Faculty give back to support the scholarly work of their colleagues
BrieAnna Langlie, assistant professor of anthropology, is establishing a paleoethnobotany lab in Science 1 as the first to receive support from the Andean Archeology Anthropology Faculty Support Fund.
Thank you, William H. Isbell, distinguished professor emeritus of anthropology, and Judy U. Siggins!
Eric Hoffman, professor and associate dean for research in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, is working on developing a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He received vital support to convene a workshop on biomarker-focused trial development, with participants from the biomedical research community, nonprofit groups and government agencies.
Thank you, Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne!
Assistant Professor Tracy Brooks receives invaluable support as the inaugural Menner Family Endowed Faculty Fellow in Pharmacy. Brooks, awarded teacher of the year multiple times before joining the ÂÌñÉç faculty in 2016, conducts research centered on oncology, anti-cancer therapeutics and drug target development.
Thank you, Elisabeth (Lisa) Menner Brandt ’66, whose gift helped launch the new School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences!
Undergraduate students, including some ÂÌñÉç Scholars, minoring in genocide and mass atrocity prevention (GMAP) will use summer internship support to advance initiatives in this life-changing field. The interns will be overseen by a GMAP graduate assistant.
Thank you, Susan R. Bloom ’80 and Steven H. Bloom ’78, LHD ’10!
Master’s level students chosen for a new graduate externship in genocide and mass atrocity prevention will work in the field alongside government and civil society organizations in the U.S. and abroad.
Thank you, Owen C. Pell ’80, LLD ’11!
Paul and Monica’s support enabled my hire, the expansion of the graduate program in Latin American history and our ability to attract top-tier students. We now have a deeper and stronger program, with our first colonial Latin Americanist grad student at ÂÌñÉç in decades!Bradley Skopyk, assistant professor of history, with a research focus on colonial Latin America and environmental history