Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC) provides advice to the director of the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) in regards to the planning, coordination and evaluation of research and other HIV/AIDS activities conducted or supported by the NIH.
Nam Vo, a third year student in the Department of Classics and Physics, has won the Manson A. Steward Award. Given by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) to sophomore or junior level undergraduate students, recipients of the award have shown achievement and potential in classical studies over the course of the academic year.
After launching their first community outreach project in November, the Department of English is already midway through a second project. Under the guidance of Mary Assad, alumna of the department and now lecturer, they are currently supporting the Cleveland affiliate of Reach Out and Read to promote early childhood literacy by donating a wishlist of books written by a diverse group of authors.
Since joining the department in 2015, Calandruccio has contributed to the advancement of the understanding and approach to working with and rehabilitating people that are hard-of-hearing. With this professorship, she will be able to pilot innovative ideas that could lead to exciting advances in hearing science.
Claudia Bashian-Victoroff, PhD student in the Department of Biology and Holden Arboretum, is the co-founder of the International Congress of Armenian Mycologists (ICAM). In addition to her research, which focuses on forest ecology with a specific interest in mycology and mycorrhizal ecology, Bashian-Victoroff is a proud member of the Armenian diaspora, the motivating factor behind ICAM.
Joy K. Ward, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to serve as a member and chair of the Directorate Advisory Committee (DAC) for the Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate (EBSD) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.