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David Nygren, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Physics, received the Aldo Menzione Prize for 2015 from the executive board of the Frontier Detectors for Frontier Physics Association.
Maria Martinez-Cosio, associate professor in the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs, received the Community Development Society’s Current Research Award for 2014.
Kinesiology faculty members Cynthia Trowbridge and Paul Krawietz received national awards for their work in the field of athletic training from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.
Lidia Morris, coordinator/clinical instructor of the Center for Bilingual Education, and Luis Rosado, director of the center, took top honors at the International Latino Book Awards for their work, Spanish Development for Teachers in Bilingual Education Programs.
The Texas Section of the American Physical Society awarded its Distinguished Service Award to Physics Professor Suresh Sharma.
The National Invasive Species Council honored biology Professor Emeritus Robert McMahon with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding leadership and achievement over the course of a career in the areas of research, prevention, management, and control of invasive species.
Purnendu Dasgupta, the Hamish Small Chair in Ion Analysis of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Jenkins Garrett Professor of Chemistry, won the 2015 J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education. The award is given by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Analytical Chemistry.