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BMC diabetes center awarded $2.25M for cardiovascular study

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International has awarded up to $2.25 million over three years to Boston Medical Center's new Center for Diabetes Complications to study why cardiovascular disease is two to four times more common in patients with Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes than in the general population. The center will undertake four projects over a three-year period that will focus on the link between hyperglycemia (elevated blood sugar) and cardiovascular disease, with the hope of providing insight into the metabolic problems underlying cardiovascular complications.

Boston High School Scholars Program awards $4.8M in
full-tuition scholarships

Boston University presented 45 2002 graduates of Boston public high schools with four-year, full-tuition scholarships. Initiated in 1973, the Boston High School Scholars Program is the nation's largest and longest running scholarship program for urban public high school graduates. BU Chancellor John Silber established the program to enhance educational opportunities for students in the city's public high school system, many of whom would not otherwise be able to afford higher education or qualify for scholarship aid. To date, more than $88 million has been awarded to 1,451 students.

Web site promotes BU's research mission

Grants and other supported biomedical research activities at BU's Charles River and Medical Campus and Boston Medical Center can now be accessed at http://www
.bu-bmc-researchresources.org. The site identifies investigators who are studying various research topics, stimulates collaboration among investigators, and provides information on research expertise and opportunities.

BMC program receives support from Ronald McDonald House

Boston Medical Center's Child Witness to Violence Program (CWVP) was awarded $20,000 from the Ronald McDonald House Charities. CWVP provides age-appropriate counseling and support services to children and their families who have witnessed significant violence. The project staff also work directly in the community with agencies and programs to identify and support children who have been affected by traumatic violence. The money will be used to provide additional counseling for children.

Awards and honors: BU faculty

Liah Greenfeld, a UNI professor and CAS professor of political science and sociology, was awarded the Donald Kagan Best Book in European History Prize for The Spirit of Capitalism: Nationalism and Economic Growth (HarvardUniversity Press, 2001). The prize, named for one of the most eminent historians of ancient Greece, is awarded for the best book by a member of the Historical Society during 2000 and 2001 on any subject relating to European history. The prize carries an honorarium of $5,000.

Ulla Hanson, a CAS professor of biology, has been invited by the National Institutes of Health to become a member of the Cell Development and Function 3 Study Section at the Center for Scientific Review. Members are selected on the basis of significant achievement in their scientific discipline; study sections review grant applications submitted to the NIH, make recommendations, and survey the status of research in their fields
of science.

	ENG's 12th annual Design Competition, a vehicle-design contest for high school students from the Northeast, was held in early June. Teams of two built small, self-powered vehicles that rolled across a track carrying a hackey sack, dropped it into a 6"x 6" hole, and returned down the track - crossing the starting line in a target time of less than 15 seconds. First place winners, with Solomon Eisenberg, an ENG associate professor, are (from left) Harmeetinder Bassi and James Giacchi, from Watchung Hills Regional High School, Warren, N.J., and Daniel Kinney and Michael Dubinsky, from Hopkinton High School, Hopkinton, Mass. Photo by Vernon Doucette

Mike Harrison, a CAS psychology professor emeritus, has had a series of brain stem slides, prepared during the 1960s and 1970s, accepted as part of the collection of the National Museum of Health and Medicine. The exhibit will acknowledge Harrison and Boston University.

Morton Hoffman, a CAS professor of chemistry, received the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers 2002 John A. Timm Award. The award is presented annually to a person who has made outstanding contributions to the chemistry education of young people. Hoffman, the 27th recipient of the award, will deliver an address to the association and receive a certificate and a monetary award.

Robert Hudson, an SSW professor of social welfare policy and editor of the Public Policy and Aging Report, led a congressional breakfast briefing on people of color and retirement security in Washington, D.C., on June 27. Judith Gonyea, an SSW professor, joined Hudson and other distinguished members on the panel.

Glenn Loury, a CAS professor of economics, a UNI professor, and director of the Institute on Race and Social Division, was named a 2002 Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Corporation. Loury is one of 11 leading researchers at American universities and colleges chosen to receive the honor for excellent and innovative scholarship. He will receive up to $100,000 for one to two years to pursue research advancing the strategic mission of the Carnegie Corporation, which encourages and supports work on a wide array of issues that advance knowledge and improve society.

Una Scully Ryan, a MED research professor of medicine, was awarded the Order of the British Empire by Britain's Queen Elizabeth in her Birthday Honours List in June for her services to the research, development, and promotion of biotechnology. Ryan is the president and CEO of AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company engaged in the discovery, development, and commercialization of products that harness the human immune system to prevent and treat disease.

John Byron Sledge III, an orthopedic surgeon at Boston Medical Center and a MED assistant professor, is one of seven North American researchers who received a Zimmer Orthopaedic Surgery Career Development Award, established by Zimmer, Inc., and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation to advance research in the field of orthopedic surgery. Sledge was awarded an unrestricted $50,000 grant to develop a Web-based database to collect vital information that will facilitate the study of treatments and interventions for spinal fractures and spinal cord injuries. Such injuries primarily affect young adults, and approximately 11,000 new cases are reported each year.

Awards and honors:
BU publications
Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood,
a two-part series produced by WGBH-TV, aired in July. It was based on the widely praised book Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce, written by Douglas Starr, a COM associate professor.

Bulletin CD, the Goldman School of Dental Medicine's annual school bulletin, and Impressions, its alumni magazine, received top honors at the annual University and College Designers Association. Bulletin CD received a Gold Award; it was the first electronic version of the publication since shifting from paper to electronic format in 2001 (http://dentalschool.bu.edu/bulletin). Impressions received an Award of Excellence; the winning issue featured "A Day in the Life" of faculty, staff, and students at the school.

Out of over 10,000 applicants for the 2002 American Graphics Design Competition, sponsored by Graphic Design: USA, the newsletter of the School of Social Work and its alumni association, Alumni Journal, and an SSW promotional brochure entitled "Educating for Change" won awards of excellence in communication and graphic
design. Crocker and Company
designed both pieces.

6 September 2002
Boston University
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