Kenneth R.R. Gros Louis, vice president for academic affairs and chancellor of the Bloomington campus, has been appointed to a four-year term as commissioner for the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).
Catholic University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) invited Thomas A. Sebeok, Distinguished Professor emeritus of linguistics and semiotics, to teach an intensive seminar in biosemiotics during August. This month, he will be participating in an international multidisciplinary conference on "Intelligent Systems: A Semiotic Perspective," sponsored by the Intelligent Systems Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Ruth Engs, applied health science, has been honored by the University of
Tennessee's Department of Health and Safety for outstanding personal and
professional achievement. Engs, who received her doctoral degree from
that university, was chosen for the Robert H. Kirk Distinguished Doctoral
Alumni Award in Health and Safety.
Eugene Eoyang, East Asian languages and cultures, and comparative literature, gave the presidential address -- "The Genial and the Congenial Art of Comparison" -- at the American Comparative Literature Association conference. His paper, "Agon and Ritual -- East-West Perspectives," has been accepted for publication in a volume in the Philosophy and Literature Series, issued by the Northwestern University Press. During June, Eoyang was invited to offer a paper at an International Conference on Language, Education and Culture as part of the festivities celebrating the transfer of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
The new associate editor of the American Historical Review is Jeff Wasserstrom, East Asian languages and cultures, and history. Last spring, he spoke at the Nordic Institute for Asian Studies in Copenhagen, Denmark, presenting material from his work in progress on Shanghai boosterism and competing versions of that city's past.
A Japan Foundation Fellowship for 1997-98 has been awarded to Edith Sarra, East Asian languages and cultures, and women's studies. She will use the fellowship to do research on gender construction and the role of fantasy in late Heian monogatari.
IUPUI has been honored with the 1997 national Recognition Award for Excellence in Human Resource Management by the College and University Personnel Association (CUPA). The campus had earlier received a regional award. The award is given to higher education institutions that have established " an institutional environment that recognizes creative and innovative approaches to human resource management." The award was based on the work of the team that designed the comprehensive new human resource program for Clarian, particularly the communications and implementation plan involved in consolidating the staffs of University Hospital, Riley Hospital and Methodist Hospital. G. Chris Keeley, director of Human Resources Administration, accepted the award in Boston at the CUPA national convention in July .
Gerald L. Bepko is a newly elected member of the American Law Institute, based in Philadelphia, Pa. The professor of law and chancellor and vice president of the Indianapolis campus is an expert on commercial law. The American Law Institute promotes the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, secures the better administration of justice and encourages and carries on scholarly and scientific legal work. Bepko is also a member of the permanent editorial board for the Uniform Commercial Code.
The city of Pisa, Italy, has presented its 1997 Luminary Award to Harvey Feigenbaum, Distinguished Professor of medicine, for his contributions to science, recognizing his pioneering work in cardiac ultrasound.The award is a large, solid gold replica of an ancient astrological plotting device developed by Galileo.
Robert D. Yee, professor and chairman of the department of opthalmology, has received a grant of $100,000 from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB). To date, RPB has given grants to IU totaling $884,000.
The duties of Alan N. Crist, director of admissions, have been expanded to
include oversight of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. He
recently returned from a 10-month American Council on Education
fellowship to the College of DuPage in Glen Wllyn, Ill.
Joetta Smith Burrous, manager of distance learning for Integrated
Technologies, is the recipient of the J.O. Grantham Leadership Award from
the 15th National University Telecommunications Network conference held
this summer in Vail, Colo.
Georgia Miller, executive director of Integrated Technologies, has recently
completed her term as founding president of Collaboration 2000, Inc., a
not-for-profit organization promoting the use of technology to enhance
education and communication for people in central Indiana.
Donna M. Bialik, chair of the department of economics, will serve as interim dean of students for the 1997-98 academic year. As interim dean, Bialik will handle issues related to student conduct as well as grievances and complaints.
Stephanie Bower, history, presented a paper concerning the incorporation of the provincial into the national elite at the turn of the century in Argentina. The presentation was made at the Latin American Studies Association's national conference in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Bernardo Carducci, psychology and director of the IUS Shyness Institute, recently attended an international conference on shyness and self consciousness held in Cardiff, Wales.
Rick Clements, psychology, is the author of a book chapter titled "Setting Goals and Developing Action Plans," to be published in December in The Therapist's Notebook.
R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, anthropology, presented a paper, "Modeling Fundamental Ethical Issues in the Administration of Access to Data on Identifiable Individuals" in July at the University of Michigan. His visit was a report on his research as a Bentley Fellow in the administration of modern archives.
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