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February 29, 1996

PEOPLE OF THE TIMES

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has established The Margaret Mary Kimmel Scholarship in honor of Kimmel, a professor of the School of Library and Information Science and a member of the Board of Trustees of The Carnegie Library.

The scholarship will provide full tuition for a member of the staff of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh to attend a Master of Library Science program accredited by the American Library Association.

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Toni Carbo Bearman, dean of School of Library and Information Science, has been awarded the 1995 Pennsylvania Library Association (PLA) Distinguished Service Award. She was given the award for her leadership because "she has inspired future library and information science leaders," according to the PLA. In addition, the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) has elected Bearman as vice president/president-elect.

ALISE is an association devoted to the advancement of knowledge and learning in the interdisciplinary field of information studies.

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Ezra T. Newman, professor of physics and astronomy, has been awarded the distinction of fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Newman, whose research area is Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, is known for his New Solutions to the Einstein Equations and the theoretical discovery of what is now known as the "Kerr-Newman Black Hole." Kim Honath, executive secretary in the Office of the Secretary, has recently won two awards for her short fiction. Her "Master Baker Blues" won second place in the short story category in the 1995 Des Plaines/Park Ridge Feminist Writers Contest. "Blackberries" won first place in the short story contest sponsored by Sotto/Marino, a small magazine published in Stoystown, Pa.

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Michael Rancurello, medical director of Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic's Adolescent Inpatient Services at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, has been selected to receive the Bruno Lima Award from the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The new award recognizes APA members for outstanding contributions to the care and understanding of disaster victims.

In September 1994, Rancurello was one of many who responded to the crash of USAir Flight 427. He was also one of four WPIC faculty who were part of a five-member team from Allegheny County that traveled to Oklahoma City last spring to assist victims of the federal building bombing.

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Kathryn Puskar, assistant professor, School of Nursing, has been given a Nightingale Award for her contribution to nursing research. Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania recognize efforts of outstanding Pennsylvania nurses who practice in a variety of health care settings. Puskar received this award for her research into the promotion of mental health for women and adolescents who experience stressful life events.

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Leslie Hoffman, professor and chair, department of acute and tertiary care, School of Nursing, was invited to be a member of the Nursing Research Study Section, Division of Research Grants, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Members are selected based on their research, publications in scientific journals and other scientific activities, achievements and honors. Hoffman's research focuses on identifying strategies to minimize the effects of pulmonary dysfunction in patients with acute critical illnesses and to improve functional ability in patients who are chronically ill.

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Charles J. Robinson, professor and chair, department of rehabilitation science and technology, School of Nursing, received the highest award given to a foreign scientist from the Czech Society of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics (CSBMEMI). CSBMEMI awarded Robinson this honor for his scientific and educational achievements in the field of biomedical and rehabilitation engineering.

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The Emergency Nurses Association Foundation Best Emergency Nursing Research Award was given to Richard Henker, assistant professor, School of Nursing, for his project, "Evaluation of Four Methods of Warming Intravenous Fluids." The foundation enhances emergency health care services available to the public through research and education.

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John Clochesy, associate professor and assistant dean, School of Nursing, was selected as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, a national organization that acknowledges outstanding contributions to the nursing profession.

His research focuses on the scientific basis for the care of physiologically unstable patients. Clochesy also received the 1996 Norma J. Shoemaker Grant for Critical Care Nursing Research from the Society for Critical Care Medicine.

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Jacqueline M. Dunbar-Jacob, professor and director of the Center for Nursing Research, has been elected as a member in the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. Membership is by invitation only and is limited to accomplished individuals in the biomedical behavioral disciplines.

Dunbar-Jacob is principal investigator of the National Institute for Nursing Research core grant.

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Chester A. Mathis, associate professor of radiology, has joined the Diagnostic Radiology Study Section, Division of Research Grants, of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Mathis will review grant applications submitted to the NIH, make recommendations on these applications, and survey the status of research in this field.

NIH selection is based on quality of research, publications in scientific journals, and other achievements and honors.

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Geoffrey R. Wood, director, Office of International Services , has been elected vice president for public affairs of NAFSA: Association of International Educators. NAFSA is the largest membership organization in the area of international educational exchange, with approximately 8,000 members involved in foreign student/scholar advising; foreign credential evaluation and admission; Teaching English as a Second Language; community volunteer groups and U.S. student study abroad.

Wood's term will run through May 1999. He will serve as a member of the association's executive committee and its board of directors.


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