Recognition, publishing, and top sponsored programs reported by the Office of Research and Economic Development, July 2017.
Recognition
David DiLillo, psychology, was honored for excellence in mentorship by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies’ Spotlight on a Mentor program. Students and trainees nominated DiLillo, citing the encouragement, support and education he provides mentees.
Publishing
Jonis Agee, Department of English, is author of a book, The Bones of Paradise, that has been named one of three finalists in the fiction category for the 2017 High Plains Book Awards, which recognize regional literary works that examine and reflect life on the High Plains.
Kelsy Burke, Department of Sociology, received the American Sociology Association’s 2017 Distinguished Book Award in the “Sociology of Religion” category. Her book, Christians Under Covers, focuses on the phenomenon of Christian sex advice websites.
Gabriel Houck, Department of English, received the 2017 Orison Fiction Prize for his story collection You or a Loved One. Orison Books will publish the collection and award him a $1,500 honorarium.
Kristen Olson, Department of Sociology, won the Collaborative Research Award from the International Journal of Market Research, which honors the best article published in the journal that was written collaboratively between academia and private industry. Olson wrote “Evaluating Data Quality in Reports of Sales in a Retail Establishment Survey” with Xiaoyu Lin and Tim Banks of Nielsen, a global information, data and measurement company.
Top Sponsored Programs
Arts and humanities grants of $10,000 or more and all other grants of $200,000 or more awarded to the university between June 19, 2017, and July 17, 2017, as reported through NUgrant.
Sebastian Elbaum and Carrick Detweiler, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, received $484,694 from the National Science Foundation for their study, "Holistic Analysis: Integrating the Semantics of the World and the Code."
David Sellmyer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, received $1,768,002 from the Department of Energy for his study, "Fundamental Studies of High-Anisotropy Nanomagnets."
M. Neta, Department of Psychology, received $1,781,034 from the National Institutes of Health for her study, "Functional Brain Networks Mediating Individual Differences in Valence Bias."
Charles Wood, Q. Li, and J. West, School of Biological Sciences/Department of Biochemistry/Nebraska Center for Virology, received $3,447,340 from the National Institutes of Health for the study "The Impact of Cannabis on Inflammation and HIV-1 Reservoirs in Zambia."
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