Awards and Honors
• The Fulbright Distinguished Chair Program awarded
David Lightfoot, director of the Communication, Culture and Technology Program, a grant to lecture on the development of language at the University of Trieste, Italy, in spring 2010. He is one of 40 academics to receive the grant, considered one of the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. Lightfoot also is a professor and former dean of the Graduate School for Arts and Sciences.
Books and Publications
• The
Rev. John Haughey, S.J., senior research fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center, argues that Catholic universities are at a crossroads in his book, “Where Is Knowing Going? The Horizons of the Knowing Subject” (Georgetown University Press, 2009). Haughey explores how Catholic universities can remain true to their roots when many people on campus have little connection to the tradition, and how Catholic universities stay competitive while maintaining a relationship with the Church.
Research Grants
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Paola Barbara, associate professor of physics, will use a $230,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research: Coherent Transport in the One-Dimensional Limit.” The research explores the carbon nanotubes’ electrical transport properties.
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Kristine Willis, assistant research professor of biology, received a $191,152 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Science for her project, “Movement of Regulated Genes to the Nuclear Periphery.” Willis plans to research the relationship between the regulation of gene expression and nuclear substructure.
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Christian Wolf, associate professor of chemistry, received a $375,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for “Designing Atropisomeric Sensors for Enantioselective Recognition of Chiral Compounds.” Chemistry graduate and undergraduate students will assist with the research.
