And
other
awards...
2015–16
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Exceptional faculty are the key to Dyson College's success.
Here are a few of this year's awards and recognitions.
Nigel Yarlett, director of the Haskins Laboratories and professor of
chemistry, has received $251,128 in continued funding from the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation to advance research for the culture of
Cryptosporidium parvum parasite.
Professor George Picoulas and
Professor Sid Ray were each
honored with the Office of the
Provost's 2016 Kenan Award for
Teaching Excellence.
Professors Martha Driver and
Nancy Krucher were each
recognized with the 2016 Faculty
Excellence in Scholarship Award.
Assistant Professors Lijun He and
Jason Whitesel were selected as
2015-2016 Wilson Faculty Fellows
by the Helene and Grant Wilson
Center for Social Entrepreneurship.
Professor Joseph Franco was
awarded the 2016 Outstanding
Counselor Educator Award by
the New York Mental Health
Counselors Association.
Chair and Professor Jessica
Lavariega Monforti received
the American Political Science
Association annual Adaljiza
Sosa-Riddell Award for Exemplary
Mentoring of Latino/a Junior
Faculty in Political Science.
Nancy Krucher (right), associate professor of biology, received $123,076 in
continued funding from the National Institutes of Health for her work on the
"Role of Phosphorylation in apoptosis of breast cancer cells in 3D models."
Faculty
Awards
Marcy Kelly, professor and assistant chair of biology, was the faculty
award honoree of the 2016 Spirit of Pace Award. Pictured here with Pace
University President Stephen J. Friedman at the awards ceremony.
