Take
a bow
Congratulations go to the University of Cincinnati women's rowing team,
winners of several races during its inaugural season as a varsity sport.
Thanks largely to Joni Herschede, UC Board of Trustees member who donated
$2 million to UC's athletic program, the crew team is now formally funded
by the university.
Though their home course is at William Harsha Lake in Clermont County,
the UC team has oared its way across glass-calm lakes throughout the nation.
Coach Tim Royalty, Eng '90, MS (Eng) '93, a U.S. Olympic gold medal rower,
has already established a winning tradition here. UC won a National Collegiate
Rowing Championship under his tutelage as a club sport in 1994. Royalty
expects the UC squad to again compete for a championship by 2003.
photo/Dottie Stover
Steger
honored
President Joseph Steger flew to San Francisco this summer to accept a
prestigious award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE).
CASE selected Steger as one of only eight people in the country to receive
the Chief Executive Leadership Award, an honor extended to presidents,
chancellors or system heads across the country who have created a vision,
inspired others, established a positive image, increased stature in the
community and encouraged both innovation and risk-taking. UC's 17-year
president is the 2001 recipient for CASE District V, which includes Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio.
"The university's impressive advances under your watch are a tribute
to your presidency," wrote Jennifer Hamlin Church, CASE district
trustee. "The impact of your leadership has been felt not only within
the university but also well beyond your campus, as you have strengthened
and extended a solid 'town-gown' partnership."
America's
finest
Another UC scientist has won distinction as one of the 20 most promising
biomedical researchers in the country. Yolanda Sanchez, UC's assistant
professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology,
was recently named a Pew Scholar and granted $240,000 to support her research.
Sanchez is studying how cells respond to DNA damage with hopes that her
work may one day lead to better cancer treatment. She is the third UC
researcher to receive a Pew Scholars Award in the last decade, an honor
reserved for scientists who show outstanding promise in the basic and
clinical sciences.
