Research Accolades

In an effort to recognize some of the especially noteworthy achievements of our Faculty and Graduate Students, the Vice Provost is asking for submissions from all Departments to be posted here on this website. Specifically, we are seeking nationally and internationally recognized achievements, honors and awards of faculty and graduate students. Please forward a brief statement and relevant photos or graphics regarding particularly special achievements to Martha Marroni. We will do our best to be representative and broad in our postings.

• Dr. David Kenny, Professor of Psychology, and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, recently learned that he has been elected to membership in the highly prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He will be officially inducted into membership in October of 2008. The Academy was founded in 1780, and describes itself as "... an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs." It has a current membership of 4,000 American Fellows and 600 Foreign Honorary Members.
  Prof. Kenny was nominated by Prof. Roy D’Andrade, also a member, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

• Carl Schaefer, professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, was awarded a Royal Entomological Society Fellowship on December 5, 2007, in recognition of his profound contributions to the field of entomology.

  The Royal Entomological Society is the most prestigious of its kind in the world. Fellowships are awarded to those who have made substantial contributions to entomology via publication or research. Fellowship applicants are referred to a Committee of Council, which gauges what can be achieved by a productive fellow over six years.

  Fellows are entitled to make use of the title "Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society"; the suffix "FRES" may be regarded as an academic qualification. Professor Schaefer's qualifications include 225 articles and reviews, 6 edited books and approximately 35 presentations; as well as

  25 years experience editing the "Annals of the Entomological Society of America". Schafer has also held various roles in local, national and international entomological societies and congresses. He is an Honorary Member as well as Fellow of the Entomological Society of America.