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Ruth Bryant, assistant dean in the School of Architecture and Planning and chair of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, was among those honored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals at its National Philanthropy Day luncheon held yesterday in the Adam's Mark Hotel.
Venu Govindaraju, professor of computer science and engineering, and associate director of the Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR), has been selected as one of the "40 Under Forty" award winners for 2002 by Business First of Buffalo, a weekly business newspaper covering Western New York. Govindaraju was one of nearly 300 individuals under the age of 40 nominated for the award, which recognizes professional success and community involvement. He received the award at a luncheon held on Nov. 7.
The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences recently awarded its Distinguished Alumni Speaker Award to Harold Smith, who received his doctorate from the department in 1982. Smith is professor of biochemistry, biophysics and oncology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Smith received the award while delivering a lecture on campus, "RNA Editing: The Many Faces and Subcellular Places," on Oct. 3.
Stephen C. Dunnett, vice provost for international education, recently was awarded an honorary Doctor Honoris Causa degree by the Academy of Management, the Implementing Agency of the Government of Mongolia, during ceremonies at the academy's campus in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The degree was awarded in recognition of Dunnett's "contribution to the development of the external relations of the Academy of Management, and the creation of an environment and enhancement of foreign language education of teachers and students." For the past five years, he has served as a consultant and advisor to the Academy of Management on behalf of the Tokyo Foundation, Japan.
Tatiana de la Tierra, information literacy librarian in the Arts and Sciences Libraries, has received the New California Media International Affairs Award for her article, "A Prisoner of Hope: Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazabal." The article, which chronicles the prison life of the popular, charismatic and aggressive Gardeazabal, a noted Colombian author and former governor of the Colombian province of Valle del Cauca, appeared in the Spring 2001 issue of El Andar, a prize-winning quarterly that publishes art, intellectual works, analyses and debates of interest to the U.S. Latino community.