Milestones

Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu

Honored
The cardiology department of the UW Hospital and Clinics received a Consumer’s Choice Heart Care Service Award from the Lincoln, Nebraska-based National Research Corporation.

Phillip R. Certain, dean of the College of Letters and Science, president-elect of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Science, presided over the annual meeting of the CCAS in Seattle last month.

Bernard C. Easterday, former dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine was the honoree for the 80th annual Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases held Nov. 7-9 in Chicago. Since 1974, the CRWAD has selected a life member for this honor who has made outstanding contributions to CRWAD and to animal disease research.

Chris Harvey, a doctoral limnology student, represented the Great Lakes region at an international ocean science conference Nov. 21 in Gilleleje, Denmark. He presented twice at the Young Scientists Conference on Marine Ecosystems Perspectives, set up by the International Council for Exploration of the Sea.

Rogers Hollingsworth, professor of history and sociology, was made a lifetime honorary fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics in appreciation of his scholarly contributions to the society.

Menahem Mansoor, professor emeritus of Hebrew and Semitic Studies, wrote and produced a video on the origins of written communication and the birth of the alphabet. His video was selected by the Princeton-based “Films for the Humanities and the Sciences” and was shown in October at the International Exhibition of TV films in Cannes, France.

Joseph R. Robinson, professor of pharmacy, received the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists 1999 Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award – the highest honor from the pharmaceutical world’s most respected scientific association.

Jerry Schumacher, second-year coach of the men’s cross country team, was named Big Ten coach of the year after the team won their fourth title in six years.

Peter Tegen, coach of the women’s cross country team, was named Big Ten coach of the year for the fifth year in a row; he also was named the 1999 Great Lakes Regional Women’s Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track Coaches Association.

The Wisconsin Union’s graphics and marketing staffs and their clients captured several awards at the Association of College Unions International Region 8 graphic design competition in October. The competition recognized outstanding graphic design in a variety of media. The Wisconsin Union’s awards are: first-place banner for Hot Summer Nights Kiosk; first-place promo for the WUD T-shirt; first-place series for Theater; and honorable mention for the Quick Byte series.

Published
Joseph Cassinelli, professor of astronomy, and H. Lamers, a former Brittingham Visiting Fellow, have co-authored the astrophysics textbook “Introduction to Stellar Winds” (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

Robin Chapman’s fourth collection of poetry, “The Way In” (Tebot Bach Press, 1999), appeared this month. Her poetry CD “Banff Dreaming” was released last year by Fireweed Press. She is professor emerita of communicative disorders at the Waisman Center.

Mitchell Duneier, associate professor of sociology, just wrote “Sidewalk,” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999), which examines the lives and role of poor men on the street in New York’s Greenwich Village.