Achievements, October 13, 2017

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Fri, 10/13/2017 - 08:49

Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Willa Cather Professor of English, will open an invited, one-woman show of her work at the Museum of Future in Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 28. Foster is a prolific filmmaker and film scholar with a focus on a variety of cinematic areas, including gender, race, ecofeminism and class studies. Foster has made many films, including the 1991 documentary "Women Who Made The Movies." Her recent work has focused on a number of short film, including "Self-Portrait" (below). Foster's films have been screened internationally. Learn more about this honor and Foster's filmography.

David Hage, James Hewitt University Professor of Chemistry, received the 2017 International Society of Molecular Recognition Pierce Award in Affinity Technology. The award was presented during the society's 22nd Affinity Conference, held June 25-29 in Paris, France. The biennial award includes a cash prize and an invitation to present a lecture during the conference, which is focused on the science and technology of biomolecular affinity interactions. Founded in 1985, the society fosters communication between researchers concerned with molecular recognition in chemistry, biology, biotechnology and medicine. Learn more about Hage's research.

Yvonne Lai, assistant professor of mathematics, will lead a five-year project to improve the math education of future high school teachers nationwide. Lai and her colleagues at Nebraska will receive part of a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop curricula in four areas and investigate how those materials inform future teachers’ math knowledge. The curricula – in the fields of algebra, geometry, modeling and statistics – will be piloted by more than 40 institutions, with Nebraska testing the materials in courses such as Math 407 and 408. Read more about the project.