November 20, 2009
Appointments, honors and activities
• Campus activities:— Monday, Nov. 23. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day. GIS Day is a global celebration of geospatial research and GIS processes and technologies, such as GPS receivers and data sensors. 2:30 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 206. More information at https://www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/gisday
• Faculty and staff honors:
— Joseph S. Francisco, the William H. Moore Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Purdue, has been named president-elect of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The induction ceremony will take place Jan. 20 in Washington, D. C. His term will begin Jan. 1, 2010, and will conclude at the end of 2010. He will then serve as past president for a year. The society, which was founded in 1876, has more than 160,000 members in chemistry, chemical engineering and related fields. Francisco holds a dual appointment in chemistry and earth and atmospheric sciences and specializes in atmospheric chemistry. Photo: https://www.purdue.edu/uns/images/+2006/francisco-j06.jpg
— Andrew Koch, director of student access transition and success programs at Purdue, has been asked to join the national advisory board for the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. His appointment will be officially announced at the National Conference on the First-Year Experience, which will take place Feb. 12-16 in Denver. In this role, Koch will be working to provide guidance to the organization and contribute to the publications it produces, among other responsibilities. The mission of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition is to support and advance efforts to improve student learning and transitions into and through higher education.
— Susanne Hambrusch, Purdue professor of computer science, and Phillip Rawles, Purdue professor of computer information technology, received $50,000 from State Farm. The funds will be used to support the Department of Computer Science’s involvement in a national effort focused on training prospective secondary education teachers in computer science.
• Student honors:
— David Ortega, a doctoral student in the Department of Agricultural Economics, recently won the 2009 Applebaum Memorial Scholarship Thesis Award from the Food Distribution Research Society. David’s thesis, titled “Essays on Meat Demand in China” was supervised by Holly Wang, an associate professor of agricultural economics. The Food Distribution Research Society serves as a forum for university, government and business professionals to study and discuss issues relating to the food industry worldwide.
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