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LAURELS: Professor's 1997 paper lauded for 'enduring quality'

For a paper published in 1997, James Wilen recently received the Publication of Enduring Quality award from the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.

Wilen joined 嘿嘿视频 in 1979; he is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and director of the Center for Natural Resource Policy Analysis.

He shared the award with Frances Homans of the University of Minnesota, for 鈥淎 Model of Regulated Open Access Resource Use,鈥 published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. The paper showed how the dynamics of resource exploitation are driven by the interplay among biological mechanisms, economic incentives and regulatory behavior.

The association presents the Publication of Enduring Quality award annually for a work of seminal value and lasting impact on the profession. 鈥淎 Model of Regulated Open Access Resource Use鈥 provided 鈥渟urprising conclusions that change the prevailing view, together with an elegant explanation for the mechanisms at work that lead to new views about important policy issues,鈥 according to the association.

The award presentation took place in early June in Seattle, during the association鈥檚 inaugural summer conference.

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ASM International announced that Subhash Mahajan, distinguished professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, will receive the society鈥檚 Albert Easton White Distinguished Teaching Award.

The award鈥檚 namesake was a founding member of the society and served as president in 1921 when it was known as the American Society for Steel Treating. Subsequently it became the American Society for Metals and then, simply, ASM.

The award recognizes unusually long and devoted service in teaching as well as significant accomplishments in materials science and engineering, and an unusual ability to inspire and to impart enthusiasm to students. Indeed, the society cited Mahajan as 鈥渁n inspiring teacher who develops critical thinking in classrooms and deftly guides his research students鈥

The society presents the White award to one person a year 鈥 and selected Mahajan as the recipient for 2013. The presentation is planned during the society鈥檚 annual meeting that year.

Mahajan, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, joined the 嘿嘿视频 faculty in 2010, coming from Arizona State University, where he served as the chair of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and then as the founding director of the School of Materials.

He is a fellow of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, and received its educator award in 2004.

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The Ecological Society of America has recognized Donald Strong for his long and distinguished service to the society and the larger community of science.

Strong, a professor of evolution and ecology, specializes in research on the feeding relationships in ecosystems; salt marsh ecology; and the ecology, ethics and policies related to biological controls. He began his work with the society almost a decade ago, serving as editor-in-chief of its flagship journal, Ecology.

The society noted that he 鈥渉as shepherded this journal through controversial changes and difficult times, while maintaining high quality and substantially increasing its efficiency for authors and reviewers.鈥

The award presentation is set to take place in August in Austin, Texas, during the society鈥檚 annual meeting.

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Professors James Carey and Diane Ullman have been elected fellows of the Entomological Society of America.

The 6,000-member international society bestows this honor on no more than 10 people a year, in recognition of outstanding contributions in one or more of the following categories: research, teaching, extension and administration.

The 2011 fellows are due to be inducted in November in Reno, during the society鈥檚 annual meeting.

Carey, who joined the Department of Entomology faculty in 1980, is considered by many to be the world鈥檚 foremost authority on arthropod demography, and is an expert on the demography and invasion biology of fruit flies, particularly the Mediterranean fruit fly.

Ullman joined the entomology faculty in 1995, and her research revolves around insects that transmit plant pathogens, particularly plant viruses. She is a former department chair and now serves as associate dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

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After serving for a year as president-elect, Peter E. Sokolove, professor and vice chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine, has assumed the leadership of the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

With more than 2,600 members, the chapter represents about 80 percent of California鈥檚 board-certified emergency physicians.

鈥淭his is a challenging time for emergency medicine and for patients who rely on California鈥檚 emergency departments,鈥 said Sokolove, who becomes the chapter鈥檚 primary political voice. 鈥淚 look forward to seeking solutions to those challenges and improving emergency care for California鈥檚 patients.鈥

Sokolove specializes in the treatment of critically ill and injured patients and has lectured widely on a range of topics, from the diagnosis and management of medical and traumatic emergencies to the hazards that emergency health care workers face while delivering care.

He received the Dean鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Education in 2009 and the California Emergency Medical Residents Award in 2008.

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The nation鈥檚 largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization recently recognized the 嘿嘿视频 Medical Center as a leader in health care equality, based on the quality of health care services and policies affecting sexual minorities and their families.

In its 2011 Healthcare Equality Index, the New York-based Human Rights Campaign Foundation gave 鈥渓eader鈥 status to 27 medical centers around the country, citing them for putting their values of inclusion into practice by protecting LGBT patients and employees from discrimination, ensuring equal visitation access and providing all staff with training on LGBT cultural competence.

Notably, the 嘿嘿视频 Medical Center educates its health care staff on the critical importance of discussing sexual identity and orientation with their patients.

鈥淛ust as it is helpful for a clinician to know a patient鈥檚 race, ethnicity and preferred language,鈥 said Ann Madden Rice, chief executive officer, 鈥渒nowing a patient鈥檚 sexual orientation or gender identity provides health care professionals with important insights into their patients鈥 lives, which in turn allows them to make well-informed diagnoses and recommendations.鈥

In addition, 嘿嘿视频 is working to include sexual identity and gender information in patients鈥 electronic health records. The coordinated effort to use technology to enhance health and reduce health disparities is the first of its kind in the United States, Rice said.

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