Creative Research Medal 2010 David Starkweather, professor of music, produced one of the most comprehensive explorations of the Six Suites for Violoncello by J.S. Bach ever published. He combined his scholarship and technical exper- tise to produce a print edition as well as a three-DVD set. Starkweather...
Creative Research Medal 2010 Doug Peterson, associate professor of fisheries, is an internationally recognized expert on sturgeon, an ancient family of bony fish native to rivers, lakes, and coastlines of Eurasia and North America. He has conducted research on the life history and population dynamics of sturgeon...
Creative Research Medal 2010 Kanzo Nakayama, associate professor of physics and astronomy, is a world leader in theoretical nuclear physics, especially hadron structure and reactions. In particle physics, a hadron is a particle made of quarks held together by the strong force. He is involved in a...
William A. Owens Award 2015 Keith Campbell, department head and professor of psychology, is a nationally recognized expert on narcissism, society and generational change. Narcissism—an inflated and grandiose sense of self—is associated with a range of social problems. Campbell’s research focuses on the role of narcissism in close...
Creative Research Medal 2009 Dorothy Fragaszy, professor of psychology, studies adaptive behavior in primates, specifically manipulation and problem-solving, including using tools. Her objective is to understand the genesis of adaptive behavior within the framework of evolution. In 2003, Fragaszy and her team documented capuchin monkeys’ routine use...
Creative Research Medal 2009 Wesley Allen, associate professor of chemistry, is a theoretical chemist who has been a leader in the development of new quantum chemical methods of unprecedented accuracy. In recent years, he has made several important contributions to electronic structure theory, particularly his work on...
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Creative Research Medal 2009 Ping Shen, assistant professor of cellular biology, established the fruit fly Drosophila as a model system for the study of feeding motivation, social behavior, and alcoholism. His research showed that foraging motivation and food intake in Drosophila are regulated by the same molecules,...
Creative Research Medal 2008 Samantha B. Joye, professor of marine sciences, uses innovative experimental approaches for assessing the impacts of climate change and global warming on biological and geological processes, particularly those involving carbon, in coastal ecosystems. Joye’s manipulation of marine sediments has been a powerful contributor...
Creative Research Medal 2008 Wei-Jun Cai, professor of marine sciences, studies the role of the oceans in regulating carbon-dioxide dynamics. Cai realized early in his career that traditional methods of sampling the oceans could not provide spatial and temporal data at the resolutions needed to accurately understand...