (Aug. 27)
Madara to step down as CEO of University of Chicago Medical Center (Aug. 14)
Sosnick named Director for Institute for Biophysical Dynamics (Aug. 7)
Argonne to showcase science and technology at community open house (Aug. 6)
Ian Foster reappointed Director of Computation Institute (July 23)
Awards
Alumna merges education, entertainment in award-winning fiction (Aug. 24)
Rowley ‘overwhelmed’ after receiving nation’s highest civilian honor (Aug. 13)
Laumann Receives ASA Award for Research on Sexuality (Aug. 9)
Myerson to receive award from American Political Science Association (Aug. 4)
American Chemical Society honors Donald Levy as inaugural fellow (Aug. 4)
Obituaries
Kidney specialist Adrian Katz, M.D., 1932-2009 (Aug. 19)