Twenty More Faculty Members Receive Excellence Awards
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For a second year, twenty top UO faculty members have received recognition from colleagues and administrators for exemplary work through the Fund for Faculty Excellence awards.
The awards honor faculty members performing at the forefront of their areas of research and raising the level of academic excellence at the UO. The purpose of the program is to reward top faculty members with research support and salary supplements in an effort to keep and attract world-class individuals.
“The Fund for Faculty Excellence enables the University of Oregon to retain, reward, and support our faculty members on the cutting edge of interdisciplinary research and ensure students benefit from outstanding educators and mentors,” said Senior Vice President and Provost Linda Brady.
“The ability to recognize the contributions of these individuals strengthens our overall academic quality.”
The program was established by gifts totaling $10.4 million from Lorry I. Lokey. Founder of Business Wire, the world’s leading international news release wire service, Lokey has donated a total of $132 million to the UO in the past four years. The first awards were given in 2007.
Twelve of the twenty recipients for 2008 are from the College of Arts and Sciences: Bruce A. Bowerman, biology; Jeffrey A. Cina, chemistry; Victoria J. DeRose, chemistry; Andre Djiffack, Romance languages; John R. Halliwill, human physiology; John T. Lysaker, philosophy; Ronald B. Mitchell, political science; Madonna L. Moss, anthropology; Craig Parsons, political science; Qi-Man Shao, mathematics; Stephen J. Shoemaker, religious studies; and Joseph W. Thornton, biology.
Three recipients are from the School of Architecture and Allied Arts: Renee A. Irvin, planning, public policy and management; Marc Schlossberg, planning, public policy and management; and Andrew P. Schulz, art history. Other recipients are Lauren J. Kessler, from the School of Journalism and Communication; Daniel B. Rosenberg, history, from the Robert Donald Clark Honors College; Stephen W. Owen from the School of Music and Dance; Robert L. Tsai from the School of Law; and Cynthia M. Anderson from the College of Education.
Approximately fifty candidates for the awards were nominated by department heads, deans, and the director of the Clark Honors College. The recipients were selected by the provost based on recommendations by a committee of distinguished faculty members.
Research support and salary supplements for the award recipients range from $3,000 to $14,000 this year. The supplements are for five years and are renewable.
