Joseph Schlenoff, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been awarded a 2011 Gutenberg Chair at the University of Strasbourg in France.

The Gutenberg Chair is awarded annually to promote international research collaborations with scientists at the University of Strasbourg, the largest University in France with 43,000 students and 4,000 researchers. Schlenoff will collaborate with research groups at the Medical School, at CNRS (a national laboratory) and at the School of Pharmacy. The Chair also supports a postdoctoral associate and a graduate student working in Strasbourg. The team will be developing a type of biomaterial, discovered by Schlenoff’s group at FSU, that can be used in implants for the extended release of pharmacologically active molecules. Schlenoff, who holds 20 issued and many pending patents, is a leading scientist in the field of water-soluble polymers and biocompatible polymer composites and blends.  

A brief description and the nomination form may be found here (in French).

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Daniel Mears has received the PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency for his book, American Criminal Justice Policy. NCCD established the PASS Awards to recognize and honor the media’s success in illuminating stories that further public understanding of criminal justice, juvenile justice, and child welfare issues. Other winners may be found in the attached PDF file.

Clifton Callender has received the David Kraehenbuehl Prize, awarded by the Journal of Music Theory (JMT). This prize is given for an article judged the journal’s best submission from a not-yet-tenured scholar.

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Martell Teasley has won the Gary Lee Shaffer Award for Academic Contributions to the Field of School Social Work. This award is presented by the School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA) at the national conference which will be held in Myrtle Beach, SC.

While in Zurich recently, Dean Falk was interviewed by Universität Zürich regarding her book, Finding Our Tongues, which was released in German in 2010. There is a video of the interview available in English, as well as an article in German. Dean Falk is one of many FSU authors who had successful publications this year. For the full list of authors, please visit our FSU Authors Day page.

Anant K. Paravastu and William S. Oates, professors in the College of Engineering, have been chosen by the National Science Foundation to receive CAREER awards (Faculty Early Career Development Award).

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Patricia Warren, Professor of Criminology, has been awarded a McKnight Junior Faculty Development Fellowship for 2010-2011. This fellowship comes with a $15,000 award. The purpose of the fellowship is to give under-represented groups a year long research leave with the purposes of focusing on research in order
to promote and encourage promotion and tenure. Please also see the Statement of Purpose provided by Dr. Warren.

Rafe Blaufarb, Director of the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution at FSU, has won the 2010 Koren Prize. This prize is presented annually by the Society for French Historical Studies for the best article in English published in a U.S., Canadian, or European journal.

Excerpt from the State:

Joseph McElrath, Ph.D. (English; Academic Affairs), has received the Modern Language Association's Committee on Scholarly Editions seal for a book that he edited, "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass," which will be published by Yale University Press this year. The committee on Scholarly Editions seal indicates that the highest standards for research and the application of appropriate editorial practice have been met.

Please click here to see the announcement on the MLA website.

The American Physical Society has chosen three FSU faculty as 2010 Fellows.

• Vladimir Dobrosavljevic
• Huan-Xiang Zhou
• Lloyd W. Engel

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