Dropping names …

Horton Sirotnak Martinez Riel-Salvatore

David Schmidt, professor emeritus, College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, will speak at an invited session of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics conference Aug. 13-16 in Minneapolis. The session is titled “Atmosphere Flight Mechanics Most Influential Papers of the 1980s.” A paper written by Schmidt and Marty Waszak, while Schmidt was a member of the faculty at Purdue University and Waszak was a graduate student, was one of 18 selected from more than 1,500 considered for recognition as the most influential papers of their time. … Assistant Professor Sarah Horton, anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver, has been chairing a task force for the Society for Medical Anthropology on Global Health Insurance Reform. The group has posted a statement that’s part of the Critical Anthropology of Global Health's "Take a Stand" initiative, in which the CAGH (a special interest group of the SMA) forms a task force to spark discussion among medical anthropologists on a particular issue of pressing global health concern. The task force is collecting statements on health insurance reforms in various regions across the globe, potentially creating an edited volume from the statements, and organizing conference panels. Assistant Research Professor Jean Scandlyn, anthropology and health and behavioral sciences, contributed one of the briefs cited. … Adrew Sirotnak, M.D., and professor of pediatrics, has been honored with the Kempe Professional Award. Among his many roles, Sirotnak serves as director of the Child Protection Team for the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect. He’s also director of the Child Abuse and Neglect Fellowship Program, and president of the medical staff at Children's Hospital Colorado. Sirotnak will receive the award at the Kempe Foundation gala on April 21. … Kelly Ping, sports dietitian, Peak Nutrition Clinic, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, recently was selected as the Young Dietitian of the Year by the Colorado Dietetic Association. She is a 2011 UCCS graduate. Ping received the award March 3 at the Colorado Dietetic Association conference. … Donna Martinez, professor and chair of ethnic studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has been selected to receive a 2012 Diversity & Excellence Grant in conjunction with the “University of Colorado Denver Summer Bridge Program.” Martinez also will deliver the keynote for the Civil Rights Bureau of Reclamation's Women's History Month session March 21. … Julien Riel-Salvatore, assistant professor of anthropology, presented a paper at the Tavola Rotonda sul Paleolitico Medio d’Italia (Roundtable on the Middle Paleolithic of Italy), at the Center for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies (CAMNES) of the Lorenzo de Medici Institute  in Florence. The presentation is titled “Neanderthal mobility in the Italian peninsula in the Late Middle and Early Upper Paleolithic: Biogeographic and evolutionary perspectives.” His presentation (in Italian) can be seen here (select the video “2a sessione mattino” and go to about the 46:20 mark).