Kudos is an occasional column that recognizes Dartmouth faculty, students, and staff who have received awards or other honors. Did you or a colleague recently receive an award or honor? Please tell us about it: dartmouth.news@dartmouth.edu.
The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, working with the Class of 1961, awarded the annual Stephen W. Bosworth Award in International Affairs to four rising seniors: Juliette Courtine ’24, Rujuta Pandit ’24, Federico Cigolot ’24, and Wenhan Sun ’24. The prizes—which honor the late Stephen Bosworth ’61, who served as U.S. ambassador to Tunisia, the Philippines, and South Korea, and as special envoy to North Korea under President Obama—are funded through the Robert Frost Endowment Fund, created by the Class of ’61 for their 50th reunion.
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Susannah Heschel, the Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, was named a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research, which brings together the most eminent scholars of Jewish studies in North America.
Fellows are nominated and elected by their peers. Heschel, who specializes in Jewish and Protestant thought during the 19th and 20th centuries, including the history of biblical scholarship, Jewish scholarship on Islam, and the history of antisemitism, is a prolific author and has previously received grants and fellowships from the Ford Foundation, Carnegie Foundation, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, National Humanities Center, and Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin.
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Polina Beliakova, a 2022-2023 Rosenwald Security Postdoctoral Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security at the Dickey Center, received a Peter Ackerman Award from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, where she completed her PhD. The award is given to students whose doctoral dissertation demonstrates outstanding scholarly merit, originality, and contribution to the field and to society. Beliakova, who is proficient in Russian, Ukrainian, Hebrew, and English, studies civil-military relations, intrastate conflict, and international security with a regional interest in Russia, Ukraine, and Israel.
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Modern Healthcare magazine has recognized Dartmouth Health CEO and president Joanne Conroy ’77 as one of the nation’s 50 most influential clinical executives. The program honors individuals in health care who pave the way to better health through their executive responsibility, leadership qualities, innovation, community service, and achievements inside and outside of their respective organizations.
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In May, legal scholar Bruce Duthu ’80, the Samson Occom Professor and chair of Native American and Indigenous Studies, delivered the honorary degree lecture and received an honorary degree from Vermont Law and Graduate School in South Royalton, Vt., in recognition of his commitment to Indigenous rights.
Before he joined the Dartmouth faculty, Duthu was a professor of law and vice dean for academic affairs at VLGS. In a lecture titled Walking in Beauty: Indigenous Peoples, Restorative Justice, and Living in Balance, Duthu considered recent efforts by Indigenous tribal nations to govern relations among individuals, communities, and the natural world in ways that more explicitly incorporate traditional Indigenous values and practices.
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Professor Trica Keaton’s book #You Know You’re Black in France When...:The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness was named to the longlist of the American Library in Paris Book Award.
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Roopika Risam, an associate professor of film and media studies, is among the 30 influencers spotlighted by EdTech magazine. The 2023 list of higher ed IT influencers featured individuals who are lending their voice to promote the continued adoption and integration of technology to make higher education better for everyone involved.
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A self-described digital humanist, Risam is part of the Digital Humanities and Social Engagement Cluster.
Historian Andrew Simon, a senior lecturer in Middle Eastern studies, won a silver medal from the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards for his book, Media for the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt, which explores how audio cassettes enabled ordinary individuals to challenge state-controlled Egyptian media long before the advent of the Internet.
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Michelle Garcia, a first-year graduate student in chemistry, has been named a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellow—the first Dartmouth scholar ever to receive the four-year award, which is supported by the U.S. DOE’s Office of Science and National Nuclear Administration to train leaders in the application of computational science across a variety of fields. Garcia joins 38 other fellows from 25 institutions in the 2023-2024 academic year. The fellowship—which provides a stipend, a full-tuition scholarship, and an annual allowance for academic expenses—requires focused coursework in science and engineering and computer science and applied mathematics and includes a three-month research practicum at one of 21 DOE facilities across the country.
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Dartmouth won three Council for Advancement and Support of Education Circle of Excellence awards for DEI and marketing initiatives. The CASE awards highlight outstanding work in categories including alumni relations, communications, fundraising, advancement services, and marketing.
Advancement’s three-part DEI training series, From Awareness to Action: Antiracist Training for Frontline Fundraisers, earned a grand gold award in the Leadership: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives category and a gold award in the Leadership: Talent Management Initiatives.
“Dartmouth’s practical and transformative educational program for frontline fundraisers exemplifies the leadership, strategy, and dedication to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion that are worthy of a Grand Gold distinction. We believe this approach to antiracist training for volunteers represents a fundamental shift in the role of advancement departments in working toward an organization’s DEI goals,” the award citation noted.
In the Marketing Initiatives category, the Call to Lead email newsletter received a silver award. “The nominated monthly email newsletter stood out for its ability to effectively relate impactful stories, highlight key priorities, and provide giving opportunities,” the judges noted in their citation.
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Marnie Halpern, the Andrew Thomson, Jr., MD 1946 Professor and chair of molecular and systems biology at the Geisel School of Medicine, has been elected to the Society for Developmental Biology Academy. To be elected an SDB Academy member, individuals need to demonstrate sustained contributions to developmental biology.
Halpern, whose lab uses zebrafish to study how the nervous system develops and controls behavior, is well known for her contributions to developmental genetics and the underpinnings of neural development.
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Taurian Houston, executive associate athletics director for administration, is among 21 administrators chosen to be a part of the 2023-24 cohort for the NCAA Pathway Program.
It’s designed to prepare individuals for the next career step as directors of athletics or conference commissioners.
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Fatima Madondo ’26 received an Association of Radiation Oncologists (ASTRO) Medical Student Fellowship that introduces students from underrepresented populations to radiation oncology and supports a summer research project.
Madondo will conduct research with Kelli Pointer, assistant professor of medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, this summer. Her work could help identify genes that when blocked, might potentially make radiation treatments of tumors more effective.
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Noor Boukari ’26 and Dana Joseph, and MD-PhD student at the Geisel School of Medicine, received honorable mentions in the 2023 Aspirations in Computing Collegiate Award from the National Center for Women and Information Technology.
Boukari developed an app that uses deep learning techniques to automate the diagnosis of malaria.
Joseph created an AI-based software platform that aims to make cancer detection more patient-centric and accurate. The award, which includes a cash prize of $2,500, honors the outstanding technical accomplishments of collegiate women, genderqueer, and nonbinary students at all levels.
