Helen Mayberg was presented with the Gold Medal Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry. She holds the Dorothy C. Fuqua Chair in Psychiatric Neuroimaging and Therapeutics at Emory University in Atlanta.
Professor Mayberg is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, where she majored in psychobiology. She earned a medial degree from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Waded Cruzado, president of Montana State University in Bozeman, received the Chief Executive HR Champion Award from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. She received the award at the association’s annual convention in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Cruzado has been president of Montana State since January 2010. She is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Kristin Fink, a lecturer in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at Utah State University, has been selected to receive the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Character Education Partnership. She will receive the award in Washington, D.C. later this month.
Fink formerly taught in the public schools for 22 years. In 1995 she was named the character educational specialist at the Utah State Office of Education. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in education.
"I have seen firsthand the difference technical education can make for our students, their families, and the businesses and industries that depend on a skilled workforce," said Amanda Foreman, the new interim president of Coastal Pines Technical College in Georgia.
Sara M. Butler is vice chancellor for academic affairs at Honolulu Community College in Hawaii and Jennifer L. Cumpston is vice president for academic affairs at Trident Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina
Dr. Farmer is the first Black woman to chair the board of directors of the American Dental Education Association. With more than three decades of experience in dental practice and education, she currently serves as dean of the School of Dentistry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville.
Dr. Hrycyna has served as dean of UC San Diego's School of Physical Sciences for the past three years. She is slated to become the university's next executive vice chancellor for academic affairs on January 1.
Dr. Albin is an associate professor of pediatrics and founding director of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's culinary medicine program, an initiative that aims to empower people to have a thriving relationship with the food they eat.
The Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago invites applications for an open-rank Instructional Professor position in the undergraduate Global Studies program.
The University of Chicago’s Development Innovation Lab and the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics invites applications for a non-tenure track Senior Research Associate position, with a focus on Development Economics and Mathematics.
The Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese History to begin July 1, 2027. “Modern” is defined as 1895 to the present.
The University of Chicago, Division of the Social Sciences, Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of assistant professor of American Politics for an initial 4 year renewable term.
The Department of Economics at Michigan State University in East Lansing invites applications for a tenure-system Assistant Professor in microeconomic theory with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2027.