Dr. C. Kent Kwoh

  • Building Bridges Awards:
  • The nonprofit group Linkages honored โ€œthose who have furthered the mission to see that there are more opportunities for individuals with disabilities to have meaningful employment.โ€ Employer of the Year was Sprouts Farmers Market; Employment Specialist of the Year was
  • Edwin Crandall
  • of La Frontera; Individual of the Year was
  • Rita Romero
  • ; and Project of the Year was WorkAbility.
  • UA College of Medicine:
  • Dr.
  • Naomi Rance
  • , professor and associate chair of the Pathology Department, is the collegeโ€™s 2015 Founders Day honoree for her groundbreaking research in the neuroendocrinology of menopause. Rance will give the Founders Day lecture, โ€œReproductive Aging and the Human Hypothalamus,โ€ on Tuesday, Nov. 17, noon to 1 p.m., in DuVal Auditorium, Banner-University Medical Center Tucson, 1501 N. Campbell Ave.
  • Common Ground Awards:
  • The Home Goods Inc. Western Distribution Center, a $75 million construction project, and the $21 million Kino Parkway/22nd Street intersection improvement project were honored at the 11th annual Metropolitan Pima Alliance Common Ground Awards on Oct. 30.
  • Vantage West Credit Union:
  • Its senior sales coach,
  • Chad Clayton
  • , was honored with the Mountain West Credit Union Associationโ€™s HOPE (Helping Our People Everyday) Award, for serving as a team leader in developing and launching a financial readiness program for children at a Tucson Boys and Girls Club.
  • Kaneen Advertising & Public Relations:
  • Won two Impact awards from the Southern Arizona Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America for its work on the Sun Link Tucson Streetcar.
  • UA Health Sciences:
  • Three of its faculty were separately recognized: Anesthesiology professor emeritus Dr.
  • Steven J. Barker
  • received two lifetime achievement awards from the Society for Technology in Anesthesia and Innovations and Applications of Monitoring Perfusion, Oxygenation and Ventilation. Dr.
  • Karen Herbst
  • , associate professor in endocrinology, was named Humanitarian of the Year for medical research of rare tissue disorders at the Los Angeles Music Awards. Rheumatology chief Dr.
  • C. Kent Kwoh
  • was named the UA Asian American Faculty, Staff and Alumni Association top professor for 2015.
  • UA Eller College Ethics Case Competition:
  • The University of Texas at Austin took the top price in the competition, in which undergraduates from 33 universities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico competed Oct. 29-31 at the University of Arizona. Student teams provided a detailed analysis and strategic recommendations for a case study involving Uber Technologies. The University of Calgary took second place and Concordia University took third.

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