CAS News

Aaron Hermann, a graphic design senior at Oklahoma State University, earned semifinalist honors for two separate projects at Adobe’s 2014 Design Achievement Awards, an international design competition that attracted more than 4,400 entries.

Shannon Spaulding, assistant professor of philosophy at Oklahoma State University, was awarded the 2014 Robert M. Griffith Memorial Award at the 106^th meeting of the Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology (SSPP) Conference.

Shane Morrison, a Ph.D. candidate with the zoology department at Oklahoma State University, was the first recipient of the department's Paracelsus Award. The annual award recognizes academic excellence in the Graduate Certificate program for Interdisciplinary Toxicology.

Caitlin Way, physiology graduate and Oklahoma State University track and field athlete, has been selected as one of two Big 12 finalists for the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year award.

Dr. Gilbert O. Sanders has been chosen to receive the American Psychological Foundation’s 2014 “Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology” award.

The award recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to advancing the professional practice of psychology through a demonstrable effect on patterns of service delivery in the profession. Previous recipients include several former presidents of the American Psychological Association.

Physics graduate student, Shreyashi Chakdar, has been awarded a Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics Graduate Fellowship for the fall 2014 semester. The KITP Graduate Fellowship is awarded to up to five physics graduate students nationwide each semester.

Dr. Henry Segerman, assistant professor of mathematics at Oklahoma State University, will be a featured artist at the “Illustrating Geometry” art exhibition hosted by the Simons Center Art Gallery of Stony Brook University.

Dr. Linda Leavell, professor emerita of English at OSU, won the Plutarch Award for best biography of 2013 as judged by fellow biographers. Leavell won for her book titled Holding on Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore.

Six Oklahoma State University students have been selected for the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program, one of the oldest and most prestigious graduate fellowship programs in the United States. 

The fellowship is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering research and provides three years of financial support to pursue graduate work.