Texas A&M accounting professor Murphy Smith was given the Distinguished Paper Award by the American Accounting Association Southwest Region during its annual conference in Houston.
Smith's paper, co-authored with Kun Wang, is titled "Does Corporate Reputation Translate into Higher Market Value?"
During his academic career, Smith has built a notable record of research scholarship and is ranked in the top 1 percentile of U.S. accounting faculty, according to the number of articles published in leading accounting journals, A&M officials said.
Texas A&M geography doctoral candidate Kirk Stueve was awarded a Discover Denali Research Fellowship, which will allow him to do proposed research in Alaska's 6 million-acre Denali National Park.
Stueve's research proposal -- titled "Spatial patterns of tree establishment at the alpine treeline ecotone" -- was modeled after his doctoral work in Mount Rainier National Park. The research will compare a time series of historical aerial photographs, declassified reconnaissance satellite imagery and contemporary satellite imagery to detect areas of new upslope tree establishment.
The fellowship is funded by the National Park Service with the Murie Science Learning Center and Denali Education Center.
Mechanical engineering professor Alexander Parlos has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. A&M officials said the election recognizes the professor's research and teaching achievements and contributions to the engineering profession.
A Texas A&M University associate political science professor has been named director of the European Union Center of Excellence at Texas A&M.
Guy Whitten had served as interim director since October. He took over permanently April 1.
Whitten is an expert in the Western European democratic processes and brings a wealth of knowledge to the center that will further strengthen center initiatives, as well as the network of European Union scholars in the region, A&M officials said.
Atmospheric sciences professor Richard Orville was tapped by the Texas A&M Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, to receive its Distinguished Scientist Award for 2008.
Orville is one of the world's foremost experts on lightning. His research has led to advances in the physics of lightning, including the development and implementation of the National Lightning Detection Network. He is working with students to learn more about how human activities may influence electrical activities during thunderstorms.
Richard Tumlinson, a member of the Class of 1951, has established a $50,000 leadership fund for aerospace engineering at Texas A&M. The Bettye C. and Richard R. "Dick" Tumlinson '51 Leadership Fund will finance activities for students so that they may experience opportunities related to space and aircraft education.
Wildlife and fisheries sciences professor Kirk Winemiller has been named the 2008 recipient of the Texas A&M University Presidential Award of Excellence for Faculty Service to International Students.
The award was presented during the Texas A&M University International Board spring dinner meeting. It was created in 2005 by the board's executive committee in response to the university's challenge to create a more welcoming environment for international students by integrating them more fully on campus and by increasing the international awareness of Texas A&M students, officials said.
Texas A&M junior biomedical engineering major Jason Knight was awarded an honorable mention in the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship competition.
Knight plans to pursue a doctoral degree and explore new methods for combining medical, biological and technological systems with the broader goal of helping the disabled live a healthy life. His current research interests revolve around magnetic resonance imaging and the use of nanotechnology in prosthetics.
The scholarship program aims to encourage great students to pursue careers in the fields of math, natural sciences and engineering.
•
Ron Sievert, a professor in the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, has been selected to participate in the Faculty Fellowship Summer Institute in Israel in June.
The institute allows professors from around the world to meet their Israeli counterparts to exchange ideas and collaborate. Participants also will meet with various experts to better understand the many facets of Israel's evolving national and international policies, as well as to gain a better understanding of the challenges faced by the country.
Sievert, who previously served four years in the U.S. Army, has written two books and several articles on legal issues related to national security. He has worked since 2005 at the Bush School, where he arrived after working for the U.S. Justice Department and teaching at the University of Texas law school.
An Aggie graduate and retired professor at the University of Texas has endowed a scholarship in his family's name for civil engineering students.
The award is titled the Martha and Ronald Hudson '54 Family Scholarship for Texas A&M civil engineering students.
Ronald Hudson said he attended A&M on an opportunity award scholarship and decided to establish the endowment as a way to give back. He served 40 years on the civil engineering faculty at the University of Texas and now is a consultant with Austin-based AgileAssets Inc.
n
The A&M Students in Free Enterprise team took home first place during a regional competition held in Dallas last month.
The 14-member team is a business-minded organization that aims to encourage Aggies of all majors to stretch their creativity and better the community, A&M officials said.
The team won $1,500, money that will help them get to the national competition in Chicago next month.
Five Texas A&M staff members are being honored with the Division of Academic Affairs Tradition of Excellence award for 2008.
The award is designed to recognize superior service by employees in the offices of associate and assistant provosts. Each gets a $500 check and certificate.
Winners are Nora Cargo, associate director of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid; Kimberly Fox, program coordinator for the Office for International Outreach; Tiffany Inbody, director of the Division of Research and Graduate Studies; Laura Wimberly, director of Access Learning Communities; and Debbie Hightower, senior office associate with University Libraries.
Six Texas A&M graduate students were honored with Sen. Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowships for their excellence in teaching and research. The students are David Bailey, Kristin Dooley, Omar Gutierrez, Nebu John Mathai, Amy Montz and Diana Piccolo.
The Aggie Environmental Issues Committee, which is part of the Student Government Association, received one of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's 12 Texas Environmental Excellence Awards from the Governor's Blue Ribbon Committee.
The student committee was selected because of the group's many on-campus environmental projects and initiatives.
Texas A&M University student Porscha Buck, an allied health major, has been selected to attend the 2008 Summer Medical Education Program at Duke University.
The six-week national enrichment program provides tuition, housing, meals and stipends to freshman and sophomore college students, allowing them to focus on intensive and personalized medical and dental school preparation. It is funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with direction and technical assistance provided by The Association of American Medical Colleges.
Three Texas A&M Health Science Center graduate students were selected as winners during the National Public Health Week research poster symposium and student poster contest sponsored by the School of Rural Public Health.
Posters were judged Monday, which was the start of the recognition week. Darcy Moudouni with the department of health policy and management won first place for "Correlates of Fall-Related Mortality in U.S. Elderly." Steve Griesenbeck with the department of epidemiology and biostatistics placed second for the "Development of Estimates of Nitrates, Nitrites, and Nitrosamines in Commonly Eaten Foods." Dimpy Shah with the department of epidemiology and biostatistics won third place for "Hand Problems in Migrant Farmworkers."
The winners can submit abstracts for the 11th annual Student Poster Session offered through the Academic Health Caucus during the American Public Health Association meeting this fall in San Diego.
Texas A&M University senior Scott Stanislav has been selected to the 2008 National Student Recognition Program.
Stanislav is in the department of soil and crop sciences. The American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America select undergraduate students as part of their Outstanding Seniors program each year.
Stanislav, who is from Waco, was among 36 seniors recognized from universities across the country. Winning students receive plaques and are eligible to apply for the Frank D. Keim Fellowship if they are pursuing graduate degrees.
RSS
Mobile
Daily Emails
Twitter
Facebook
