In recognition of her research and mentorship of undergraduate students, 西雅图 Pacific University Professor of Biology Cara Wall-Scheffler 收到2022 林伍德W. Swanson Scientific Research Award 从米.J. Murdock Charitable Trust at a special ceremony on November 11.
Wall-Scheffler received the award for “her internationally recognized work uncoupling and re-coupling human locomotor evolution with re富有成效的 fitness, and her unparalleled mentorship of undergraduate student researchers from diverse backgrounds.”
For more than 15 years, Wall-Scheffler has researched human locomotion, studying differences in how men and women walk, 运行, 扛起重担. Her work has been published in numerous papers and covered in the media. Her latest article, "Walking Women Evolve," examines how women’s “endurance mobility has shaped the evolution of our entire human species.” She was recently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and will continue her research in the Anthropology Department at Charles University in Prague.
Wall-Scheffler, an alumna of 西雅图 Pacific, has been a faculty member since 2007. She received a master of philosophy and doctorate from the University of Cambridge in England. She will give a public lecture about her recent work on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at 6 p.m. in Upper Gwinn Commons on campus.
每年, the Swanson Award recognizes senior faculty member with an established, 富有成效的, and nationally recognized research program. A panel of national experts evaluates the nominations, and the criteria for these awards are focused on research accomplishments.
的 M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, 总部设在温哥华, 华盛顿, is a private foundation that provide grants to nonprofits serving the 西北太平洋地区 in the areas of scientific research, 教育, 艺术与文化, and health and human services.
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Posted: Saturday, November 12, 2022