Faculty Awards
Jeffrey Gould, Rudy Professor of History at Indiana University Bloomington, has been selected as a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., for 2012-13. Gould, whose research deals with Central American social movements, ethnic conflicts and political violence, will spend the yearlong residence working on a book about politics and grass-roots social movements in the Salvadoran revolution of the 1970s.
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Mohammad Torabi, interim dean of the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Indiana University, has been awarded the President's Special Plaque from the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance. The award is in appreciation and recognition for his outstanding meritorious service to the organization and the field.
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Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie presented the President's Medal for Excellence to Garland C. Elmore, associate vice president of information technology and associate professor of informatics. The presentation was made in Indianapolis at a function to honor Elmore's accomplishments that span three decades of service to the university. The President's Medal is one of the highest awards the university can bestow.
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Patricia McDougall-Covin, a professor of entrepreneurship at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, recently received the Falcone Distinguished Entrepreneurship Scholar Award in Syracuse, N.Y.
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Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie presented the President's Medal for Excellence to David Baker, distinguished professor of jazz studies and chair of the Jazz Studies Department at the Jacobs School of Music. The presentation was made during a musical celebration honoring Baker's 80th's birthday on Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Musical Arts Center.
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A new ranking compiled by education researcher and author Rick Hess and published on the Education Week website places two Indiana University School of Education faculty in a listing of the top contributors to public debate about education.
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