BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY

Sébastien Dion, art, explains his and John Balistreri's technological innovations in ceramics to students at the Nov. 1 BGSU Research Conference.

Manning, Ekstrand lauded for outstanding research

The research efforts of faculty were showcased at the sixth annual BGSU Research Conference Nov. 1. This year’s theme, “Extending the Reach: Achievements for the Public Good,” highlighted faculty’s contributions to creating “engaged citizens and a strong democracy,” in addition to promoting regional economic growth and the vitality their research brings to their teaching, said Provost Shirley Baugher.

Presented at the conference luncheon were the Olscamp Research Award and the Outstanding Young Scholar Award.

Sociologist Dr. Wendy Manning, director of the Center for Family and Demographic Research and, with Dr. Susan Brown, the newly created National Center for Marriage Research, was given the Olscamp Research Award.
See Manning wins Olscamp Research Award

Dr. Victoria Ekstrand, journalism, won the 2007 Outstanding Young Scholar Award.
See Ekstrand named Outstanding Young Scholar