Recognition for Dartmouth faculty, staff, and students
Jason Angell, occupational and environmental compliance
specialist in the Office of
Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), has completed the requirements to be
a Certified Fire Protection Specialist, a program of the National Fire Protection Association.
Biological Safety Officer Eric Cook, also with EHS, passed the
National Registry of
Microbiologists exam to become a certified Specialist Microbiologist. This
certification recognizes Cook's knowledge and ability to develop, implement,
and manage a comprehensive biological safety program. Michael Blayney, director
of EHS, says, "Jason's and Eric's certifications reflect the investment
they have made in their careers, in Dartmouth, and in helping prepare them for
the future challenges in EHS."
Annelise
Orleck, professor of history, was awarded the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of
Bigotry and Human Rights Outstanding Book Award for her book Storming
Caesar's Palace (2005). Orleck's was among 10 new books to receive the
national book award, which is given to works that challenge social injustices
and redress ignored histories. Storming Caesar's Palace is the story
of a group of Las Vegas women, mostly poor and African American, drawn to the
desert boomtown by the promise of a better life. Orleck's book chronicles the
women's fight against poverty and injustice, a fight that took them to the
gaming floors of the Caesar's Palace casino and eventually the halls of
Congress and the White House. The Myers Center is housed at Simmons College in
Boston, and was established in 1984 to promote ways for people to become more
active in creating an equitable world.
Graziella
Parati, chair of comparative literature and professor of French
and Italian languages and literatures and of women's and gender studies,
received the Howard R. Marraro Prize from the Modern Language Association (MLA) for her book,
Migration Italy: The Art of Talking Back in a Destination Culture. The
Howard R. Marraro Prize is awarded for an outstanding book in the field of
Italian literature or comparative literature involving Italian. Parati's book
analyzes literature and film by and about recent immigrants to Italy and was
chosen for its "...broad and insightful study that effectively opens a new
field in Italian studies and will remain a touchstone on the subject for years
to come," according to the MLA. The MLA is the largest of American learned
societies in the humanities and promotes the advancement of literary and
linguistic studies. Parati's other books include Public History, Private
Stories: Italian Women's Autobiography, and a number of edited volumes in
migration studies and feminist studies. She teaches courses in 19th- and
20th-century Italian culture, Italian film, Italian American culture, and
gender issues.
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