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from the issue of March 3, 2005
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2005 NU teaching and research awards announced
Three UNL faculty members have received awards for outstanding teaching or research from the University of Nebraska. The awards, announced Feb. 25 by NU President James B. Milliken, are the highest honors conferred by the NU System.
Parks M. Coble, professor of history, and Anthony F. Starace, George Holmes Professor of physics, each received the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award.
C. William McLaughlin, senior lecturer in chemistry, received the Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award.
The ORCA recognizes individual faculty members for research and creative activity of international or national significance. The OTICA recognizes individual faculty members for sustained records of excellence in teaching. Each individual award is accompanied by a $3,500 award. Recipients, who will be honored publicly at an April 12 convocation, are selected by a committee of outstanding peers.
In addition to the UNL winners, Kenya S. Taylor, professor and chair of communication disorders at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, also received an OTICA, and the School of Social Work at the University of Nebraska at Omaha received the Universitywide Departmental Teaching Award.
During a career that has spanned 28 years at the university, Coble has established himself as a pathbreaking scholar of East Asian history. He is an authority in the deeply nuanced and tempestuous relationship between China and Japan, and in particular, from the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 through the end of World War II in 1945. He's the author of several books, including The Shanghai Capitalists and the Nationalist Government, 1927-1937, (Harvard University Press, 1980).
Currently director of the UNL physics department's program of excellence in atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics, Starace has earned significant attention for his career research in uncovering the mechanisms for energy transfers from electromagnetic radiation to matter. Starace, who holds an endowed professorship in physics, has received total external funding of more than $3.5 million, mostly in individual investigator grants, and has been continuously funded for nearly 25 years by both the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, which is rare in theoretical physics.
Known as "Dr. Mac" to many of his students, McLaughlin is coordinator of general chemistry at UNL, supervising the instruction of more than 1,000 chemistry students each semester. A former award-winning high school chemistry teacher and science coordinator in St. Joseph, Mo., McLaughlin began teaching full-time at UNL in 1997. Former students cite the professor's teaching style and ability to use all modalities of learning as a factor in their success. McLaughlin is a multiple winner of the Outstanding Campus Educator Award and Distinguished Educator Award at UNL.
"The foundation of any university is the faculty," Milliken said. "We are fortunate to have within our ranks individuals who exemplify excellence in teaching our students, who conduct pioneering research that is recognized nationally and internationally, and who are engaged in meaningful outreach with Nebraskans. These faculty are among the best in their fields, and they are making a difference for their students and their state."
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