September 29, 1994: Vol26n4: Honors

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES WINS FULBRIGHT AWARD:
Robert J. Bertholf, curator of the UB Poetry/Rare Books Collection,
has been awarded a senior lectureship by the Fulbright Commission to
teach American Studies at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey
during the fall '94 semester.
	A member of the UB Program in Poetics, Bertholf will teach
courses in 20th-century American poetry, a field closely related to
his 15-year tenure as curator of the UB collection, which houses one
of the most complete collections of 20th-century poetry in English in
the world.
	Bertholf, author of numerous books, has published widely in
scholarly journals, and served for eight years as editor of the
prestigious literary journal Credences. He also edited Northwest
Review, and is former American editor of the Australian journal New
Poetry. 

CAREER PLANNING & PLACEMENT SUNY AWARD WINNER:
The UB Career Planning and Placement Office has received an Award for
Excellence in Programming from the SUNY Career Development
Organization Inc. The award recognized the office's Automated
Placement Service, created to increase accessibility of placement
services to students and alumni, and to improve office management of
employer information.

MEDICINE ON EDITORIAL BOARD:
Bruce A. Holm, associate dean for research and graduate studies in the
UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been appointed to a
two-year term on the editorial board of American Journal of
Physiology: Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, a journal of the
American Physiological Society.
	An associate professor of pediatrics, obstetrics and
gynecology, and pharmacology at UB, Holm also has been admitted to the
Perinatal Research Society.
	A UB faculty member since 1989, Holm has published more than
60 articles in professional journals on pulmonary diseases and
lung-surfactant therapy. He is principal investigator on a five-year,
$820,000 NIH grant and a $365,000 NIH Research Career Development
Award to study pulmonary oxygen toxicity.
	A graduate of the University of Iowa, he received master's and
doctoral degrees in toxicology from the University of Rochester School
of Medicine.