Dawn Staley, head coach of the women’s basketball team, was honored as one of Pennsylvania’s Distinguished Daughters in a ceremony hosted by Governor Edward G. Rendell and First Lady Judge Marjorie O. Rendell at the Governor’s Residence on Oct. 18. Pennsylvania began honoring women as Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania in 1949 as a way of recognizing influential women throughout the commonwealth for their leadership, distinguished service and contributions to the state through their professional and/or volunteer service.
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute held the Innovative Idea Competition on Oct. 11, at the Speakman Hall Student Lounge at the Fox School of Business. More than 100 people attended the event. and students from nine different Temple schools applied for the awards. The five winners were: grand prize – Stem Cell Tissue Grafting, Michael Stosich, School of Dentistry; undergraduate first place – Laser Tag Innovations, Colin Scattergood, Fox School; undergraduate second place – Ladder Weights, Colin Scattergood, Fox School; graduate first place – Fit for Life, Stuart Shore, School of Health Professions; graduate second place – SwapYourCloset.com, Yasmine Mustafa, Fox School of Business alumna.
Anne Wilkinson, assistant director for fitness in Temple University Campus Recreation, has been inducted into the 2007-08 class of Leadership Philadelphia. Leadership Philadelphia is the nation’s first and the region’s foremost leadership development and civic affairs training organization. It serves as the center of an alumni network of nearly 2,500 talented professionals who are united to serve the common good.
Temple won five of six awards given at the Mid-Atlantic Pharmacology Society meeting on Oct. 8. Ronald Tallarida, professor of pharmacology in the School of Medicine, is the president this year. The winners for the undergraduate student award were Marissa Rosenberg in first place from the School of Pharmacy and Jennifer Michener in second place from the School of Medicine. The winner for the graduate student award was Jessica Breslow in second place from the School of Medicine. The winners of the microbiology and immunology, postdoctoral fellow award were Zhe Ding in first place from the School of Pharmacy and Bruce Rasmussen in second place from the School of Pharmacy. |
