Faculty and Staff Accomplishments

Vladimir Akulov, an adjunct professor at Manhattan and an adjunct professor of physics at City Tech since 2005, accepted the Ukrainian State Prize from then President Viktor Yuschenko in late December. The Ukraine leader thanked the team of ten laureates for their “selfless creative and scientific work, their contribution to Ukranian science and the strengthening of the technical capacities of the state.” The honor was bestowed on Dr. Akulov and his former colleagues for research work on  supersymmetry and supergravity and their applications to the unified theory of fundamental interactions of elementary particles. Akulov was the only American to be named a laureate. He began his research while teaching at Kharkov’s Institute of Physics and Technology (Kharkov, Ukraine) from 1968 until he emigrated to the United States in 1997.

Pamela Chasek, associate professor of government and director of international studies, was interviewed for the Council on Foreign Relations recently. You can see the article and podcast Here.

Shawn R. Ladda, associate professor of physical education and chair of the department, recently published athlete profiles for April Heinrichs and Abby Wambach in Great Athletes:  Boxing & Soccer (pp. 213-214, 299-300).  Published by Salem Press in Pasadena, Calif., it was edited by R. Johnson and Salem Press. She was also selected by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) to receive the Honor Award at the 2010 National Convention in Indianapolis this past March.

Brennan O’Donnell, president, was invited to present a lecture at Iona College in its Catholic Intellectual Tradition Series: Hiring and Hospitality: Inviting New Members into the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, in early April. 

For more faculty and staff accomplishments, click Here.

 

Welcome New Employees

Manhattan College welcomed several new employees: Juan Burgos (campus security), Jeffrey Hernandez (campus security), and Leilani Rivera (admissions). For a full list of recent new employees, click Here.

 

Manhattan College Milestones

Congratulations to all those that celebrated recent anniversaries: Eileen Armstrong, human resources (5 years); Don Durney, mailroom (15 years); Lisa Juncaj, student financial services (15 years); Anna Thomas, housekeeping (20 years); and Andrew Goodman, student activities (20 years). For a complete list of recent anniversaries, click Here.