Of note

William J. Catalona, M.D., professor of surgery, received the Benjamin Stockwell Barringer medal at the April meeting of the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons in Naples, Fla. The medal recognizes Catalona's significant contributions to the field of urologic cancer. ...

The Journal of Accounting Research will hold its 1999 conference in honor of Nicholas Dopuch, Ph.D., the Hubert C. and Dorothy R. Moog Professor of Accounting and director of the Ph.D. program in the business school, for his many contributions to accounting research. The conference, titled "Credible Financial Reporting," is sponsored by the KPMG Peat Marwick Foundation and will be held May 7 and 8 at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Known for his encouragement of innovation in accounting research, Dopuch has played a crucial role in research on capital markets, behavioral and market studies in auditing research, and agency theory, which features the application of economics to accounting. He served as editor of the prestigious journal from 1969 to 1984 and as co-editor since 1985. ...

Benjamin Johnson, a senior in the Department of English in Arts and Sciences, recently was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in Princeton, N.J. The fellowship -- which was awarded to 98 winners from a field of nearly 800 applicants -- is the only national humanities graduate award. The one-year award includes payment of all tuition and fees as well as a $14,500 stipend. ...

Deborah L. Shair, a graduate student in Romance languages and literatures in Arts and Sciences, has received the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence from Robert E. Thach, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Shair was cited for outstanding work in instructing undergraduates. ...

Arielle Stanford, M.D., and Audrey Ettinger, Ph.D., have received the 1999 Academic Women's Network Student Leadership Awards. The awards honor graduating female students of the medical school and graduate divisions for distinguished service and contributions to women's health issues. ...

Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemical engineering, is a recipient of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Development Award. The award will provide $200,000 over four years to support his research and educational activities. NSF Career Awards are highly competitive grants given to junior faculty in support of quality research and education. Under the Career Award program, NSF also will match up to $100,000 of financial support from external sources. Sureshkumar and his students will address the core elements that are required to design and control polymer-processing operations. Their experiments will employ digital particle image velocimetry as well as infrared imaging techniques. Sureshkumar also has identified a comprehensive plan to provide educational experiences for students ranging from kindergarten through high school to graduate school. ...

The Association of Women Faculty recently presented three Graduate Student Awards, which are designed to recognize scholarly excellence and leadership potential among women students in the second year of graduate school or beyond. Tiffany Tibbs, a third-year doctoral student in clinical psychology with a concentration in health psychology, won the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences award. Robin Dowell, a second-year student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science's biomedical engineering program, won the professional schools award. Melissa A. Banjak, who is in the final semester of the part-time master's degree program in American culture studies, won the first University College award. ...

Second-year law student Victoria Zerjav recently was elected director of the Internships and Studies Abroad in International Law exchange program for the International Law Students Association.

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