2008 CSL Dean's Excellence Awards
IIT Today November 24, 2008

(left to right) 2008 CSL Dean's Excellence Award winners with Dean Betts - Shangping Ren, Dean Betts, Margaret Power, Jim Maciukenas, Michael Pelsmajer Russell Betts, dean of the College of Science and Letters and professor of physics, announced the winners of the 2008 CSL Dean's Excellence Awards at a luncheon in HUB on November 19. They included: • Shangping Ren, assistant professor of computer science, who received the Dean's Excellence Award for Research, Junior Faculty • Margaret Power, associate professor of history and pre-law program adviser, Dean's Excellence Award for Research, Senior Faculty • Michael Pelsmajer, associate professor of applied mathematics, Dean's Excellence Award for Teaching • Jim Maciukenas, communications associate and project coordinator, Dean's Excellence Award for Staff (left to right) 2008 CSL Undergraduate Summer Research Stipend winners: Susan Mallgrave, Yaofu Zhou, Angela Pak, Sam Gan, Yacin Nadji, Dean Betts, Emily Mick, Scott Justus. Not pictured: Chris Mitillos Noting that there were many outstanding nominees this year, Betts named six additional faculty and staff of merit: Tomasz Bielecki, professor of applied mathematics; Joy Chong, assistant professor of chemistry; Rob Ellis, assistant professor of applied mathematics; Liz Friedman, program manager, professional science masters; Todd Kersh, administrative assistant, Department of Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences; and Jialing Xiang, assistant professor of biology. Betts also acknowledged eight students who received this year's CSL Undergraduate Summer Research Stipends: Emily Mick, Angela Pak, Scott Justus, Yaofu Zhou, Christos Mitillos, Kok Ann "Sam” Gan, Yacin Nadji, and Susan Mallgrave.